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10.07.2024 Around the Island

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: I am Jen’s sciatic nerve

This column’s headline is an homage to J.D. Ratcliff and his iconic “I Am Joe’s _____ (liver, pancreas, brain, etc., fill-in-the-blank” columns from the 1950s and 1960’s for The...

10.06.2024 Announcements

Shelter Island Photo Quiz: What is that? Oct. 6, 2024

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Heather Reylek, a.k.a. “Gramma Lulu” (we didn’t ask), wrote to tell us that last week’s...

09.30.2024 Around the Island

Shelter Island Reporter Photo Quiz: What is that? Sept. 30, 2024

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Last week’s photo (see below) is the entrance to the Kristy and James H. Clark...

09.28.2024 Around the Island

Moving forward column: On building confidence

Fake it until you make it! These words have been told to many people to boost their self-esteem and to learn to succeed. They have also led to misleading...

09.25.2024 Around the Island

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Hallways

Hallways. There have been many times in my life when something was in the offing, the pipeline, on its way, but just not yet … not yet. And I’d...

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09.23.2024 Columns

Codger’s column: Serious series

Codger and Crone are critical consumers of current content. Their top three shows are “Silent Witness,” a British crime procedural in its 27th season; the over-the-top dramedy “Kamala vs....

09.21.2024 Around the Island

Shelter Island Photo Quiz: What is that? Sept. 21, 2024

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. No one could locate last week’s photo of the sundial (see below right). Roger McKeon...

09.15.2024 Around the Island

Joanne Sherman’s column: The mule and I

I knew off the bat that Connie didn’t like me. I get it. I’m not everyone’s cup of tea and I’m okay with that. But Connie was an ass....

09.14.2024 Around the Island

Shelter Island Reporter photo quiz: What is that?

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Last week’s photo of the grazing sheep (see below) was a mystery to most readers....

09.12.2024 Around the Island

Gimme Shelter: Check the calendar — Are you superstitious?

Today’s date, Friday, Sept. 13 is known by some as friggatriskaidekaphobia, pronounced frig-uh-trisk-eye-deck-uh-pho-bee-uh (but you knew that) in tribute to the unhappily named Frigga, a Norse goddess. Why Frigga...

09.09.2024 Around the Island

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: Grace

Noun: unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration … I first met Grace in the early 90’s — beautifully dressed, expertly coiffed, she and her slim, dark-haired...

09.08.2024 Columns

Moving forward: How newspapers get saved

Assuming you haven’t been living under a rock, you are well-versed in what is going on in the presidential election. This is because in 2024, much of the country...

09.07.2024 Columns

Awards to many, thanks to all

The Menantic Yacht Club held its last series of 2024 Sunfish races this past Sunday. At race time, the wind was blowing around 9 to 13 knots. Two boats...

09.02.2024 Columns

Bringing history to life

She’s a renaissance woman in Suffolk County and the broader region. Georgette Grier-Key, Ph.D., is the executive director and chief curator of the Eastville Community Historical Society of Sag...

08.25.2024 Around the Island

What is that? Aug. 25, 2024

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Old Reliable Roger McKeon weighed in (correctly) on last week’s photo — see below. “That’s...

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