07.10.2026 Featured Story The Comprehensive Plan could wrap in the fall Remember the Comprehensive Plan? It’s that lengthy document meant to provide a roadmap for government consistent with strengthening what residents love about the Island and abandoning those policies, laws...
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 rooms. If they are planning on doing that for the...
04.01.2026 Columns Afloat: A matter time Spring is still off to windward, yet the scuttlebutt on the waterfront is already freshening. Sources close to the source have told us that heirs of Pogatticut, grand Sachem...
08.15.2025 Featured Story Remembering Michael Coles: A very full life captured in the Islander’s memoirs Mr. Coles passed away on Aug. 4, 2025 This story appeared in the October 9, 2020 issue of the Reporter. When Islander Michael Coles’ book “A Boyhood in Wartime...
08.09.2025 Featured Story Shelter Island Race Week Report The 2025 edition of a week-long regatta was just hosted by the Shelter Island Yacht Club (SIYC). This was the event’s 5th year. Days one and two were for...
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