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12.13.2025 Featured Story

O Christmas tree! Chase Creek lighting celebrates 42 years

One of the most delightful Shelter Island Christmas traditions is the setting up and lighting of the Christmas tree in the middle of Chase Creek that brings beauty to...

12.13.2025 Featured Story

Weather Service: Cloudy today, chance of snow tonight

It will be a mostly cloudy Saturday for Shelter Island, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The high temperature will reach 43 degrees, but a southwest wind at...

12.12.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Dec. 12, 2025

CLARIFY THE FACTS To the Editor: In her Dec. 4 letter, Kathleen DeRose, with no basis in fact, cites the Library as an example of runaway costs and mounting...

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12.12.2025 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Being prepared

12.12.2025 Business

Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers: Dec. 12, 2025

12.11.2025 News

Shelter Island Police Department blotter: Dec. 11, 2025

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Art for Art’s Sake: Shelter Island gets its first co-working art studio with Ore + Earth

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Community

12.09.2025 Featured Story

Cold, bright, and happiness in the Center: Island tree lighting tradition continues

Members of the Cruz family, Oscar, Elena and Joshua, a 7th-grader at Shelter Island School, were early for the...

12.08.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island students getting the true holiday spirit

On a cold November day, inside Shelter Island School’s art room, a group of...

12.01.2025 Featured Story

Birds of prey showcased at Mashomack

On Saturday, Nov. 29, 30-plus bird enthusiasts of all ages gathered behind the visitor’s...

Obituaries

10.31.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter partial obituary: Mercedes M. Binder

Mercedes M. Binder of Shelter Island passed away on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. She was...

10.15.2025 Featured Story

Clifford O. Springer

Clifford O. Springer, 78, of Plaistow, N.H. died on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Cliff...

10.12.2025 Featured Story

John Stephen Quirke

On Sept. 26, 2025, John Stephen Quirke, 93, of Pompton Plains, N.J. and Shelter...

09.13.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Richard Tarpinian

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 27, 1934, longtime resident of Shelter Island with...

09.05.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Anita Marija Tichomirova Goldsmith Allen

Anita Allen died on Aug. 11 in Warren, R.I. surrounded by family at age...

09.03.2025 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Theresa Rogers

Theresa Rogers, a professor of sociology and a summer and weekend resident of Shelter...

Sports

Latest Sports

12.10.2025 Featured Story

Varsity boys fall to St. Pius V at home: Seeking first win of young season

Shelter Island’s varsity boys basketball team now has no wins against three losses, dropping their first two non-league contests,...

12.10.2025 Featured Story

Girls hoops team short-handed but full of fight: Getting support from each other and fans

It isn’t unusual for Shelter Island teams to have a limited roster. This year,...

12.10.2025 Featured Story

A life of fierce competition: Alex Graffagnino is most alive when testing himself

It was a waking nightmare. Alex Graffagnino, who grew up on Shelter Island and...

Opinion

12.12.2025 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Being prepared

12.08.2025 Robert Lipsyte

Codger’s Column: Vulnerable thoughts

12.07.2025 Editorial Staff

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: The air we breathe

12.04.2025 Reader Submission

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Dec. 4, 2025

11.27.2025 Editorial Staff

Reporter Editorial: Thanksgiving 2025