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03.23.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Police Department blotter: March 23, 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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the...

Police Headquarters

03.23.2026 Featured Story

The ospreys have returned to Shelter Island

A sure sign of the change of season is the return of the ospreys to Shelter Island. This homecoming usually coincides with the beginning of spring, and the beautiful...

03.22.2026 Featured Story

Joanne Sherman’s Column: Letters to myself

A friend who took a writing course had an assignment to write a letter to her younger self, offering words of wisdom from her “older” self. I recently celebrated...

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03.22.2026 News

Funeral set for World War II hero: Robert Strugats remains to be buried with honor

03.22.2026 Uncategorized

Reporter’s photo quiz: What is that? March 21, 2026

03.21.2026 Featured Story

Two school employees to retire: Nurse Mary, Greg Sulahian get Board thanks

Inside the Black Cat Supper Club

New owners set their sights on keeping an old-school spot alive

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Community

03.18.2026 Featured Story

Women’s History Month: Shelter Island’s Elizabeth Havens

Built in 1743, Havens House, now home to the Shelter Island History Museum (SIHM), was also once home to...

03.17.2026 Featured Story

Anders Langendal: From Sweden to Shelter Island and keeping it all in the family

Carpenter Street in Greenport doesn’t have the same bustle typical of Front or Main....

03.16.2026 Feature Story

Column: What’s with mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law?

It seems like men have been making jokes about their mothers-in-law forever — remember...

Obituaries

03.11.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Edward E. Barr

Edward E. Barr of Shelter Island, and Naples, Fla., died on February 13, 2026,...

03.05.2026 News

Shelter Island obituary: Renée Sylvia Jernick

Renée Sylvia Jernick (nee Smith), 74, of Viera, Fla., passed away peacefully on Nov....

02.28.2026 News

Shelter Island Reporter Obituary: Carol Ann Hallman Taplin

Carol Ann Hallman Taplin passed away on Feb. 7, 2026, in Titusville, Fla.

02.20.2026 News

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Phyllis DeNicola

Phyllis DeNicola, 87, of Southbury, Conn., passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 7,...

02.08.2026 Featured Story

Remembering George Strom: A legacy of service, commitment and joy

Shelter Island lost George Strom one of its finest citizens and an inspiration to...

01.29.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter full obituary: Carol Hallman

Carol Hallman, 79, of Shelter Island passed away peacefully at the Kanas East End...

Sports

Latest Sports

03.20.2026 Featured Story

School baseball team training to keep momentum after undefeated season

When Shelter Island School Baseball Coach Peter Miedema told the Reporter last spring that “in order to go undefeated,...

03.15.2026 Featured Story

Girls getting a chance to play a team sport: Coach is a teacher and a motivator

Late winter is a quiet time for school sports. With the boys and girls...

03.07.2026 Feature Story

Bucks need housing

We may be looking at piles of snow and ice but Brian Cass will...

Opinion

03.15.2026 Karl Grossman

Suffolk Closeup: ICE creates a crisis

03.14.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: March 14, 2026

03.10.2026 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s Column: Safety first

03.08.2026 Reporter Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: March 8, 2026

02.21.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Feb. 21, 2026