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03.26.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers: March 26, 2026

Listings prepared for Times Review Media Group by Suffolk Vision Inc., dated Jan. 16, 2026. SHELTER ISLAND Heights (11965) • Scott Murphy to Jean-Pierre Latrille & Yolanda Willmore, 7...

03.26.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Spring 2026

How soon we forget that spring is, among other things, the season that requires patienceto appreciate. Officially, the season arrived last Friday, March 20, but seasons are far too...

03.26.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: March 26, 2026

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday, 8:30 Saturdays. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s...

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03.25.2026 Around the Island

Shelter Island voices: What is the first sign of spring for you?

03.25.2026 Environment

Drought? Not yet, but WAC concerned: Little recharge through the winter, despite snow

03.25.2026 Around the Island

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Alphabet soup

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

03.24.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island softball preseason report: Taking the field, working on skill sets

Daffodils are popping up, crocuses are blooming and except for a few quickly diminishing snow piles, the reminders of...

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...

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...

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