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08.23.2026 Featured Story

Suffolk Closeup: Safe alternatives to forever chemicals

As an article in Smithsonian Magazine began: “On April 6, 1938, a group of chemists at DuPont gathered around part of their latest experiment: a plain metal cylinder. It...

06.15.2026 Featured Story

Suffolk County Water Authority site plan stalled

“PFAS” and “PFOS” were acronyms unknown to most people not so long ago. But today many have learned these are man-made chemicals that are in products found in their...

05.27.2026 Featured Story

Water Advisory Committee: Test your water

If there is a single message the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) wants Islanders to follow it’s to test their water. The WAC has secured money, largely from the Water...

03.14.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: March 14, 2026

NINE MORE MONTHS To the Editor: Finally, winter has receded and the “Snow-Drops” (Galanthus) are looking beautiful popping up through frost-free ground. The weather is now warm enough to...

03.11.2026 Feature Story

Study: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in vegetables from Long Island farm stands

“Forever chemicals” known as PFAS — cancer-causing pollutants already found in Long Island groundwater — have been detected in vegetables purchased from farm stands across the North and South forks, according to a new study...

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