04.15.2026 Featured Story Committee: Twelve critical hazards threatening Island need mitigation Few would argue that Shelter Island is a jewel of the East End. But along with its natural beauty is its vulnerability to many hazards. Some result from storms,...
04.15.2026 Featured Story Approval likely for Manor House renovation project At the April 14 Town Board work session, three members appeared inclined to approve a site plan application enabling Sylvester Manor officials to push ahead with renovations to Manor...
04.15.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar: April 15, 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...
04.14.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Police Department blotter: April 14, 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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the...
04.14.2026 Featured Story Gone Fishing: Opening the season Here’s the debut of our new fishing column: Henry Cruise, proprietor. This time of year, as rising spring temperatures slowly force back the last vestiges of winter’s chill, the...
04.14.2026 Featured Story Burning the land to save the landscape The white smoke that billowed from three fires along the eastern side of the 2,300-acre Mashomack Preserve and wafted toward the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, April 10, may have...
04.13.2026 Featured Story Star pianist to perform on Saturday, April 18 Llewellyn Sánchez-Werner will perform on Saturday, April 18 at 6 p.m. at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, courtesy of Shelter Island Friends of Music. Mr. Sánchez-Werner returns in this...
04.13.2026 Featured Story E-bike battery warning exposes disposal risks: Dangers of fire and toxicity A federal warning about fire-prone e-bikes has exposed a local headache on the North Fork and Shelter Island: Getting rid of the batteries safely and legally isn’t so simple....
04.13.2026 Uncategorized Nancy Green’s column: Having a pet If you’ve never owned one you can’t fully understand. But once they are brought into your home and life, they are yours to love. One could say, of course,...
04.12.2026 Featured Story All in a day’s work for Island’s ACO: Bird flu cleanup, nurturing infant wildlife rescues Animal Control Office Jenny Zahler has had a busy couple of weeks, cleaning up parts of the Island of dead wild fowl killed by bird flu. The ACO also...
04.12.2026 Featured Story Gimme Shelter: More than a game There are only two unassailable certainties in life, and they’re not that nonsense about death and taxes. I, and everyone I love, will never die, and neither will Ted...
04.12.2026 Featured Story Island Voices: What’s taking shape as Spring arrives? Brianna Roeckell, Silver Beach A reset. With graduation ahead, it feels like I’m stepping into something new — even if I don’t have it all figured out yet. John...
04.11.2026 Featured Story Island golf pro is hunting for PGA spot: Jake Card falls one shot short in early going At Lakewood National Golf Club in Lakewood Ranch, Fla., on the 18th green last Sunday, April 5, Islander Jay ‘Jake’ Card III stood over his ball, staring down the...
04.11.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Two leaps forward for critical care For too long, a stroke on Shelter Island and the North Fork has come with a second emergency: distance. That reality is beginning to change. With Stony Brook Eastern...
04.11.2026 Featured Story Paw Print: The World of Peter Waldner From the mind and pen of Peter Waldner, the Reporter’s award-winning editorial cartoonist.
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