08.03.2019 Columns Hey, you can’t do that! Marcia Meehan frantically stops traffic, as Newsom, the Giant Box Turtle, commits the Island’s unforgivable sin — cutting into the ferry line.
07.28.2019 Columns The Shelter Island Peaceable Kingdom The lion didn’t lie down with the lamb, but Laser the Malamute did give a rather sloppy kiss to Newsom, the giant box turtle, over the weekend.
07.22.2019 Columns Taxi! If not for John Kaasik behind the wheel and paying close attention, there might have been a tragedy, as Newsom the Turtle (ID’ed by Peter Waldner, who should know)...
07.14.2019 Columns Whoa! Minding her own business and trying to get in some grilling over the holiday weekend, artist and ArtSI member Kathy Hammond encountered a huge box turtle near the pond...