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11.12.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Nov. 12, 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...

11.11.2026 News

Truth or dare to tell a white lie: Shelter Island author on. the little everyday deceits

Burton White’s people on Shelter Island go back four generations, and to hear him tell it, one secret to their family harmony is the ability to tell a good...

11.11.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Veterans Day 2026

The words veteran and sacrifice are inseparably linked. Those who served in the American military have given up innumerable comforts, which is part of the deal they made with...

Featured Multimedia

11.11.2026 Community

Memories, issues and concerns at Reporter Forum on military service

11.10.2026 News

E-bike rider injured, charged with DWI

11.10.2026 Around the Island

Rumrunners and pirates have their day: History meets local lore at Museum

Shop Local: Briermere Farm carries on a family tradition of fresh fruit and homemade baked goods

Green Hill recalled through Indigenous art at North Fork Art Collective

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Community

11.11.2026 Featured Story

Memories, issues and concerns at Reporter Forum on military service

Despite its small population, Shelter Island has a remarkable record of military service stretching back centuries. Justine Karen, an...

11.08.2026 Featured Story

A special visit to the History Museum: Family connections and historic chapters

One day last month, three generations of the MacGayhey family, headed by Guy, 85,...

11.02.2026 Featured Story

The pleasure of fixing what’s broken: A community works together at the Repair Cafe

Lorraine Deller was in one of her favorite places. She was home in the...

Obituaries

11.03.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Gett, Reiter

Herb Kett Beloved son, husband, and father, Herb Kett passed away on Oct. 24,...

10.30.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Field, Franzoni, Ridgeway

Charles Field Jr. Charles Field Jr. — Dec. 3, 1952—Oct.15, 2026 — passed away...

10.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Obituary: Barbara J. Allen Lieblein

With sadness, the family of Barbara J. Allen Lieblein announces her peaceful passing on...

10.01.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: William Matthew Aston

William Matthew Aston, a longtime Shelter Island resident, passed away peacefully at home on...

09.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Nancy M. Hunkele Hutchings

Nancy M. Hunkele Hutchings passed away at her home in Plum, Penn., surrounded by...

08.29.2026 Obituaries

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Bruce M. Hopke

Bruce M. Hopke, 73, of Shelter Island, passed away peacefully on Aug. 23, 2026....

Sports

Latest Sports

11.09.2026 Featured Story

Running through pain and adversity to represent her hometown: Amara Goodale qualifies for State championship

Nearing the finish line at the Section XI Cross Country Championships on Thursday, Nov. 5, Shelter Island freshman Amara...

11.06.2026 Featured Story

Gone Fishing: One. More. Bass.

There is something familiar about the way striped bass season ends. Fish are on...

11.05.2026 Featured Story

Gearing up for girls’ hoops campaign

Halloween is over, November is here. It is time for the winter sports schedules...

Opinion

11.10.2026 Jenifer Maxson

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Late-blooming Boomer

11.07.2026 Peter Waldner

Paw Print: The World of Peter Waldner: Nov. 7, 2026

11.07.2026 Karl Grossman

Suffolk Closeup: School ban on student phones

11.06.2026 Editorial Staff

Help us name the Reporter’s 2026 Person of the Year

11.05.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Nov. 5, 2026