09.18.2023 Government Shelter Island preps projects for FEMA aid Shelter Island has escaped catastrophic damage from major storms that seemed headed its way before veering in other directions. But low-lying areas on the Island have been flooded during...
07.19.2023 News In the wheelhouse with South Ferry captains One sunny and windless day last week, the Reporter went along for a ride on the Sunrise, one of five South Ferry boats, powered by two 450-horsepower engines. On...
05.21.2023 Around the Island What is that? May 21, 2023 If you know, let us know. Send your responses to a.clancy@sireporter.com or phone 631-275-1859. Nobody got in touch with us about last week’s photo (see below). The sign by...
09.08.2022 News In an effort to save history, group hopes to begin Bug Light renovations next spring In 1871, an arm of the federal government built a lighthouse off the sandbar at Long Beach, a spit of shifting sand that juts south from Orient and bends...
09.07.2021 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Waiting for next time We dodged a bullet with Henri hitting Rhode Island head-on rather than us last week. But the hurricane threat is far from gone. With the hurricane season running from...