05.21.2020 Around the Island Shelter Island eateries are ready for summer There may be several signals, official or not, that the summer season is about to begin, but few people will quarrel with this one: The Tuck Shop is open....
05.24.2019 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: An inexact science My mentor at this newspaper back in 1980 was editor and publisher Bob Dunne. I can still hear his voice when I made my first mistake in a story....
05.23.2019 Business Island businesses are swinging into summer By Susan Carey Dempsey & Julie Lane The awnings are unfurled, extra ice is piled high, shops are bursting with new inventory and summer staffers are reporting for work....
09.14.2018 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: Shopping a cornucopia of Island treasures I stopped at Cornucopia on West Neck Road last week looking for a card. While looking through the selection I began talking with proprietor Mary Lou Eichhorn about this Island...
11.17.2017 Around the Island Eating out or cooking in over the holiday? When the Island hunkers down for winter, seasonal eateries close but many cafés, restaurants and shops stay open and, along with community programs, will be serving over the long...