01.23.2020 Columns Codger Column: Already missing Paul on the Town Board About 10 years ago, as Paul Shepherd told Codger recently, “frustrated as a citizen and despondent over regulations I felt were crippling my carpentry business,” he began showing up...
12.28.2019 Columns Column: Codger looks back and ahead Last week, Codger took Cur II for a walk. It wasn’t that much of a walk, certainly not one of their old howling, ball-chasing marathons, just a stroll on...
11.28.2019 Columns Codger gives thanks As everyone knows, Codger loves Thanksgiving, his favorite holiday, a festival of family, food and the lunatic fun of the Friends of the Library’s Turkey Plunge, an annual rite...
11.01.2019 Columns Codger’s Column: Perfect Island Of all Town Councilman Paul Shepherd’s gnomic sayings, Codger’s favorite is this: “When people describe the Shelter Island that should be, it is usually the Shelter Island they saw...
10.06.2019 Columns Codger: On the waterfront While pre-habbing for a hip replacement in two weeks, Codger has been reading a book so scary in its planetary prognosis that he has hardly had time to think...
