I first came to Shelter Island as four-month-old in the summer of 1948 and spent many years here with my family as a summer person. Our house was surrounded by oaks. I no longer live in that house but ...

As another summer rounds the bend, the Shelter Island Country Club’s (SICC) Owen N. Dickson Junior Golf Program has completed its fourth successful season up at Goat Hill. This year’s five-week ...

JUST START To the Editor: RE: The column, “Last call.” Just this week, I had the honor of writing an obituary for my husband, William Eisenreich. I had never written an obituary before. Bill and I had ...

According to witnesses five vehicles with personnel from several federal agencies, including ICE, were active in Greenport Sunday morning. The first reported staging site was the Greenport Laundromat ...

I read recently about the sad case of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaxx fanatic who compared pandemic restrictions to Hitler’s Germany — he later apologized — and who has told a reporter he spoke ...

Ready to get under sail on Captain Ted’s boat are, clockwise from top right, Gordon Barber, Mary Barber, Whit Barber, James Barber and Aspen, a cunning canine identified by Peter Waldner (who should ...

The Bucks ended the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League (HCBL) season with a big win. Ten runs, a dominant pitching performance, and one last spark under the July sun. But by the time Shelter Island ...

Free? Not quite, but homeowners who want to upgrade to the Innovative Alternative (I/A) septic systems could soon be paying far less out of pocket than they have since the introduction of the nitrogen ...

The Dog Days of Summer descended on us on July 3 and will last the Biblical length of 40 days, or until Aug. 11. Why Dog Days? Some have said this period of especially hot and sticky weather is the ...

This past Sunday, the Menantic Yacht Club (MYC) attempted to hold its fifth series of Sunfish races in West Neck Harbor. Maybe the prediction of strong winds and possible storms kept some sailors away ...

The Shelter Island Police Department arrested two Shelter Islanders on Tuesday, July 29, at about 11:20 a.m. The charges included felony possession of a weapon. Following an investigation into a ...