11.24.2020 Around the Island Charity’s Column: Making history, and making dinner The Thanksgiving spread at my house this year may be heartbreakingly modest, but I’ll still take pictures of the toy turkey and the mini-marshmallows on my sweet spuds. I’m...
11.23.2020 Around the Island Youth serving Shelter Island On Nov. 21, the All Faith Youth Group volunteered at the Presbyterian Church to give out food boxes with everything needed for a proper Thanksgiving dinner (except a turkey),...
11.23.2020 Community Turkey plunge goes virtual: Library annual fundraiser moves online The traditional post-Thanksgiving splash by costumed Islanders into the frigid water off Crescent Beach will not be in-person this year, to avoid contagion risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead,...
11.23.2020 Sports Run For your Life: No sweat. No traffic. No excuses! COVID-19 brings many changes including this rare winter edition of my running epistles, normally only issued before the June Shelter Island 10K. It’s hard enough to persuade you to...
11.22.2020 Around the Island Hot drinks for a festive holiday With the chill of autumn upon us, I thought I’d look up some recipes for hot drinks, both hard and not. The approach of Thanksgiving sends me, like most...
