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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...

12.12.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Nonprofits, Comprehensive Plan

Now is the time Now, more than in any time in memory, people are suffering on Shelter Island, and need help. The government, through the Senior Center and Shelter...

12.03.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Help the Island to thrive

Soon, early December mornings and late afternoons in the Center will be alive with lights. The great tree in front of police headquarters, the firehouse, Justice Court and Town...

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11.26.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Thanksgiving 2020

History will record 2020 as the year when everything changed almost literally overnight, when in March the nation woke up to a health crisis not seen in 100 years....

11.21.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Sound move to restore Historical Society funding

There’s work to be done, but the Town Board showed prudent judgment in restoring $10,000 to bring its allocation to the Shelter Island Historical Society back to $15,000, which...

11.12.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorials

Say yes to Historical Society budget Every fall, a Town Board is faced with the challenge to finance its operations while keeping taxes in check. It’s no easy task...

11.05.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorials: Democracy wins

One campaign said that democracy was on the ballot, the other campaign, looking at pre-election polls, forecast that its opponent was going to rig the election. Democracy was on...

10.30.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter endorsements for Election 2020

Nancy Goroff for Congress; Joe Biden for president The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed our lives since the first confirmed case in Suffolk County was reported in early March. We’ve...

10.24.2020 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Making a difference

“Act as if what you do makes a difference — it does.” So wrote American philosopher and author William James, and on Shelter Island we are constantly reminded of...

10.07.2020 Editorial

Help us find the Reporter’s Person of the Year for 2020

Every year at this time we use this space to ask Reporter readers to nominate candidates for our Person of the Year issue coming in January. With their heartfelt...

10.06.2020 Editorial

Gimme Shelter: The virtues of justice on display in local election

There’s some old political wisdom that no one really pays attention to elections until after Labor Day. This year, at least for local elections on Shelter Island, people might...

10.01.2020 Editorial

Editorial: Celebrating a local postmaster’s service

A milestone of public service was set this week with the retirement of Heights Postmaster Cheryl Brown. The words “public service” are often forgotten when it comes to the...

09.24.2020 Editorial

Reporter editorial: Deep breaths, please

In the hyper-ugly political moment we are living in, it’s certainly part of the climate that someone, or some group, could be so horribly offended by political signs for...

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