05.03.2020 Around the Island Mashomack Musings: Muskrats — What’s in a name? When it comes to names, some animals seem to have drawn the short end of the stick. Muskrat roughly translates to “smelly rat.” The first half of their name...
01.13.2017 News Around Shelter Island, step by step; a pair hikes the entire shoreline We all know how long it takes to drive across Shelter Island from north to south on Route 114. Some of us know there are 21.5 miles of trails...
04.22.2016 Columns Column: Making every port of call How strange that you can wave and say hello to someone just about every day for 20 years and yet know very little about them. That’s the relationship I...
05.08.2015 News Starting anew: Part II of a Reporter series on marsh ecosystems Under a reef of cloud sailing slowly east, Dickerson Creek sparkles with May sunlight. The saltwater estuary streams out of the depths toward land, pooling in borders of...