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05.27.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island, we’ve got your number

Shelter Island is a place of many mysteries, and one of the most impenetrable is the phone book. Who produces it and how? Why in the information age is...

05.27.2026 Featured Story

Water Advisory Committee: Test your water

If there is a single message the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) wants Islanders to follow it’s to test their water. The WAC has secured money, largely from the Water...

05.27.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Police Department blotter: May 27, 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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the...

Featured Multimedia

05.26.2026 Community

A community comes together to remember: Memorial Day 2026

05.26.2026 Around the Island

Jenifer’s Journal: A letter to a graduate

05.26.2026 News

Police: Islander arrested for burglary, possession of stolen property

Smuggler’s Cove brings new life to Safe Harbor Stirling Marina

The countdown is on ’til the annual Southforker Taste of Westhampton Beach!

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Community

05.26.2026 Featured Story

A community comes together to remember: Memorial Day 2026

The Shelter Island Memorial Day ceremonies were accompanied by a soggy, unseasonably cool morning of mist and showers. No...

05.25.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island’s 2026 Memorial Day Ceremonies

The Shelter Island Memorial Day ceremonies were accompanied by a soggy, unseasonably cool morning...

05.25.2026 Featured Story

Who do you remember or carry with you on this Memorial Day?

Father Peter DeSanctis My father served in combat in Central Europe during World War...

Obituaries

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...

05.04.2026 Obituaries

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: William Eric Schmitz

William Eric Schmitz, affectionately known to all as Billy, passed away on Jan. 31,...

04.28.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Erica Jean Virtue

Erica Jean Virtue, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, passed away on...

04.09.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Anne Lloyd Vaughan

Anne Lloyd Vaughan, 85, of Sheridan, Wyo., formerly of Shelter Island, passed away peacefully...

04.03.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: D’Alessandro-Coelho, Mason

NIDIA D’ALESSANDRO-COELHO Nidia D’Alessandro-Coelho, a beloved Shelter Island artist known for her vibrant spirit,...

Sports

Latest Sports

05.22.2026 Featured Story

The Afloat Column: Winds of Change

Every so often the house committee at the Shelter Island Yacht Club (SIYC) refreshes the furniture in its various...

05.19.2026 Featured Story

Final softball game and Senior Sendoff: Team’s spirit and drive never flagged

The Shelter Island JV softball team’s Senior Sendoff on Friday, May 15 started on...

05.18.2026 Featured Story

Baseball team records back-to-back undefeated seasons

There are plenty of accomplishments celebrated in sports. Walk-off victories, comebacks, breaking a school...

Opinion

05.24.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Memorial Day 2026

05.21.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters To the Editor

05.17.2026 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reorter Editorial: Vote ‘Yes’ on the school budget

05.15.2026 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: May

05.15.2026 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s Column: Feed me