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11.13.2026 Featured Story

East End couple tie knot in free $65,000 wedding

Before Emily Mae Siegel helped Jacob Feibusch build an oyster business, she was the familiar face at the gate when he launched his boat from the dock. They had...

11.13.2026 Featured Story

Town Board ‘tweaks’ budget: Recycling Center hazmat facility needs an upgrade

The Town Board continued to make small changes for several items on the budget for 2027, Supervisor Amber Brach-Williams announced at the Nov. 10 work session. One such tweak...

11.13.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Nov. 13, 2026

THANK YOU To the Editor: The Taylor’s Island Foundation Board wishes to thank the Community Preservation Fund Advisory Board and the Shelter Island Town Board for supporting our use...

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11.12.2026 News

Heights drugstore, lunch counter to remain: Manager: ‘No plans to change traditional identity’

11.12.2026 News

2026 Shelter IslandVeterans Day Featured Address

11.12.2026 Around the Island

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Nov. 12, 2026

Sweet surrender: the unexplored world of Long Island dessert wines

Get gobblin’, South Forkers — here’s where to dig into Thanksgiving dinner

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Community

11.12.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Nov. 12, 2026

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday,...

11.11.2026 Featured Story

Memories, issues and concerns at Reporter Forum on military service

Despite its small population, Shelter Island has a remarkable record of military service stretching...

11.08.2026 Featured Story

A special visit to the History Museum: Family connections and historic chapters

One day last month, three generations of the MacGayhey family, headed by Guy, 85,...

Obituaries

11.03.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Gett, Reiter

Herb Kett Beloved son, husband, and father, Herb Kett passed away on Oct. 24,...

10.30.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Field, Franzoni, Ridgeway

Charles Field Jr. Charles Field Jr. — Dec. 3, 1952—Oct.15, 2026 — passed away...

10.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Obituary: Barbara J. Allen Lieblein

With sadness, the family of Barbara J. Allen Lieblein announces her peaceful passing on...

10.01.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: William Matthew Aston

William Matthew Aston, a longtime Shelter Island resident, passed away peacefully at home on...

09.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Nancy M. Hunkele Hutchings

Nancy M. Hunkele Hutchings passed away at her home in Plum, Penn., surrounded by...

08.29.2026 Obituaries

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Bruce M. Hopke

Bruce M. Hopke, 73, of Shelter Island, passed away peacefully on Aug. 23, 2026....

Sports

Latest Sports

11.09.2026 Featured Story

Running through pain and adversity to represent her hometown: Amara Goodale qualifies for State championship

Nearing the finish line at the Section XI Cross Country Championships on Thursday, Nov. 5, Shelter Island freshman Amara...

11.06.2026 Featured Story

Gone Fishing: One. More. Bass.

There is something familiar about the way striped bass season ends. Fish are on...

11.05.2026 Featured Story

Gearing up for girls’ hoops campaign

Halloween is over, November is here. It is time for the winter sports schedules...

Opinion

11.11.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Veterans Day 2026

11.10.2026 Jenifer Maxson

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Late-blooming Boomer

11.07.2026 Peter Waldner

Paw Print: The World of Peter Waldner: Nov. 7, 2026

11.07.2026 Karl Grossman

Suffolk Closeup: School ban on student phones

11.06.2026 Editorial Staff

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