08.07.2025 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Community Calendar, Aug. 7, 2025 By Reporter Staff ...

One of the very first people I met when I moved here full-time some 43 years ago was Jeannie Lawless. The first thing she asked me, after we’d exchanged names, was if I “did theater.” I guess I said ...

FACTS ARE FACTS To the Editor: Kathryn Cunningham is an intelligent and compassionate person but her letter criticizing the Codger’s column (“Codger critique,” July 31) was full of misinformation. The ...

The Fresh Pond pilot program got a major boost this week on the road to a permanent solution to phosphorus buildup that has long affected water quality. Two grants — a previous one awarded by New York ...

Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty ...

Shelter Island Animal Control Officer Jenny Zahler has many tasks and duties, but none more familiar than rounding up Pablo the peacock when he strays from his home at Nina and Christian Langendal’s ...

Michael Coles, a longtime resident of Shelter Island, and pillar of the community, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 4, 2025, surrounded by loved ones. Born in England on April 14, 1932, Michael ...

Ever wondered who was the Louie of “Louie’s Beach,” and how it became Crescent Beach? Did you know that an enslaved man called Caesar lived at Cedar Hill in Menantic and was one of the first, and ...

I first came to Shelter Island as a 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...