08.03.2019 Around the Island Choir Sunday at Union Chapel The Union Chapel summer choir has performed on the first Sunday in August for more than 20 years. Members of the Shelter Island community are invited to participate. The...
08.22.2017 News People gather at Wades Beach for eclipse Islander John Kenney was a man on a mission, walking quickly through the parking lot at Wades Beach Monday around 2 p.m. “I’m under orders,” Mr. Kenney said with...
12.12.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Cuomo vetoes swan’s protection Despite its overwhelming passage in the State Legislature, Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed a measure that would have blocked the outrageous plan of the New York Department of Environmental...
05.18.2015 News Profile: Charles Olton, the past is always present From Charles and Barbara Olton’s house on the northern tip of Shelter Island, the sweeping view takes in Gardiners Bay to Orient. But when Charles gazes out, he also...
01.25.2014 Columns Midnight Musings: A French romance When I was in my 20s and working in a boring office job, taking ballet classes at night, I decided to learn French. Ballet taught me the only French...