02.13.2023 Around the Island Examining Black history on Shelter Island: Generations of one family in local records In observance of Black History Month, the Shelter Island Historical Society has highlighted some of the lives of enslaved people recorded at Sylvester Manor. In the Last Will and...
02.21.2022 Around the Island Gimme Shelter: The American test With Presidents Day here, we at Gimme Shelter are back in the business of bemoaning that Americans are woefully weak when it comes to having any real knowledge of...
02.19.2020 Around the Island Sylvester Manor celebrates Black History Month In honor of Black History Month, Sylvester Manor Educational Farm and Sag Harbor’s Eastville Community Historical Society present “Narratives in the Making: Unearthing the Stories Within Us” as its...
03.07.2018 Around the Island Sylvester Manor’s celebration of Black History Month Sylvester Manor Educational Farm held its fourth annual celebration of Black History Month on February 25, combining forces with the Eastville Community Historical Society (ECHS) of Sag Harbor for...
02.15.2018 Around the Island What’s Happening: February 15, 2018 FEBRUARY’S CELEBRITY CHEF The next Celebrity Chef dinner at the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church will feature Michelle Beckwith. The dinner will be held Thursday, February 15 at 6 p.m....