05.24.2019 Editorial Reporter Editorial: Memorial Day 2019 The significance of Memorial Day had faded because of the relative peace America was blessed with, lasting from the mid-1970s to the turn of the century. Since then, however,...
11.16.2018 Columns Column: A day at Arlington National When we moved from Southern California to Alexandria, Virginia in the early 1990s, we did what any normally curious people would do in this new territory. We explored the...
05.27.2018 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Memorial Day 2018 On Memorial Day 2009, President Barack Obama gave an eloquent eulogy for those who have died wearing American uniforms: “If the fallen could speak to us, what would they...
07.27.2017 News Baldwin Road Baldwin Road is a lane tucked behind Shelter Island High School, running perpendicular to Smith Street. Its namesakes were landowners and farmers, well-known on Shelter Island in the early...
05.27.2016 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Lest we forget It’s not news to say we associate our holidays with material things and comforts rather than what they were intended to mean when inaugurated. Memorial Day and its summer...