06.05.2015 Around the Island This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY United States astronaut Edward White became the first American and the second human to take a walk in space while he was tethered to...
04.02.2015 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Time magazine’s cover illustrated computers in society with a story on the first orbiting digital computer, described as a “hatbox-sized model” capable of making...
02.13.2015 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY The Beatles recorded “Ticket to Ride” in London for their album “Help!”
08.14.2014 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Angry West Berliners attacked a Soviet Army car, heavy truck and trailer halfway through the western police barriers protecting the hated Berlin Wall.
06.25.2014 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO Griffing bids Rotarians be wary of bridge and canal Evans Griffing was Shelter Island supervisor 50 years ago when he carried a message to North Fork...