09.22.2024 Around the Island It’s autumn Today, Sunday, Sept 22, at 8:34 a.m., summer, keeping to a strictly-kept celestial clock, packs its balmy bag and departs to make room for autumn. The equinox — from...
03.19.2024 Announcements Shelter Island spring is here — well, officially tonight Today is the first day of spring, the vernal equinox occurring officially at 11:06 p.m. , according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The sun, the Old Farmer tells us,...
12.21.2023 Around the Island The Winter Solstice — a mark in time, Dec. 21, 2023 Today, Thursday Dec. 21, at 10:27 p.m., will mark the Winter Solstice, which occurs annually either on the 21st or 22nd of December. It is “the shortest day of...
03.20.2023 Around the Island The Rites of Spring 2023 Spring has sprung. Today marks the vernal equinox, according to our friends at the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The sun, they tell us, has gone over the equator and is...
12.21.2022 News The Winter Solstice, today, Dec. 21, 2022 — marking time at the end of the year Today, Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 4:47 p.m. marks the Winter Solstice, which occurs annually either on the 21st or 22nd of December. It is “the shortest day of the...
