06.06.2020 Around the Island Richard’s Almanac: A visit with a D-Day veteran Our columnist visited Gerald Landers Sullivan, a veteran of D-Day, in his Thomas Street home in February 2018. “The bigger guys were always in front of me,” is how...
11.20.2019 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: Then and now I became involved with the Shelter Island Reporter in the fall of 1980.
06.13.2019 Around the Island Friday Night Dialogues: Boyhood in wartime Britain Meet Michael Coles, author of “A Boyhood in Wartime Britain” on June 14 at the Shelter Island Library.
03.06.2019 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: A life well spent After the atom bombs were dropped on Japan during World War II, Paul Larsen flew photographers over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to capture the devastation on film. “The cities were...
03.18.2018 Around the Island Gardening with Galligan: The flower that went to war If you’re my age, you remember World War II — the day it began and the day it ended. But we also know that our memories are not...