07.27.2026 Featured Story Working with — not against — nature: Restoring the Island’s landscape, one yard at a time How to reduce the use of herbicides and pesticides while cultivating your own landscape with native plants that support the Island’s wildlife? That was the challenge that drew 44...
12.05.2024 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter editorial: A time for generosity The major religions of the world proclaim charity as one of the foundations of their beliefs. In Hebrew, the word for righteousness or justice, is often interchangeable with the...
11.30.2024 Featured Story After thanks, a season for giving: Many ways to help spread the joy Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, is an occasion to inspire generosity and a reminder that each of us can make a difference. Still warmed by the spirit of Thanksgiving, Islanders...
05.08.2023 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter obituary: Georgette (Yioula) Van Rynbach Georgette (Yioula) Van Rynbach of Shelter Island passed away peacefully on April 30, 2023 after a long and meaningful life of 100 years. She was with her family during...
04.19.2023 Featured Story Greener Gardens: Create a home for bees and birds I first got the plant bug when I was in college. In an out-of-nowhere impulse, I bought a pack of seeds, planted and watered them and … nothing happened....
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