08.27.2022 Around the Island Harvest Sunday at Union Chapel: Times worth celebrating This Sunday, Aug. 28, Union Chapel in the Grove hosts Harvest Sunday, celebrating Sylvester Manor Educational Farm. Reverend Galen Guengerich of All Souls Unitarian Church in Manhattan will preach....
08.28.2021 Around the Island Harvest Sunday at Union Chapel Last Sunday’s Tropical Storm Henri washed out Poetry Sunday at Union Chapel in the Grove. This Sunday, Aug. 29, we’re hoping for better weather for Harvest Sunday, celebrating Sylvester...
12.04.2020 Obituaries Shelter Island Reporter obituaries: Bloom, Hoye, McClune Nanette Elizabeth Bloom Nanette Elizabeth Bloom passed away suddenly on Dec 1, 2020, at Stony Brook Medical Center. She is survived by her lifetime devoted partner, Peter Messina, her...
09.10.2020 Around the Island ‘Alive Together’ — Union Chapel ends its summer season “Speaking of marvels, I am alive together with you, when I might have been alive with anyone under the sun.” These are the words of Pulitzer prize-winning poet Lisel...
08.30.2020 Around the Island Traditions old and new at Union Chapel: Harvest Sunday celebrates Sylvester Manor The Harvest Festival at Union Chapel in the Grove began around 1895, and has a colorful history, according to Stewart Herman’s book, “God’s Summer Cottage.” It was like “a...