09.29.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Sept. 29, 2023 History repeats itself, the old saying goes, first as tragedy, second as farce. With three of nine members resigning from the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) announcing their decisions...
09.10.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Awareness and action An Island gathering a week ago was termed “A Vigil of Hope,” and represented the Island’s participation in International Overdose Awareness Day. Hope and awareness are valuable supports in...
08.25.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Seized … but not silenced It’s extremely rare that a small town American weekly newspaper gets international headlines. It’s only when extremely bad things happen, like the recent police raid on the office of...
08.19.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Town Board must protect local baymen In a story by Sir Walter Scott, a wealthy man asks a woman selling fish how much she wants for a couple of them, and expresses astonishment at the...
08.07.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: The County Legislature has failed us As of Tuesday night, July 25, the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act, years in the making, will not be on the November ballot. A majority of the Suffolk...