04.06.2020 Island Profiles Island Profile: Forrest Compton, soldier, actor, Islander The Shelter Island community was saddened to learn of the death of Forrest Compton, who succumbed to the COVID-19 coronavirus while hospitalized. Here’s a profile of Forrest by Charity...
04.05.2019 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: singing at the Senior Center It sounded like some back road honkytonk on a Saturday night. But it was not. The karaoke music was coming from the Shelter Island Senior Activity Center.
11.28.2018 Around the Island Richard’s Almanac: Video killed the radio star Do you remember the days before television? Those dark days of listening to the radio and reading the newspapers and books. Well, I barely do.