02.12.2021 Around the Island Where to find your valentine: Treats from the heart Could there be a better time for Valentine’s Day to pop up than in the middle of a gray, wintry season in a year that’s been short on human...
09.28.2020 News Tournament at Goat Hill set for severely injured Islander Shelter Island Country Club (SICC) is devoting Saturday, Oct. 17 to a nine-hole tournament to benefit former South Ferry captain Alex Cannon who was seriously injured last fall. Rain...
05.15.2020 Columns Charity’s column: When COVID came for Mother’s Day The novel coronavirus derailed the two-week Chinese Lunar New Year, shut down Easter and Passover, and cast a shadow on the month-long celebration of Ramadan. But when the virus...
05.06.2020 Lifestyle Shelter Island gifts for Mother’s Day We’re counting down to the day to honor mothers, on Sunday, and it’s not a year for browsing or procrastinating. Fortunately, Island businesses are at the ready, working within...
12.13.2019 Island Profiles Peter Miedema: Teacher, coach, counsel to kids When Peter Miedema was a high school student in Accord, N.Y. (population 562) he worked at an IGA owned by a local family and over the years became part...