Editorial Archives - Shelter Island Reporter

04.10.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Ensuring a safe and prosperous future

Last week two enormous proposals were discussed that, if completed, would bring fundamental and profound changes to our region and all of Long Island. Simply put, these are the...

04.05.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Reawakening

During a time of sickness, hospitalizations, death and fear of illness, the long winter was like a gloomy house guest who had moved in for good. But spring is...

03.28.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Legislation that could kill the press

New York State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Rockville Centre)and a host of colleagues, including Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-East Setauket), have introduced legislation that shifts the responsibility and costs of recycling...

03.21.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Police Reform Committee on track

The Police Reform and Reinvention Committee has been moving steadily toward submitting a report to New York State on local policing, a mandate every New York community is under....

03.12.2021 Editorial

Reporter editorial: Your voice can influence town development

A very dedicated and hard working group of Islanders — full- and part-timers — led by Project Director Ed Hindin and Massachusetts consultants Peter Flinker of Dodson and Flinker...

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03.05.2021 Editorial

Reporter editorial: Take a bow, Shelter Island

For those who carp about government being a bloated conspiracy dedicated to taking away our freedoms, and elected officials who do nothing but feed at the public trough, you...

02.25.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: A symbol and a reality

It’s baffling that there are still people who deny that climate change and severe weather patterns are caused by the burning of fossil fuels that erode the planet’s atmospheric...

02.19.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Working for a better future

Shelter Island has been given the opportunity to look into the mirror. Three mirrors, actually: one is a look into residents’ relationship with the Police Department; one into a...

02.11.2021 Editorial

Reporter Editorial: Tut

Recently we’ve been reminded of someone in our midst who serves the Shelter Island community day-in-and-day-out, who helps his fellow residents and keeps them safe. Seventy years ago, a...

02.05.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Return of sports is a game changer

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many hours of painful concern for a lot of Islanders, as we worry over the health of ourselves and our family, the vulnerable among...

01.29.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Keep us from temptation

“COVID, COVID, COVID,” President Trump intoned at his rallies as he ran for a second term, telling his followers that the “fake news” media was covering the devastation produced...

01.22.2021 Editorial

Reporter editorial: Caring for one another

We’ve been living though a time crowded with urgency on many fronts. A public health emergency has killed more than 400,000 fellow Americans, causing heartbreak and a state of...

01.07.2021 Editorial

Reporter editorial: What we are capable of doing

We never had any doubt about the large number of people who offer their services to better Shelter Island and help their neighbors. But it is heartening to be...

12.24.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: An unforgettable Christmas

Hope for a healthier, safer future arrived in a single box aboard a UPS truck that backed up to the loading ramp at Peconic Bay Medical Center about 9:40...

12.18.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Standing up

This page has often been at odds with Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), but not always. In August, we praised Mr. Zeldin’s important work passing legislation to get federal aid...

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