03.18.2023 News Pitching in to make a difference: AmeriCorps volunteers at Quinipet It wasn’t hard to figure out what Allene Shapiro, Jake Balinsky and Naomi Brown had been doing all morning. As they greeted a guest on a porch at Quinipet...
11.07.2021 News New exhibit shines light on history, culture of Native nations, including Shinnecock and Unkechaug A new long-term exhibit at The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Manhattan is seeking to change conversations about the history of Native people in New York....
07.12.2021 Around the Island At the Library: Friday Night Dialogues presents ‘Necessary Bridges’ The Shelter Island Health and Wellness Alliance and the Shelter Island Library are excited to present the fourth program in their Necessary Bridges series on Zoom on July 16...
02.27.2021 Around the Island Shelter Island Library conversation with an agent of change Zooming into an interview with Robert Zellner last Friday night was like opening a window into a distant past. Yet Pulitzer-prize winning historian Diane McWhorter’s discussion with the civil...
08.18.2020 Education Team name debate dominates BOE meeting: Decision to come Aug. 31 The debate surrounding the Shelter Island School’s team name of the Indians came to the fore at the Board of Education meeting Monday night. The floor was opened to...