09.23.2023 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Watering the lawn in the pouring rain? It would seem to be a no-brainer: a Suffolk County “Law To Establish Requirements For Automatic Irrigation Systems,” as it’s titled. Who hasn’t had the experience of driving on...
09.22.2023 Cartoons Paw Print — The World of Peter Waldner: Sept. 22, 2023 From the mind and pen of Peter Waldner, the Reporter’s award-winning cartoonist.
09.22.2023 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Society comes through After writing about COVID since the pandemic began, I got it. A medicine called Paxlovid taken in pill form moderated the severity of the infection. One hundred years ago,...
09.21.2023 Letters Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 21, 2023 Bob is bouncing back To the Editor “Hey Bob, don’t worry about the hernia operation – nothing to it – the operation only takes a half an hour –...
09.18.2023 Columns Codger’s column: Comprehensible? Finally, Codger sat down, swept the crumbs off his desk and read the entire Shelter Island Comprehensive Plan Update, which bills itself as a “preliminary draft for informational purposes...
09.14.2023 Letters Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Sept. 14, 2023 Every morning To the Editor: RE: “Fire at Chequit quickly extinguished.” Oh no! In the 1960s I washed dishes at the Chequit. Here’s hoping everything’s O.K. I live in...
09.10.2023 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Awareness and action An Island gathering a week ago was termed “A Vigil of Hope,” and represented the Island’s participation in International Overdose Awareness Day. Hope and awareness are valuable supports in...
09.08.2023 Around the Island Charity’s Column: Keep Shelter Island boring After Labor Day, I breathe a sigh of relief, sadness and weariness. They are gone — hooray! They are gone — what will we do now? It’s time to...
09.07.2023 Letters Shelter Island Reporter Letters To the Editor: Sept. 7, 2023 A broad spectrum To the Editor: As a participant in the most recent workshop on the Comprehensive Plan, I discovered an incongruity which I cannot explain: the presentation by...
09.05.2023 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Bravo, Mr. Miedema! “Can you hear your teacher now? There will be no cellphones in classes,” was the headline last week in the Reporter relating that “when school starts in a few...
