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10.31.2026 Featured Story

A Tale For the Season, Oct. 31, 2026,

The steering wheel shuddered in my hands. Next I heard a thumping and felt the unmistakable wobble that signals a flat tire. I pulled onto the shoulder and put...

10.30.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Field, Franzoni, Ridgeway

Charles Field Jr. Charles Field Jr. — Dec. 3, 1952—Oct.15, 2026 — passed away after a short illness. Frances Franzoni Frances Franzoni, 64, known lovingly to her family and...

10.30.2026 Featured Story

Reporter endorsements for Election 2026

ASSEMBLY In the 1st Assembly District, Republican Stephen Kiely, a former Shelter Island Town Attorney, brings extensive municipal-law experience. His interest in converting vacant commercial buildings into housing addresses...

10.30.2026 Featured Story

Island traditions: Election lunch, dinner, gatherings on Monday and Tuesday

Community meals are an eagerly awaited part of the Election season tradition on the Island. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will hold its Election Eve Sauerbraten Dinner on Monday, Nov....

10.29.2026 Featured Story

Volleyball season ends on high notes: Island team grew in ‘skill and closeness’

“How is the volleyball team doing this year?” I love hearing this question as I stroll through the IGA, pick up the mail or am out for a walk....

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10.29.2026 Featured Story

Library sponsors info session on senior issues: Medical care, estate planning and more

Medicare enrollment, Medicaid long-term care planning and the essential legal documents that come along with aging at home were...

10.29.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Oct. 29, 2026

EVERY WEEK AA meetings: Keep It Simple & Early Birds Meeting in person at 7 a.m, Monday through Friday,...

10.28.2026 Featured Story

2 School Street consensus reached: Town board agrees to use for housing

At its Tuesday, Oct. 27, Town Board work session, members and some residents addressed one of the most significant...

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10.28.2026 Featured Story

Solar power at the Recycling Center? A proposal for Shelter Island’s first Green Energy project

In July of 2023 the Town’s Green Options Committee got good news. The Town’s application for federal funding for the National Renewable Energy Lab, (NREL) to help identify opportunities...

10.28.2026 Featured Story

Havens Harvest is celebrated: A new fall tradition arrives

BY CHRISTOPHER CAREY It was a crisp autumn morning outside the barn at the Shelter Island History Museum as Ray Congdon and his crew were firing up about a...

10.27.2026 Featured Story

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: The vote of many colors

Oh, yes, indeedy these mid-terms already in progress and culminating in five days manifest a miracle that is meant to occur every single time we have a nationwide election: ...

10.27.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Police Department blotter: Oct. 27, 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...

10.27.2026 Featured Story

Planes, parachutes, brisket and burgers: Annual Fly-In draws pilots, enthusiasts, spectators

The Shelter Island Pilots Association held its annual Fly-In on Saturday at Klenawicus Field, a gathering of some three dozen small aircraft in all colors and sizes, delighting the...

10.26.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island and military service: Reporter Forum to examine tradition, current volunteers, needs of veterans

If you go to the Wilson Traffic Circle (named for U.S. Marine Sergeant James Wilson Jr., killed in Vietnam) in the Center you’ll see a striking example of Shelter...

10.26.2026 Featured Story

Candy drive on at school —Winter wear also needed

As Halloween approaches, the Shelter Island School’s National Honor Society is helping the Witches of Smith Street get ready for Trick or Treat-ers with their candy drive. Donations of...

10.26.2026 Featured Story

Kids, pumpkins and Halloween joy

Pumpkin season is here, and with Halloween lurking around the corner, the Shelter Island PTSA brought the magic of Autumn to life with a spooky/fun pumpkin-painting event for younger...

10.26.2026 Featured Story

Beautiful — and dangerous: Tips on staying safe from deer/vehicle crashes

It’s that time of year again. Election season — check. Goblins and ghosts and spooky stories — check. But also deserving a check is the number of motor vehicles...

10.25.2026 Featured Story

Column: East End wooden boat building

Not long ago I attended a Times-Review forum on wooden boat building on the North Fork. Held in Southold, it was much like the forums we have had on...

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A Tale For the Season, Oct. 31, 2026,

Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Field, Franzoni, Ridgeway

Reporter endorsements for Election 2026

Island traditions: Election lunch, dinner, gatherings on Monday and Tuesday

Volleyball season ends on high notes: Island team grew in ‘skill and closeness’

Library sponsors info session on senior issues: Medical care, estate planning and more

Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: Oct. 29, 2026

2 School Street consensus reached: Town board agrees to use for housing

More in Featured Story

Solar power at the Recycling Center? A proposal for Shelter Island’s first Green Energy project

Havens Harvest is celebrated: A new fall tradition arrives

Jenifer’s Shelter Island Journal: The vote of many colors

Shelter Island Police Department blotter: Oct. 27, 2026

Planes, parachutes, brisket and burgers: Annual Fly-In draws pilots, enthusiasts, spectators

Shelter Island and military service: Reporter Forum to examine tradition, current volunteers, needs of veterans

Candy drive on at school —Winter wear also needed

Kids, pumpkins and Halloween joy

Beautiful — and dangerous: Tips on staying safe from deer/vehicle crashes

Column: East End wooden boat building

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