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01.19.2026 Featured Story

Shelter Islanders on Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech

Today, Jan. 19, is the Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday. In August 2020 a group of Islanders came together to discuss Martin Luther King’s immortal speech. Here’s a...

12.24.2025 Featured Story

Never to be forgotten: Island faith leaders on their most memorable Christmases

Memorable Christmases often involve trips, of going home or picking up loved ones, or interior journeys, where certain truths and values are realized. For Father Charles McCarron, pastor of...

12.21.2025 Featured Story

Charity cooks: A Christmas cookie from awhile back

I will never forget the first time I made a cookie. I put my 5-year old fingers in the flour, tasted and thought, this cannot possibly become something delicious....

12.14.2025 Featured Story

Christmases recalled, in darkness and light

Here’s a column from Susan Carey Dempsey, which first appeared a few Decembers ago.. Discussing Christmas memories recently, I began to think that it’s hard to select a single...

12.07.2025 Featured Story

World War II Pacific veteran Robert Strugats on embracing life’s challenges

On the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 84 years ago today, we remember all Island veterans of World War II. Here’s a story from several years ago...

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