05.19.2023 News Memorial to honor Nicholas Morehead: County, town officials to join in ceremony On June 12 at 1 p.m., the Suffolk County Planning Commission will take the lead in honoring Nicholas Morehead, a beloved Islander who succumbed to cancer in May 2021...
05.17.2021 Columns Gimme Shelter: Remembering Nick At 7 a.m. on a Monday more than a decade ago, alone in the Southampton Press newsroom, I was paralyzed, staring at the computer screen. Hired a week before,...
01.20.2017 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial Helping hands When a memorial service was scheduled for South Ferry Captain Bill Boeklen on a weekday afternoon last July at the American Legion Hall, the family asked that...
01.16.2017 Around the Island Friends rally around the Boeklen family Listening to Mary Boeklen’s answering machine’s message, you’d likely conclude she’s a person without a care in the world. That’s what faith can do, said South Ferry co-owner Cliff...