05.29.2021 Around the Island Jenifer’s Journal: Pirate season ‘Not all treasure’s silver and gold, mate.’ — Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) It may not be printed on your Nature Conservancy calendar, but it’s the start of...
11.02.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: The mystery of Gardiners Island I’ve been giving presentations about Gardiners Island at the East Hampton Library, Southampton History Museum and last week at the Suffolk County Historical Society Museum. Part of the talk...
09.07.2018 Columns Gimme Shelter: Island to Island I first experienced that mix of relief and melancholy some Islanders have on Tumbleweed Tuesday years before I came to Shelter Island. It was on a day’s visit to...
10.28.2016 Around the Island Haunted Tales of Sylvester Manor BY AMBROSE CLANCY AND MONIQUE SINGH-ROY She had just started working at Sylvester Manor as a housekeeper, now almost 40 years ago, when Rose Wissemann came in touch with...
10.29.2015 Lifestyle An authentic haunted Halloween at Sylvester Manor Sylvester Manor’s history and ghost stories will converge this Halloween for its Mysteries of the Manor tour. On Saturday, October 31 from 1 to 4 p.m., the Manor will...