05.14.2018 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY Alabama Governor George Wallace Jr. was shot in Laurel, Maryland, while campaigning as the candidate for the presidency on the American Independent Party line...
01.15.2018 News This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY North Korea captured the USS Pueblo holding its crew for 11 months after claiming the Navy intelligence ship had been in its waters while...
08.28.2017 Columns Suffolk Cloeseup: Ending the scourge of Lyme disease Want some good news? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last month a plan to expedite the approval process for a vaccine to ward off Lyme disease.
08.28.2017 Island Profiles Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor A speedy recovery To the Editor: Robbie Gorcoff was at work last Wednesday. Nothing unusual. He’s worked for the Shelter Island Highway Department for a long time. You’d recognize...
07.18.2017 News Ticks carry more than Lyme disease Summer on Shelter Island comes with warnings about ticks and concerns about the illnesses they can transmit, such as Lyme disease. But lately other lesser-known tick-borne ailments are grabbing...