08.17.2024 Obituaries Shelter Island Reporter obituary: John Howard Fokine John Howard Fokine quietly passed away as the result of a stroke, on Aug. 5, 2024, in Yorktown, N.Y. He was 91 years old. John was born in Lyon,...
07.04.2022 Editorial Independence Day 2022 As the country celebrates Independence Day, we should recall those important phrases near the beginning of the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all...
08.10.2020 News The creator of the leaping lawn fish honored: Meredith Bergmann’s latest sculpture set for Central Park It’s one of those rare works of art that at first sight produces immediate smiles. A large — 13 feet nose to tail — white fish breaks the surface...
07.04.2020 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: A template for America As the country celebrates the Fourth of July today, we should recall those important phrases near the beginning of the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be...
07.04.2019 Editorial Reporter editorial: American questions The great American novelist, Marilynne Robinson, recently wrote: “We know … our treatment of immigrants threatens the ideal of a just nation. Why are we paralyzed in the face...
