12.06.2021 Columns Codger’s column: Ghosts at the table It was a wonderful Thanksgiving, especially after missing out on last year. There were family firsts! A grandson brought a girlfriend. Codger actually polished the Crone family silver, hours...
11.12.2021 Columns Codger’s Column: A local hero It was always reassuring to open the FIT Center door and come upon the welcoming bulk and boom of Garth Griffin, the red-topped gentle giant. Typically, Codger had dragged...
10.23.2021 Opinion Codger’s column: Transparency Even Codger is struggling to see through this transparency thing. It’s simply not clear. In less than two weeks, Shelter Islanders will vote in a complicated election in which...
09.24.2021 Columns Codger’s column: Too many memorials Codger and Crone attended memorials last weekend for three more Shelter Island friends gone. Between COVID, old age and perhaps a climate of hopelessness, this has been a time...
08.27.2021 Columns Codger’s column: Silly season Codger has called this time of year the “silly season” to convey the final frantic efforts to make more money or whoopee before Labor Day allows the dogs back...
