03.08.2026 Feature Story Reporter Community Forum looks at the Island’s healthcare systems Filling voids in medical coverage on Shelter Island is no easy task, speakers at Thursday night’s Reporter Forum on Health Care agreed. But that doesn’t mean efforts have ceased....
03.07.2026 Feature Story Bucks need housing We may be looking at piles of snow and ice but Brian Cass will tell you before you realize it, summer will be here. Mr. Cass is the General...
03.06.2026 Feature Story Suffolk Closeup: Knockout punch to environmental protection Suffolk County’s Lee Zeldin is the key figure in decimating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump. The New York Times headlined a front-page lead story last...
03.06.2026 Feature Story Bayman, Councilman spar A long-time baymen unable to continue his use of docking at Daniel Lord Road tried to bypass a direct request for alternative docking by applying for a permit to...
03.05.2026 Feature Story Shelter Island Community Calendar 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...
03.04.2026 Feature Story Prose and Comments: Thank you, Mrs. M. According to the New York State Union of Teachers, slightly more than one-third of New York State’s public school educators are set to retire soon or already have. Add...
03.04.2026 Feature Story League of Women Voters to talk aims The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork is celebrating Women’s History Month at a forum at the Peconic Landing auditorium, 1500 Brecknock...
03.03.2026 Feature Story Trent seeks votes because B+ Foundation donations critical Shelter Island’s Trent Firestine as of the stabf this week was in first place in his group and needs to emerge at the top to go forward to the...
03.03.2026 Feature Story Free Reporter Health Forum set for Thursday An issue that is always important to Islanders is the status of health services — everything from staffing the medical office to the desire to restore pharmaceutical services. On...
03.03.2026 Feature Story Strongpoint Theinert Half Marathon upcoming The year was 2019 and two friends of James “Jimbo” Theinert, the president of the family organization that gave rise to the Strongpoint Theinert Ranch, offering a respite to...