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09.01.2026 Featured Story

Getting the kids ready for school: Two parents weigh in on late summer chores

Think you’re busy? Try keeping pace with Kate Davidson or Barbara Marshall, two working moms who are getting two kids ready for school opening on Sept. 8. Kate and...

09.01.2026 Featured Story

Water Authority approvals for structure: Funding for police body cameras

The Town Board Monday night approved the site plan submitted by the Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) to allow construction of a small structure to contain equipment for treating...

09.01.2026 Featured Story

Fierce competition in West Neck Harbor

This past Sunday was perfect for the Menantic Yacht Club’s 10th and next to last Sunfish race series for the 2026 season. At the start of racing, with plenty...

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08.31.2026 Community

Islander breaks world record for chin-ups: David Brush’s 24-hour odyssey of pain and triumph

08.31.2026 Health

Survivors shine light on the darkness of addiction

08.31.2026 Around the Island

Snapper Derby days away: End-of-summer fun competition

10 Things to Do in September

Sag Harbor’s Brogan Lane brings fresh floral inspo to Noyac

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Community

08.31.2026 Featured Story

Islander breaks world record for chin-ups: David Brush’s 24-hour odyssey of pain and triumph

Up, down. Up, down. At 11:32 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, Shelter Islander David Brush had spent the last 23...

08.31.2026 Featured Story

Snapper Derby days away: End-of-summer fun competition

The signs are up and the search is on for the snapper poles so...

08.27.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter’s Community Calendar: Aug. 27, 2026

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at...

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

Latest Sports

08.28.2026 Featured Story

Menantic Yacht Club goes Up the Creek

This past Sunday, with only three weeks to go in the Menantic Yacht Club’s 2026 Sunfish sailing season, and...

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...

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...

Opinion

08.28.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Stay smart, stay safe

08.27.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Aug. 27, 2026

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