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05.26.2025 Featured Story

In memory of Marine Sgt. James Wilson Jr.: The Shelter Island service member who died in Vietnam

This article first appeared in May 2020, for Memorial Day weekend. Genevieve Wilson would sometimes tell her son, who was 6 feet 4 inches, “Jimmy, get down on your...

06.19.2023 Featured Story

Codger’s Column: Us vs. Them

After “transparency,” a term that has been carefully muddied on the Island, the go-to political word is “divisiveness,” which seems to be a way of accusing someone with strong...

07.17.2022 Featured Story

Honoring the the town’s top trimmer: Louis ‘The Clip’ Cicero turns 85

Saturday was a milestone for Louis Cicero and Islanders of all ages stopped by the bench in front of the barber shop on Grand Avenue — where he started...

06.04.2022 Featured Story

A heart filled with love for life: Transplant recipient thriving on Island

Eleven years after Bob Springsteen received a new heart, the 82-year old is still going strong, relieved that medical science helped him survive what seems to be an unfortunate...

05.15.2022 Featured Story

Living History project at Historical Society to focus on Shelter Island seniors

From left, above, Robert Lipsyte, Chris Lewis, Nanette Lawrenson and Martin Levenstein are pictured at the Shelter Island Historical Society, as Ms. Lewis, president of the Senior Citizens Foundation,...

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