02.17.2022 Letters Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor, Feb. 17, 2022 Fair and honest To the Editor: Over the past two weeks, the town of Shelter Island has been bombarded with accusations about Michael’s participation on the WMAC. It is...
01.22.2022 Around the Island Mashomack Musings — Christmas Bird Count BY CINDY BELT AND REBECCA KUSA On Dec. 26, juvenile and mature bald eagles were spotted soaring in the skies above Mashomack and American black ducks were tucked away...
01.14.2022 Around the Island Wakeful noises on a winter night Over the past few years, our family’s status as part-time residents has presented an opportunity for learning about the local wildlife, literally right outside our door. As born and...
12.17.2021 Around the Island Mashomack Musings — White pines Even as the last leaves cling to a few trees in a mostly bare landscape, there are still bursts of green along our streets and in New York’s forest....
11.28.2021 Around the Island Mashomack Musings: Meadows help seed the future Autumn is harvest time, with farm stands bursting at the seams and chipmunks and squirrels gathering stores for the winter. This October, Polly Weigand came to Mashomack to harvest...