04.18.2022 Around the Island New book on rumrunning in Suffolk County to hit shelves in June With shorelines allowing easy travel and its proximity to New York City, Long Island — otherwise known as “Liquor Island” — played a significant role in rumrunning during Prohibition....
04.18.2020 Community LIVE: Oysterponds Historical Society virtual lecture on history of East End oyster industry With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a shutdown of events across the North Fork and beyond, community groups are turning to technology to stay in touch with the community. We’ll...
09.12.2019 Around the Island What’s happening: Sept. 12, 2019 THIS WEEK BACK TO SCHOOL The Shelter Island PTSA presents an all ages back-to-school barbecue on Friday, Sept. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the school playground. It...
09.06.2019 Columns Off the fork: A long East End history of clam-eating On the East End of Long Island, people have been opening clams and eating them for a very long time, starting with native Americans who left piles of clamshells...
09.05.2019 Around the Island What’s happening: Sept. 5, 2019 THIS WEEK GREAT DECISIONS The Shelter Island Library presents “Great Decisions: Cyber Conflict and Geopolitics” on Thursday, Sept. 5, at 5:30 p.m. Cyber conflict is a new and continually...