04.18.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorials: April 18, 2024 A Note From the Publisher The mission of Times Review Media Group is to provide the very best in community journalism. Beginning May 23, we will be asking more...
04.14.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Make the best, not the most expedient decisions When the Town Board enacted a moratorium to stop accepting applications for structures that exceed the 5,999 square feet of living space, we applauded the move. It promised a...
04.05.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: A well-deserved honor Distracted from good things happening right under our noses defines this era of data overload, with information coming at us with fire hose relentlessness and force, most of it...
03.15.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: The springing of the year How soon we forget that spring is, among other things, the season that requires patience to appreciate. Officially, the season arrives on Tuesday, but seasons are far too fickle...
03.01.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Helping hands Recently we ran a brief about Shelter Island School National Honor Society members completing a food drive to help stock The Food Pantry at the Presbyterian Church. The students...
02.23.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Overcome a Town Board deadlock with a plan The Town Board will shortly be receiving the latest draft of a proposed new Comprehensive Plan and reviewing it chapter by chapter in a series of work sessions and...
02.18.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Connections Charity Robey’s excellent feature article a couple of weeks ago chronicling a day in the life of the Shelter Island Historical Society reminded us that there are many wonderful...
01.19.2024 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Right here, right now In Ernest Hemingway’s novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” one character asks his friend, “How did you go bankrupt?” The friend replies, “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” That dualism can...
12.16.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: The question of docks Docks have been a hot topic for discussion at Town Hall of late. As in: Who gets them? How many are necessary? And their negative impact on the Island’s...
12.08.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Think of home first It’s that time of year, the Season of Light, with the winter dusk coming alive with the colors of Christmas. Special songs and tunes are heard in churches, supermarket...
11.23.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: The story of Thanksgiving What is the truth about Thanksgiving and what is the myth? Of course, there’s nothing more true than the truth, but the myth is also true, if you take...
11.15.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Veterans Day 2023 Last Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, was Veterans Day. This week many of us are remembering those who have served and are serving in the armed forces. Veterans are in...
11.09.2023 Editorial Help us name the 2023 Shelter Island Reporter Person of the Year 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...
11.02.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter endorsements for Election 2023 Over the last several years, it’s become a ritual that politicians and the press bow to every November — proclaiming that the upcoming election is a crossroads, an inflection...
10.14.2023 Editorial It’s your tax money at stake It has been close to a month since Supervisor Gerry Siller unveiled his 2024 town budget draft representing an 11.8% spending increase. The Town Board has had lengthy sessions...