09.07.2026 Featured Story Shelter Island’s celebration of fishing: The Lions Club Snapper Derby The annual Lions Club Snapper Derby is the day when Shelter Island teaches its children to fish. On Saturday, Sept. 5, youngsters on Shelter Island, with more than enough...
08.31.2026 Featured Story Snapper Derby days away: End-of-summer fun competition The signs are up and the search is on for the snapper poles so carefully stored away at the end of last summer. Staving off thoughts that summer vacation...
06.05.2026 Featured Story Reporter editorial: Island’s summer is here “Almost heaven, West Virginia,” John Denver sang, leading us to believe that he probably never experienced Shelter Island in the summer. It gets hot, surrounded by salt water and...
09.02.2025 Featured Story Snapper Derby 2025: Shelter Island’s Great Day of Fishing On an Island obsessed with fishing, Shelter Island starts them young. The Lions Club 25th annual Snapper Derby was once again the most fun, down-to-earth and competitive sporting event...
08.26.2025 Featured Story Shelter Island’s Snapper Derby calls to young anglers: Saturday event brings prizes and fun Although it marks the beginning of the end of the blissful, unhurried weeks of summer vacation, the Snapper Derby is a fun competition eagerly awaited by Island youngsters. On...
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