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10.01.2023 Around the Island

October, the month I fell in love with Shelter Island

This column appeared, in slightly different form, on Oct. 1, 2022. October is the beautiful one at the party, turning heads, glamorous and dazzling. Seated between whimsical, not-quite-sure-of itself...

09.30.2023 Around the Island

What is that? Sept. 30, 2023

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Last week’s photo, (see below) was one of the most popular we’ve run, both in...

09.30.2023 Announcements

Greenport’s Maritime Festival is back on

Greenport’s beloved Maritime Festival is back on for Oct. 21 and 22. At Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Village Board, the board passed a resolution in support of rescheduling...

09.29.2023 Around the Island

Greenport’s Maritime Festival may be rescheduled after cancellation

Greenport’s annual Maritime Festival, which was canceled last weekend due to forecasts of high winds and heavy rain, may be rescheduled pending approval from the Village Board. Diane Tucci,...

09.29.2023 Around the Island

Shine on, shine on, Sept. 29, 2023

The full, harvest moon rose in the early morning hours of today, Friday, Sept. 29, marking one of the brightest and most beautiful events to grace the sky above...

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09.28.2023 Around the Island

Shelter Island Friends of Music welcomes Parker Quartet: Noted artists to close season

Shelter Island Friends of Music presents the Parker Quartet on Sunday, Oct. 8 in a free concert at 7 p.m. at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church. The Grammy-award winning...

09.28.2023 Announcements

Shelter Island Reporter Calendar of Events: Sept. 28, 2023

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Church. Alignment...

09.27.2023 Around the Island

Susan’s Shorelines: Storming and stomping

I used to love hurricanes. Not the storms themselves, but the urgency of preparing for their arrival, and the need to activate our emergency response. The approach of a...

09.27.2023 Around the Island

Training with Trent: Clean eating

Question: Fred B, Hello, Trent, I love your column. My question is what does “clean eating” actually mean? Answer: Thank you, Fred. I love nutrition questions. And this is...

09.27.2023 Around the Island

Volunteers enhance Mashomack’s space, making nature more accessible

This past spring, the team at Mashomack Preserve, especially Education Coordinator Cindy Belt, was thrilled to see the installation of a new, accessible teaching pavilion. Part of the pavilion...

09.24.2023 Around the Island

Jenifer’s Journal: Talking turkey

I’m talking turkey today. While Islanders may continue splitting hares about the actual derivation, not to mention definition, of “harelegger,” I maintain that, in the past decade or two,...

09.24.2023 Around the Island

Friday Night Dialogues at the Shelter Island Library: Life-altering Poetry

From modest childhood rhymes to erudite metaphysics of T.S. Eliot’s “Wasteland” or “Four Quartets,” the life-altering power of poetry has fascinated poets and poetry lovers across time and place. ...

09.23.2023 Around the Island

Shelter Island By the Numbers: Sept. 23, 2023

11.8 Percent spending increase in Supervisor Gerry Siller’s budget proposal for 2024 that he and Town Board members agree will be scaled back 244,000 Dollars is the approximate salary...

09.23.2023 Around the Island

What is that? Sept. 23, 2023

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Tom Speeches got last week’s photo quickly (see below), emailing us: “Easy one this week,...

09.21.2023 Announcements

Shelter Island Reporter Calendar of Events: Sept. 21, 2023

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Church. Alignment...

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October, the month I fell in love with Shelter Island

What is that? Sept. 30, 2023

Greenport’s Maritime Festival is back on

Greenport’s Maritime Festival may be rescheduled after cancellation

Shine on, shine on, Sept. 29, 2023

More in Around the Island

Shelter Island Friends of Music welcomes Parker Quartet: Noted artists to close season

Shelter Island Reporter Calendar of Events: Sept. 28, 2023

Susan’s Shorelines: Storming and stomping

Training with Trent: Clean eating

Volunteers enhance Mashomack’s space, making nature more accessible

Jenifer’s Journal: Talking turkey

Friday Night Dialogues at the Shelter Island Library: Life-altering Poetry

Shelter Island By the Numbers: Sept. 23, 2023

What is that? Sept. 23, 2023

Shelter Island Reporter Calendar of Events: Sept. 21, 2023

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