Lynne Colligan, Author at Shelter Island Reporter

09.25.2026 Featured Story

Love on the Rock: A summer at Quinipet that changed everything

Remy Styers pulled into Camp Quinipet in the spring of 2021, looking for a new beginning. Fresh off a breakup, the North Carolina native, then pursuing a Masters of...

09.06.2026 Featured Story

How an Island mom built the Clothing Swap: From parking lot racks to the family barn

It started with a routine household chore: helping a friend clear out closets full of outgrown children’s clothes. Liz Hanley, a Shelter Island resident raising three children, and currently...

06.18.2026 Featured Story

Love on the Rock: Fireworks, Ferry Rides and Float City

Some love stories begin with grand gestures. Others start with a tug on a shirt sleeve. For Kelly (neé Gillooley) and Brett Surerus, it began at the Shelter Island...

12.15.2025 Featured Story

Love on the Rock: Two Christmases, the Red Trail and Moe’s

Lidia and Schuyler Needham didn’t meet on Shelter Island, but the Island has a way of calling people home. Their path — from a small engineering college to shipyards,...

09.03.2025 Featured Story

Love on the Rock: Love, Loss and the Miles Between

On Shelter Island, love stories aren’t just about two people. They are often about other Islanders watching, guessing, and sometimes weighing in. For Mary Larsen and James (Jimbo) Theinert,...

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