07.08.2023 News Four people and two dogs saved from burning boat near Plum Island While on a routine boat patrol about 3:50 p.m. on July 1 , Southold’s Harbormaster Joseph O’Leary heard a mayday call on his radio for a boat in distress...
06.24.2023 Columns Freddy, and me, and the west wind A few years ago, Melanie Coronetz, a friend from the Menantic Yacht Club, kept after me to join her, Ken Pysher, Paul Mobius and Freddy Zorovich aboard Freddy’s boat,...
07.28.2019 Around the Island Richard’s Almanac: On the road again From one resort community to another. That’s the way I would describe my last weekend.
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...
02.05.2016 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Willie Mays became the highest paid player in professional baseball when he signed a contract with the San Francisco Giants in February 1966 for...