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09.19.2026 Featured Story

Medical aid in dying now legal in New York

For years, Shelter Islanders with terminal illnesses had no choice but to live out their remaining time, with no hope of recovery and often in severe pain. While 13...

09.19.2026 Featured Story

Last East End duck farm hatching comeback

For the last 19 months, Aquebogue’s Crescent Duck Farm owner Doug Corwin has been rebuilding his flock that was decimated by an H5N1 outbreak back in January 2025. After...

09.19.2026 Featured Story

What is that? The Reporter’s photo quiz, Sept. 19,2026

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Yes, the What Is That desk has returned fully staffed after a break and is...

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09.18.2026 Columns

Moving Forward: Understanding post-partum depression

09.18.2026 Environment

Preserved properties get volunteer oversight

09.18.2026 Community

Strongpoint cruise ready to set sail

The boy who cried ‘why not?’: Samy Sabil keeps it fresh at the North Fork Shack

From Manhattan to Montauk, a new trail is taking shape

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Community

09.18.2026 Featured Story

Moving Forward: Understanding post-partum depression

While everyone seems to have an opinion on the Lindsay Clancy case, not many people really understand postpartum depression...

09.18.2026 Featured Story

Strongpoint cruise ready to set sail

With the Strongpoint Theinert fundraising cruise set to disembark Saturday, the goal is still...

09.17.2026 Featured Story

Tracing roots through the centuries: Descendants explore Havens family connections

This summer, as the Shelter Island History Museum focused on the 250th anniversary of...

Obituaries

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....

08.17.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Peter C. Gulluscio

Peter C. Gulluscio of Shelter Island died on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at the...

07.16.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Hodgkinson, Volinski

Kathryn Hodgkinson Kathryn Jean Kloepfer Hodgkinson of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. passed away peacefully on...

07.07.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Sherman Owen McGayhey

Sherman Owen McGayhey, 88, of Lawrenceville, Ga. passed away on June 16, 2026. He...

07.03.2026 Featured Story

Robert L. Morgan

Robert L. Morgan of Shelter Is-land passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2026. He...

05.19.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Richard Boland

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Richard “Dick” Boland,...

Sports

Latest Sports

09.16.2026 Featured Story

Resilience and confidence marks 2026 Island volleyball team

I am really enjoying working with the 2026 Shelter Island volleyball team. Admittedly, that is generally true each year,...

09.14.2026 Featured Story

Gimme Shelter: Ball geezer

With the U.S. Open winding up this weekend, I’ve been thinking about my own...

09.13.2026 Featured Story

Gone fishing: Albie invasion

One of fall’s most iconic fisheries is officially underway here on Long Island. A...

Opinion

09.15.2026 Jenifer Maxson

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Regeneration

09.12.2026 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s Column: A common chorus

09.11.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 11, 2026

09.10.2026 Editorial Staff

Reporter Editorial: The struggle of memory against forgetting

09.07.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Labor Day 2026