10.05.2018 Editorial Editorial: Pushing our luck There are tragedies we are all too familiar with when we read the news or see it on TV. And also all too familiar are our reactions — shock,...
09.20.2018 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: Remembering 9/11 The memorial ceremony here on the Island made me think back to that clear sunny day in 2001 when everything changed.
09.06.2016 Obituaries Shelter Island obituaries: Green, Farnan Rosine Kauffmann Green Rosine Green died on August 24, 2016. She was 90. She and her husband, Dr. Howard Green, had a second home on North Ferry Road from...
04.27.2015 Government League of Women Voters host ‘State of the town’ The state of the Town of Shelter Island is “good.” That was Supervisor Jim Dougherty’s assessment, speaking at the eighth annual “State of the Town” address Sunday, a...
03.30.2015 Columns Seniors wanted: Activities around the Island On Monday, I had a pleasant chat with longtime Town Board member and Deputy Supervisor Chris Lewis who is the board liasion to the Senior Citizen Advisory Council.