02.23.2026 Featured Story Camp for grieving kids returns to Shelter Island The little boy had a question for his mother: “Why am I the only person who doesn’t have a dad?” And the mother, struck suddenly again by grief, had...
02.19.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Feb. 19, 2026 EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday, 8:30 Saturdays. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s...
02.18.2026 Featured Story Annual Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Supper at St. Mary’s Parishioners and neighbors of many faiths gathered Tuesday evening at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Shelter Island for the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper, marking the eve of Lent. ...
02.18.2026 Featured Story Observing Black History on Shelter Island As Black History Month is observed through the month of February, Shelter Island’s Sylvester Manor comes into focus as the repository of history and research into a significant period...
02.15.2026 Featured Story The Reporter goes to the Olympics Two year-round Shelter Island residents are volunteers at the Milan-Cortina Olympics this month. Benigno Gonzalez, right, in his full-volunteer uniform, holds the Reporter, while his husband David Daly snaps...
02.14.2026 Featured Story Joining a group that always has your back: Fire Department mentors show the way for recruits Before Maximilian Pelletier, then 20, joined the Shelter Island Fire Department in November 2013, he had witnessed and quickly responded to a fire on his own, and was asked...
02.12.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island ‘Souper Bowl’ Stars Donations of canned and packaged goods to stock the Island’s Food Pantry were collected and shelved by National Honor Society students. Above from left, Liam Sobejana, Alexis Bartilucci, Makayla...
02.09.2026 Featured Story Mashomack open for winter visitors: Looking ahead to summer activities The brutally cold start of February finds most Islanders huddled around their hearths — whether the big electronic one or the good old-fashioned wood-burning kind — but soon enough,...
02.06.2026 Featured Story National Honor Society taps new members On Sunday, Feb. 1, the Shelter Island High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 11 new members at a luncheon at the Rams Head Inn. Eight members...
02.05.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Feb. 5, 2026 EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday, 8:30 Saturdays. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s...
02.02.2026 Featured Story Souper Bowl of Caring at Shelter Island School The Shelter Island School’s National Honor Society has kicked off the “Souper Bowl of Caring,” an annual drive against hunger in the community. From now until Feb. 6, all...
01.31.2026 Featured Story What is that? Jan. 31, 2026 If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Roger McKeon emailed us to identify last week’s photo (see below) as “the 9/11 memorial...
01.31.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island vigil for victims of ICE: Strong crowd in brutal cold at Community Center More than 60 Shelter Island residents gathered on a frigid Friday evening outside the Community Center for an event dubbed: “Shine a Light — Vigil for Victims of ICE.”...
01.29.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Jan 29, 2026 EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday, 8:30 Saturdays. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Church. ...
01.27.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Library news, happenings and events Building News The steel has arrived and despite the bitter cold, Renu Construction has been hard at it, so we can now see the bones of the Library’s addition...
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