01.19.2025 News Islanders on Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech Tomorrow, Jan. 20, is the Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday. In August 2020 a group of Islanders came together to discuss Martin Luther King’s immortal speech. Here’s a...
01.19.2025 Around the Island Codger’s Shelter Island Column: Hope springs … This time, hope is 8 years old, weighs 40 pounds and is colored black, brown and white. Her name is Tess. Yes, she’s a dog. Hope is not always...
01.19.2025 Around the Island Shelter Island By the Numbers Jan. 19, 2025 2 Percent tax cap imposed by New York State could be exceeded for the 2025-26 Shelter Island School budget 200 People estimated to have participated in the Women’s Rally...
01.18.2025 Environment SkyWatch: Planet ‘parade’ kicks off the New Year Throughout the month of January, the planets Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be naked-eye visible at the same time in the night sky. Neptune and Uranus are also...
01.18.2025 News Shelter Island veterans seek tax exemptions Military veterans are hoping to get tax exemptions that many seniors and members of the Shelter Island Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service members have. Sean Clark brought a...
01.18.2025 Letters Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Jan. 17, 2025 THANKS AND GRATITUDE To the Editor: As we begin a new year, the Board of Trustees, Terry, and the staff at the Shelter Island Public Library Society give thanks...
01.17.2025 Education Shelter Island School security set for upgrade: Board of Ed on preventing violence at school The Shelter Island Board of Education Monday night approved use of $201,500 from its repair reserve fund for use in security upgrades. The BOE determined it was important to...
01.17.2025 Environment Shelter Island’s Preservation Board seeks new member: Gooding election leaves open seat The Community Preservation Fund Advisory Board and Town Board are looking for a new member to replace Gordon Gooding. Mr. Gooding had been chairman of the CPF Advisory Board...
01.17.2025 Editorial Be a supporter of Shelter Island, support the Reporter The Shelter Island Reporter’s staff received word in June 2024 that the last issue of 2024 would be its last — ever — published as a unique publication by...
01.16.2025 Around the Island 185th anniversary of a Long Island Sound tragedy: Wreck of the Lexington killed 149 One hundred and eighty-five years ago this week, during one of the coldest winters on record, a man named David Crowley washed ashore at Baiting Hollow in Riverhead after...
01.16.2025 Legal Notices Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers: Jan. 16, 2025 Listings prepared for Times Review Media Group by Suffolk Vision Inc., dated Nov. 1, 2024. SHELTER ISLAND (11964) • JDMRA Realty LLC to Shaun & Fleur Kennedy, 100 South...
01.16.2025 Education Christopher Conrardy is Shelter Island School’s Employee of Month Christopher Conrardy is the Shelter Island School District Employee of the Month for December. He was honored at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. While he’s on the District’s...
01.16.2025 Announcements Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Jan. 16, 2025 EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday. Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. Saturdays 7:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Church. Adult...
01.15.2025 Around the Island Beauty and history on Sylvester Manor’s walls As Shelter Island’s historic Sylvester Manor undergoes a major restoration and preservation process, an early step is the replacement of stunning French wallpaper that has adorned the house’s “Ladies...
01.15.2025 Education Shelter Island School challenged to stay within 2% tax cap “There are a lot of challenges.” That was Shelter Island School Superintendent Brian Doelger, Ed.D., speaking Monday night about the 2025-26 budget he has begun developing for the School...
