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08.26.2026 Featured Story

Greatest song about America? Music Guys David Browne and Tom Junod to discuss choices

David Browne, seven time author and senior writer at Rolling Stone, and Tom Junod, author of the recently published memoir “In the Days of My Youth I Was Told...

08.26.2026 News

Vigil of Hope is Thursday

The 6th Annual Vigil of Hope on Thursday evening at the Fiske Field basketball court is sponsored by the Shelter Island Health & Wellness Committee, the Island’s Police Department,...

08.26.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Police Department blotter: Aug. 26, 2026

Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the...

Featured Multimedia

08.26.2026 News

Islander attempts world record for chin-ups this weekend in support of good cause

08.25.2026 News

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Donna Anderson

08.25.2026 Lifestyle

Authors tell story of daring rescue of Afghan women: Rams Head Inn hosts event promoting new book

Chef Tom Colicchio brings “Where the Chefs Eat” to the North Fork

SoFo Stock Up: Kanela Studio

Our partner publications offering the best of the North and South Fork.

Community

08.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Country Club celebrates 125 years

The widespread rain the Island experienced this weekend was not enough to stop the members of the Shelter Island...

08.24.2026 Featured Story

Day without sun offers fun: Center was alive with weekend activities

Weather was a major player in Saturday’s Center activities last weekend. The cloudy, dreary...

08.21.2026 Featured Story

Harvest Sunday at Union Chapel

Union Chapel in the Grove hosts Harvest Sunday on Aug. 23, celebrating Sylvester Manor...

Obituaries

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,...

05.07.2026 Obituaries

Shelter Island full obituary: Frederick J. Buonocore

Frederick J. “Fred” Buonocore of Shelter Island, and formerly of East Williston, N.Y., passed...

Sports

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08.22.2026 Featured Story

Afloat: Masquerade, local, seaworthy and tales to tell

The locavore movement has been a trend for a while now. Local fresh food and wine and local crafts...

08.21.2026 News

Bucks coach reflects on that championship season

Before the Shelter Island Bucks arrived to play their 2026 season, Coach Andy Concepcion...

08.18.2026 Featured Story

A perfect day for the Menantic Yacht Club’s Sunday races

All last week I didn’t know what Sunday would bring for the Menantic Yacht...

Opinion

08.23.2026 Karl Grossman

Suffolk Closeup: Safe alternatives to forever chemicals

08.23.2026 Editorial Staff

Reporter editorial: You’re being watched

08.16.2026 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s Column: Rest in pieces

08.15.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: A catastrophe

08.13.2026 Reader Submission

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