Ambrose Clancy

The Reporter Institute of Language and Semantics (RILS) has, after a unanimous vote by its esteemed Board (sleep-deprived cranks) deemed the 2024 Phrase of the Year as: “Oh, my God, no!”

Jermaine Owens at his fish processing operation in Peconic. (Credit: Ambrose Clancy)

North Ferry traffic in Greenport last summer. (Reporter file photo)

A Bluebird, perched on a bush on Shell Beach. (Credit: Jim Colligan)

The first full moon of 2025 rose through clouds over Bug Light Tuesday evening.

The Community Preservation Fund Advisory Board and Town Board are looking for a new member to replace Gordon Gooding. Mr. Gooding had been chairman of the CPF Advisory Board for several years but has now assumed his position as a member of the Town Board. Twoey Brayson took over as CPF chairman Monday morning, encouraging...

The Shelter Island Board of Education Monday night approved use of $201,500 from its repair reserve fund for use in security upgrades.

Tomorrow, Jan. 20, is the Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday. In August 2020 a group of Islanders came together to discuss Martin Luther King’s immortal speech. Here’s a report on that gathering. On the 57th anniversary of one of the most stirring and influential speeches in history, five Islanders gathered to discuss what the...

Today, Jan.20, 2025 — the Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday and Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C. — Shelter Islanders woke to a snowy morning and temperatures in the low 20s.

The Planning Board was forced to keep the Jan. 14 public hearing open on the 7 Chequit application, which is being fought by neighbors concerned about plans for an accessory structure on the site that might affect other properties. The delay came at the end of a more than one-hour discussion on the plans, which...