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,...
04.13.2025 Featured Story Love on the Rock: Besties to Foodies She’s an introvert. He’s an extrovert. She’s chill. He’s high strung. She’s a Shelter Islander. He’s a San Diegan. How did these two opposites attract? Julia (Martin) Palacios grew...
02.26.2025 Featured Story Love on The Rock: Sushi, taxes and purple loafers San Francisco, 2013. Liz Hanley’s dear friends Tim and Erin have just opened a restaurant in the Mission District named Ichi Sushi. Liz has helped them with the accounting,...
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