She got the phone call, with caller ID giving the number of the Shelter Island Police Department (SIPD). The Island resident, a senior now retired, was informed that it was an “investigator” calling ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement —ICE — had started renting office space in Woodbury, in Nassau County, “for up to 40 ...

Late winter is a quiet time for school sports. With the boys and girls high school basketball teams wrapping up their seasons in early February, the only team normally in action is the girls’ junior ...

At this time every year, students in Shelter Island’s National Honor Society sell shamrocks to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). MDA provides health care and support services ...

Finally, winter has receded and the “Snow-Drops” (Galanthus) are looking beautiful popping up through frost-free ground. The ...

Shelter Island resident Amy McGorry, who’s been fighting two chronic liver diseases through most of her life, is now in dire ...

Following two years of meetings with the Town Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board, residents will ...

Traditional Irish Soda Bread consists of flour, salt, baking soda and buttermilk. That’s it. The baking soda needs the acid of the buttermilk. But, over the years, baking powder replaced baking soda ...

This week, the Police Department investigated a fraud complaint involving a caller who spoofed the Shelter Island Police Department’s general phone number (631-749-0600) in an attempt to make the call ...

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 In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty ...