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07.11.2020 Around the Island

Library reopening Monday, with limited hours and COVID precautions

Beginning Monday, July 13, the Shelter Island Public Library will be open. The hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.;...

06.27.2020 Community

Applications sought from East End nonprofits for High Impact Community Outreach grants

Applications from East End nonprofit groups, grassroots organizations and national organizations with East End offices are being sought for grants provided by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South...

06.14.2020 Around the Island

Poppy Day on Shelter Island

Poppies remind us to honor and support our veterans. National Poppy Day was May 24 and The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) wants to help Islanders to honor, support and...

06.09.2020 Community

Boy recognizes ‘hometown hero’: Veteran EMT is honored by young friend

May 17 to 23 was National Emergency Medical Services Week, a time set aside to remind communities of the life-saving work EMS units across the country perform by being...

06.08.2020 Around the Island

Lions clean up the Island; more than 100 volunteers pick up trash on roads, shore

Shelter Island Lions Club volunteers pitched in once again to help keep the Island free of liter and trash. More than 100 people went to the American Legion Hall...

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06.02.2020 Community

Shelter Island Lions Club steps up with funds for those need

The Shelter Island Lions Foundation has announced it is allocating funds to help Island residents who have suffered due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. With many Island businesses shut...

05.29.2020 Around the Island

Library events this week for children, teens and adults

A virtual touch tank for children will be offered on Wednesday, June 3 at 3 p.m. It will feature interactions with various species that call Long Island waters home....

05.18.2020 Community

Shelter Island Town offers Zoom poetry meeting to soothe the soul and stay connected

The Shelter Island Community Connection, an opportunity to join friends and neighbors online to support and suggest ways of coping with COVID-19 isolation, will convene by Zoom on Tuesday...

05.14.2020 Community

Island volunteers: Duo delivers for neighbors

When the town’s volunteer coordinator, Sara Mundy, needs someone to cover shopping trips for Islanders who have to stay at home, she has a ready supply of helpers to...

05.12.2020 Community

COVID puts the brakes on car show

The need to maintain social distancing during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has led to a decision to cancel the 2020 car show. This popular event, customarily co-hosted by the...

05.10.2020 Community

Happy Mother’s Day from the Reporter

05.09.2020 Community

Thousands of plants grown for annual garden festival donated to East End hospitals

For 25 years, the annual East End Garden Festival has become an unofficial marker of Mother’s Day weekend. The annual fundraiser, which has supported both Peconic Bay Medical Center...

05.09.2020 Community

Shelter Island Country Club sponsored Mother’s Day parade; Some golf restrictions lifted at Goat Hill

The Shelter Island Country Club is kicking off a Mother’s Day parade tomorrow. In a note to its members, the Board of Trustees of the club wrote: Our drive-by...

04.27.2020 Community

Running for her hometown; Alex Graham completes marathon on the Island

It didn’t get really bad until around mile 20 when her legs began to bother her. And then the skies opened and she was running through hard rain and...

04.23.2020 Around the Island

Restaurant and Sylvester Manor team up for special meals to go

Sylvester Manor Educational Farm has joined forces with one of our local restaurants, 18 Bay, providing a weekly to-go dinner for the community, using fresh local produce from the...

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