Shelter Island — Archive

Hamptons Police Blotter: No, It Wasn’t Machete Wielding The Machete in the Hamptons

(April 14, 2013) Some pretty crazy stuff went down last week. A man with a machete, a weather warning and then of course... More

The Sheltered Islander: “Squashing” My Gardening Dreams

(April 12, 2013) It’s that wonderful time of year when the seed packets are on display at the stores and I stand before... More

Saunders Expands To Shelter Island By Recruiting Top Broker Penelope Moore

(April 9, 2013) Saunders & Associates announced today that Penelope Moore, Shelter Island’s top selling broker, has joined the firm as a Senior... More

Hamptons Police Blotter: Van Smash, McGumbus Dog Park

(April 7, 2013) The first week of April in the Hamptons kept the Police Blotter team on its toes. Armed Robbery Police are... More

Saying Goodbye to Shelter Island Landmark

(April 5, 2013) Fedi’s, a mini grocery/deli, has been an Island landmark since I was in high school in the ’70s. It will... More

Remarkable Sylvester Manor Artifacts on Exhibit

(April 4, 2013) It’s rare that historical findings cause a rethinking of a mainstream record, and rarer still that historians admit that much... More

Is That My Cell Phone Calling?

(March 29, 2013) When I was 19, I spent a week with a friend at her father’s ranch in Durango, Colorado. Her dad... More

Hamptons Police Blotter : Horse Blankets, Wild Turkey

(March 24, 2013) Horse Blanket A grey blanket designed to keep a horse warm went missing in East Hampton last week. Police who... More

We Are Finally Admitting That Hipsters Suck. Old Man McGumbus Will Probably Celebrate.

(March 21, 2013) A man named Richard Florida—arguably the guy who successfully marketed the “hipster” culture by persuading city leaders that the “creative... More