Ambrose Clancy

Mae Brigham (left) applauds senior captain Johanna Kaasik for being an inspiration to her on her volleyball journey. (Credit Eleanor P. Labrozzi)

came in touch with something that even after four decades still haunted her. She recalled that unforgettable day when she had been doing some work in one of the smaller houses on the Manor grounds. As suddenly as a shadow shifts across a floor, an unsettling feeling stole over her. It was a sense that...

In those days we were living out in the country, about 10 miles from town in an old rambling ark of a house. It had looked charming and eccentric when we moved in June, but now in October I realized that taking it had been a mistake. It was just the two of us, my...

Shelter Island’s annual Halloween celebration paraded through the Center on a mild autumn day, with witches, goblins and strange characters of all ages, ghoulish and grand, marching from the Firehouse down North Ferry Road to Wilson Circle and back. At the Firehouse, volunteers and the Ladies Auxiliary served up hot dogs and macaroni and cheese....

Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 a.m., we “fall back,” which means the clocks go back one hour. Along with March, November has institutionalized the daylight savings time edict of “gaining” or “losing” hours. For those inclined toward conspiracy, this looks like an effort to create “circadian rhythm disorder” for millions of Americans. The fancy medical...

If you know, let us know. Send your responses to a.clancy@sireporter or phone 631-275-1859. Last week’s photo (see below) is, as Roger McKeon responded, “The flag painted on Kissing Rock.” Adding, “Too easy this time.” From the number of responses we received, Roger is right, but the photo was also an opportunity for folks to...

After spending the 1970s in Vermont, I became something of a connoisseur of fall foliage. Unless you lived in a city, which I didn’t, you were surrounded by hills and fields and smallish to actual mountains crawling with millions of trees aching to do their seasonal thing. There are many variables that contribute to the...

Rae Gordon Sargent, a beloved former member of the Shelter Island and Greenwich, Conn. communities, passed away peacefully at the age of 94 in Greenwich. Born in England and raised in Cardiff, Wales, Rae’s early life was marked by athletic achievement and a passion for tennis and squash. She was a junior doubles champion of...

A Shelter Island man was indicted today by a Suffolk County grand jury in Riverhead after being arrested and charged with possessing more than 4,000 videos of child pornography.

George Rowland, one morning last week at the Islander. (Credit: Ambrose Clancy)