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09.24.2026 Featured Story

How to keep your boat safe as nor’easter whips up winds on East End

The nor’easter bearing down on the region is forcing the East End’s boating community to scramble for shelter — but whether the safest place for a boat is in...

09.24.2026 Featured Story

Reporter Community Forum: Seniors on Shelter Island and the challenges of aging

It’s a destination everyone is going to, if they’re lucky, and everyone before us has gone to if they were lucky enough. And many of us in the community...

09.24.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 24, 2026

SAFETY CONCERNS To the Editor: I use an internet-based home phone. I’ve had calls drop mid-conversation or not been able to make one at all, all due to intermittent...

Featured Multimedia

09.24.2026 Announcements

Bilingual presentation and discussion with author at St. Mary’s

09.24.2026 Business

Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers: Sept. 24, 2026

09.23.2026 Health

Island profile: Alison Madden — Raising the bar on community health care

Sip Club: Of big things and small packages

The Dish: A polished pub at Lion’s Nook

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Community

09.22.2026 Featured Story

Over the Hill game to benefit S.I Little League: Oldest and youngest celebrated

Dust off the glove and stretch out those hamstrings — Shelter Island’s Over the Hill Softball Game returns Saturday,...

09.20.2026 Featured Story

The September Sweep: Saturday’s cleanup canceled

BY DONNA EMMA The Shelter Island Lions Club has canceled plans for “The September...

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...

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

09.23.2026 Featured Story

Island volleyballers become unified through adversity

Brandi Carlile’s song “Hold Out Your Hand” is a favorite of mine. This rocking anthem is about human connection,...

09.22.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island School soccer team kicks off new season

For five seniors, the soccer field represents a final season. For a trio of...

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...

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