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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 that car decal, “Mother-in-law in trunk”? The conventional wisdom was that the mom was so...

03.16.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Isalnd Reporter obituary: James Michael Laspia

James Michael Laspia of Shelter Island passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2026. He was 77 years old. Mike was a lifelong resident of Shelter Island. After graduating from...

03.16.2026 Featured Story

Continuing push to restore pharmacy services on Shelter Island

An ad hoc group of volunteers have made some progress working with Deputy Supervisor Meg Larsen in an effort to bring prescription services back to the Island. Ms. Larsen...

Featured Multimedia

03.16.2026 News

SIPD warns of scams using bogus police phone calls: Thieves impersonating local officers seeking money

03.15.2026 Sports

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

03.15.2026 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: ICE creates a crisis

Of fathers and sons and shipyards: A view into Greenport’s storied working waterfront with Anders Langendal & Sons Boatbuilders

A new dining ‘Miracle’ comes to Sag Harbor’s Main Street

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Community

03.15.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island students selling shamrocks to support Muscular Dystrophy Association

At this time every year, students in Shelter Island’s National Honor Society sell shamrocks to raise money for the...

03.14.2026 Featured Story

Call for organ donors: Islander needs a partial liver transplant

Shelter Island resident Amy McGorry, who’s been fighting two chronic liver diseases through most...

02.23.2026 Featured Story

Camp for grieving kids returns to Shelter Island

The little boy had a question for his mother: “Why am I the only...

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

03.15.2026 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 high school basketball teams wrapping...

03.07.2026 Feature Story

Bucks need housing

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

02.20.2026 Featured Story

Tracking the Island’s most prestigious endurance athlete

In distance running, completing six or more of the Abbott World Marathon Majors is...

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