07.19.2026 Featured Story Paw Print: The World of Peter Waldner, July 19, 2026 From the mind and pen of Peter Waldner, the Reporter’s award-winning editorial cartoonist.
07.19.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter editorial: Five hour meetings don’t work Not for the first time, the Shelter Island Town Board had a meeting on June 29 that lasted from 6 p.m. to close to 11 p.m. We understand the...
07.17.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: July 17, 2026 PARADISE LOST To the Editor: On Monday July 20 the Town Board will reconvene the public hearing on a request from one property owner for a zoning change to...
07.13.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: July 13, 2026 ROCKING FOR THE ROCK To the Editor: Why Rocking for the Rock is so important to me: Last year I became aware of just how tough it is for...
07.12.2026 Featured Story Codger’s column: Heat from the kitchen The dedication last week of the Chris Lewis Kitchen at the Presbyterian Church was about as symbolic an event as Codger expects to witness on Shelter Island this year....
07.11.2026 Featured Story Reporter editorial: Well done, Shelter Island Islanders can rightfully take pride in the community’s salutes to the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence that filled this past weekend. July 4 saw a parade through the...
06.22.2026 Uncategorized Moving Forward column: Greed Madonna’s 1985 anthem “Material Girl” looks very quaint in 2026. As she sang that “the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right,” I am thinking that...
06.21.2026 Featured Story Editorial: Father’s Day We have a friend who told us a story about his father. He and his younger brother were never embraced by him, although his sisters were always hugged. The...
06.19.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: June 19, 2026 JOIN IN, SHOW YOUR PRIDE To the Editor: After sharing in song and tears for our Memorial Day services, Jenifer Maxson wrote, “We need all our voices, whether or...
06.19.2026 Featured Story Editorial: Juneteenth tells us that freedom is everything On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of slavery that began in Virginia...
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