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02.27.2021 Around the Island

Shelter Island Library conversation with an agent of change

Zooming into an interview with Robert Zellner last Friday night was like opening a window into a distant past. Yet Pulitzer-prize winning historian Diane McWhorter’s discussion with the civil...

02.27.2021 Columns

Column: Spreading joy through The Giving Pears Project

Elizabeth Lopez had always kept her health issues private. As a photographer who specializes in weddings and family portraits, she worried about how clients might perceive her if they...

02.27.2021 News

Submissions sought for county memorial that will honor victims of COVID-19 pandemic

A COVID-19 memorial will honor the lives of Suffolk County residents who succumbed to the virus and provide an “opportunity to find comfort in community” for those who lost...

02.26.2021 News

Island inoculation site runs smoothly: First doses of Pfizer vaccine administered at school

Esther Simovich was up late Thursday night into early Friday morning. “I was binge watching ‘The Rookie,’” the 65-year-old Islander said as she waited in the hallway outside the...

02.26.2021 Around the Island

Top 5 reasons men should see a doctor

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists heart disease as the number one cause of death in men, breaking down the causes by age tells a different...

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02.26.2021 News

Let the sun shine in: Town exploring solar power project

The Town Board is exploring the possibility of identifying sites for solar panels. In addition to the capped landfill at the Recycling Center, there’s a possibility of adding other...

02.26.2021 News

A Shelter Island link to its past is coming alive

On Saturday, Feb. 13, a team of 10 people led by a millwright from Saugerties, N.Y. maneuvered an enormous handmade wooden lattice high on a windy hill across a...

02.25.2021 Editorial

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: A symbol and a reality

It’s baffling that there are still people who deny that climate change and severe weather patterns are caused by the burning of fossil fuels that erode the planet’s atmospheric...

02.25.2021 Columns

Shorelines: A deeply moving experience

All the stars seemed to align when we made the decision to sell our winter home just before Christmas. The five-bedroom house on two acres in Pennsylvania was quickly...

02.25.2021 News

Ready, set, inoculate; town and school ready for vaccine distribution

Approximately 500 Islanders will get their first COVID-19 inoculations Friday at Shelter Island School where the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is to be administered. Town and school officials have been working...

02.25.2021 Real Estate

Real Estate Transfers: Feb. 25, 2021

Listings prepared for Times Review Media Group by Suffolk Research Service, dated Jan. 2-8, 2021. SHELTER ISLAND (11964) • Alli, W, to Gimme Shelter Island LLC, 82 Gardiners Bay...

02.24.2021 News

Vaccines to be distributed at Shelter Island School on Friday

Supervisor Gerry Siller and town officials got the go-ahead Wednesday for an on-Island vaccine distribution site. Mr. Siller told the Reporter late afternoon Wednesday that Stony Brook Medicine personnel...

02.24.2021 Letters

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor — Feb18-24

The future of our kids To the Editor: The Mattituck School District is experiencing a decline in student population. Perfect fit for Shelter Island to consider transferring our secondary...

02.24.2021 News

Correction: Town officials almost certain of securing site for on-Island vaccinations at the school on Feb. 26 and March 19

In a press release today, School Superintendent Brian Doelger announced an on-Island site for vaccinations. Supervisor Gerry Siller said later it was “85% certain” to happen, but details were...

02.24.2021 Police

Shelter Island Police Department blotter — Feb. 17-23

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...

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Shelter Island Library conversation with an agent of change

Column: Spreading joy through The Giving Pears Project

Submissions sought for county memorial that will honor victims of COVID-19 pandemic

Island inoculation site runs smoothly: First doses of Pfizer vaccine administered at school

Top 5 reasons men should see a doctor

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Let the sun shine in: Town exploring solar power project

A Shelter Island link to its past is coming alive

Shelter Island Reporter editorial: A symbol and a reality

Shorelines: A deeply moving experience

Ready, set, inoculate; town and school ready for vaccine distribution

Real Estate Transfers: Feb. 25, 2021

Vaccines to be distributed at Shelter Island School on Friday

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor — Feb18-24

Correction: Town officials almost certain of securing site for on-Island vaccinations at the school on Feb. 26 and March 19

Shelter Island Police Department blotter — Feb. 17-23

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