07.07.2025 Featured Story History and comedy at Shelter Island’s Sylvester Manor This summer, having embarked on a major historic preservation project, the team at Sylvester Manor is sharing some behind-the scenes looks at the 18th-century Manor House and its contents. ...
10.28.2024 Featured Story Visitors welcome to Shelter Island’s Sylvester Manor behind the scenes tours Sylvester Manor is opening its doors for tours of the Manor that has housed 11 generations of the family of the Island’s original European settlers. Brinley Sylvester, grandson of...
09.14.2024 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter photo quiz: What is that? If you know, let us know. Send your responses to [email protected] or phone 631-275-1859. Last week’s photo of the grazing sheep (see below) was a mystery to most readers....
07.30.2024 Featured Story Shakespeare returns to Sylvester Manor: ‘As You Like It’ delights audience Shakepeare’s “As You Like It,” staged on the grounds of Sylvester Manor on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28, brought back a tradition that had thrived for years...
03.16.2024 Featured Story ‘Walking back into history’ — Town set to preserve a part of Shelter Island’s heritage There’s a lot of history to two lots expected to be acquired for passive recreation purposes, said Community Preservation Fund Advisory Board Chairman Gordon Gooding. The lots at 72...