At a break in filming of Peter Waldner’s latest production, “Frieda Takes the Stage,” Aspen, our cunning canine — identified by Mr. Waldner (who should know) — wanted to insert himself into the cast.

08.09.2025 Featured Story Shelter Island Reporter Real Estate Transfers, Aug. 9, 2025 By Reporter Staff This article is brought to you by Advantage Title ...

Last weekend the Winston family had a private celebration of life for father, grandfather and great-grandfather Larry, who wrote the “Fish On” column for the Reporter for many years, and who passed ...

The 2025 edition of a week-long regatta was just hosted by the Shelter Island Yacht Club (SIYC). This was the event’s 5th year. Days one and two were for the Etchells and the Herreshoffs. The Etchells ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty ...

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 ...

How do you tell a child that many children their age recently died in a flood? How do you discuss an airplane crash in India? How do you talk about children starving in Gaza? Should you? This leads to ...

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

The Town Board agreed Tuesday to scrap a companion statement to the New York State “Pro-Housing Community” agreement that had to be signed with no changes. If the Island can qualify as a Pro-Housing ...

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 ...