Shelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Oct. 31, 2024
THE HORSESHOE CRABS To the Editor: It’s difficult to imagine a summer without witnessing horseshoe crabs coming to shore getting ready to spawn, finding their molts on the beach, or educating our...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Nov. 7, 2024
COUNTER BALANCE To the Editor: Major kudos to Nancy Green for her wise words in her Oct. 31 column: “Will we ever talk to each other again?” I can’t help but wonder how things might have turned out in...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Nov. 15, 2024
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION To the Editor: On the cover of last week’s Reporter, there’s a picture of Ashley, the young woman who voted for the first time. I’m writing to thank Susan Binder, my mom, who made...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Nov. 21, 2024
GIFT OF LIFE To the Editor: As the holiday season fast approaches, the Island Gift of Life Foundation is reminded that many among us are presented every day with difficult obstacles brought about in...
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OLD SCHOOL To the Editor: Growing up it used to be said that opposites attract. Lately it feels like opposites are the enemy wherever you go. I liked the old way better. Let’s all try together and...
View ArticleShelter Island Letters to the Editor: Dec. 12, 2024
Another worthy charity To the Editor: I am a core volunteer at the nonprofit North Fork Parish Outreach located in Greenport at the corner of Route 25 and 6th Street, which has been serving the...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Jan. 2, 2025
BUILDING PLANS To the Editor: Are certain new homes over 6,000 square-foot living area (SFLA) exempted from even needing to get a Special Permit to get a building? That is the question presently...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Jan. 9, 2025
DOCK CODE To the Editor: I read the Dock Code Reporter article and watched the Public Hearing to understand why only negative comments were reported. Although many spoke against it, former WMAC Chair...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Jan. 17, 2025
THANKS AND GRATITUDE To the Editor: As we begin a new year, the Board of Trustees, Terry, and the staff at the Shelter Island Public Library Society give thanks and appreciation to all the...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Jan. 25, 2025
HALLELUJAH! To the Editor: To all our dear choristers and all attending the 2025 Messiah Sing at the Presbyterian Church, in honor of Jack Monaghan, on behalf of the Shelter Island Community Chorus,...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Jan. 30, 2025
ROLLER COASTER ON THE RISE To the Editor: I was bemused to see the Paw Print cartoon in the Jan. 23 Reporter critiquing our new president’s administration as a treacherous roller coaster ride. Trump’s...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: Feb. 13, 2025
ROLLER COASTER RESPONSE To the Editor: Recently a letter to the Reporter (“Roller coaster on the rise,” Jan. 30) highlighted the achievements of our new president in just his first week. I would like...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters To the Editor: Feb. 20, 2025
DEMS ANNOUNCE CANDIDATES To the Editor: The Shelter Island Democratic Committee (SIDC) is excited to announce our candidates for the upcoming election on November 4, 2025: • Town Supervisor: Arnott...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: March 6, 2025
Use of Political Influence To the Editor: I would like to correct the misrepresentation of my motives for resigning from the Democratic Committee as reported in the Feb. 20, 2025, Reporter article...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: March 21, 2025
ASKING FOR COMMUNITY INPUT To the Editor: The Shelter Island Health and Wellness Committee has recently become an official Town committee for the purpose of addressing the physical and emotional needs...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters To the Editor: March 29, 2025
A REMARKABLE RESPONSE To the Editor: I’ve enjoyed staff writer Julie Lane’s retrospectives on the COVID pandemic on Shelter Island in 2020. I hope a piece can discuss the Siller administration’s...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: April 4, 2025
Legitimate concerns To the Editor: I wish to commend Supervisor Amber Brach-Williams for telling a representative for the Gardiner’s Bay Country Club (GBCC) that he should respond to the letters from...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: April 10, 2025
BRAVO To the Editor: As tiny purple snow drop flowers awaken our sense of Spring joy, John Kaasik produced another School play, “Big Fish” that was pure joy. The Shelter Island students sang and...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: April 17, 2025
LASTING A LIFE TIME To the Editor: “Big Fish,” this year’s annual play, was a tremendous success this past weekend. John and Anu, I truly don’t know how you manage to pull it off year after year —...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter Letters to the Editor: April 26, 2025
HISTORY AS A TEACHER To the Editor: I was with my grandkids in Washington D.C. for their spring break. Among the many things that they saw that are pertinent to things happening today was an...
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