08.06.2022 Around the Island A Home on the Island: To go, or not to go Well, that was the question on an early Friday evening a few weeks ago. Our family had been enjoying a perfect “staycation” week and was coming off three consecutive...
08.03.2022 News Drug prevention on menu of Shelter Island grants committee Driven by the deaths of four area people who succumbed to fentanyl-laced cocaine last August — including Islander Swainson Brown — the Capital Planning/Grants Committee Tuesday morning heard suggestions...
07.28.2022 Editorial Editorial: A new, easier way to seek help — dialing 988 In the United States, one person dies by suicide every 11 minutes, on average. The number of people who contemplate taking their own lives or try to do so...
01.20.2022 News Following winter surge, COVID-19 cases across region on decline After the massive wave of COVID-19 infections, fueled by the omicron variant, swept across the region beginning in December, the number of cases has now begun to steadily decline....
01.03.2022 Education As schools reopen amid COVID spike, districts to survey parents on at-home testing It’s in-person schooling on Shelter Island today, Monday, Jan. 3. But in line with a notice from Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), School District officials sent letters to parents on...
