08.15.2026 Featured Story Heights Post Office boxes to be restored To the more than 30 Islanders who found themselves locked out of their Post Office boxes in the Heights, expect to see them restored soon. A resolution has been...
08.15.2026 Featured Story Column: When less is so much more Every year, it surprises me. We wait all winter for summer to arrive, dreaming of longer days, warm evenings, and all the things we’ll finally have time to do....
08.15.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: A catastrophe People are snatched off streets by armed men with no identification, and then lost in a bureaucracy of detention centers, held in deplorable conditions, and the powers-that-be are not...
08.14.2026 Featured Story Invasion of the mugworts: Green Options Committee weighs in There was a discussion by CPF members about how to proceed with stewardship efforts at the West Neck Preserve that has been subject to controversy. The property was purchased...
08.14.2026 Featured Story Reverend Liss Larsen to speak at Union Chapel The service on Aug. 16 at Union Chapel will feature Chapel Trustee and preacher Rev. Liss Larsen who will speak about “Why Words Matter in the Age of AI.”...
08.14.2026 Featured Story Fred Buonocore honored by ARTSI Open Studios When ARTSI opens its 16th annual Open Studios, visitors will once again be invited to step into the private...
08.14.2026 Featured Story Get your ducks in a row for a busy weekend of fun Mid-August is as busy as any time can be, even on a relaxing summer weekend on Shelter Island. On...
08.13.2026 Featured Story House fire draws multi-unit response: Lightning suspected cause, no injuries Shelter Island Fire and Police Departments and Emergency Medical Services responded to a fire alarm at 6:29 a.m., Thursday...
08.13.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Aug. 13, 2026 TAKE THE SURVEY To the Editor: Our 2026 Housing Needs Survey is now out online at: shelterislandtown.gov/213/Community-Housing-Board in both English and Spanish. Paper copies are available at the Town...
08.13.2026 Featured Story Always lending a hand Helping someone out is an everyday experience for Mark Kanarvogel, the Island’s Emergency Medical Services chief. Here he’s giving a lift to Boze the Fox — we learned his...
08.13.2026 Featured Story Drought restrictions unchanged on Shelter Island The Water Advisory Committee Monday (WAC) afternoon agreed to hold steady with the severe drought advisory even though drought conditions farther west on Long Island are being changed to...
08.12.2026 Featured Story Joane Sherman’s column: When you’re hot you’re hot There was a time when all I noticed were two types of weather: hurricane and not a hurricane. These days, all I think about is the weather. Especially hot...
08.12.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Police Department blotter: Aug. 12, 2026 Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the...
08.12.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Aug. 12, 2026 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...
08.11.2026 Featured Story Sylvester Manor’s Vegetable Derby Peels Out Again When the zucchini are ripe and heavy, and the cucumbers full of juice, young competitive racers on Shelter Island know it’s time to find an aerodynamic vegetable, attach four...
08.11.2026 Featured Story Competitive race day for Menantic Yacht Club Eight Vipers slithered back to Shelter Island this past weekend and ended up on the waters of West Neck Harbor on Sunday, joining the Menantic Yacht Club (MYC) for...
08.11.2026 Featured Story Authors to share story of rescuing Afghan women When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting, many who had assisted United States efforts were left behind, likely to perish at the hands of...
08.10.2026 Featured Story ‘Littles’ with big talents and dreams: Young musicians find their voice at Perlman Shelter Island has its own summer sounds — halyards tapping against masts, osprey calling overhead, children’s voices at play and the incoming tide lapping at the shoreline. And then...
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