07.22.2021 Columns Charity’s Column: Gnocchi quest The struggle to acquire a skill can be a powerful motivation, and when it comes to gnocchi, the pillowy Italian dumplings made with potato, flour, eggs and cheese, my...
02.26.2021 News A Shelter Island link to its past is coming alive On Saturday, Feb. 13, a team of 10 people led by a millwright from Saugerties, N.Y. maneuvered an enormous handmade wooden lattice high on a windy hill across a...
01.28.2020 Around the Island A familiar face brings new life to Sylvester Manor farm When Cristina Cosentino finished her farm apprenticeship at Sylvestor Manor in 2015, she “didn’t want to leave.” Fast forward five years and she’s come full-circle as the Manor’s first-ever...
12.28.2018 Lifestyle Year in Review: MOOO-ving cattle at Sylvester Manor Over the next several days, leading to the New Year, the Reporter will be posting our annual Year In Review series of important stories from 2018. Agriculturally speaking, Sylvester...