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4 days ago | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
“Why not?” Peter Reich answered with a grin, when asked why he decided to embark on a year-long voyage in his boat, Teddy Bear. It seemed like a challenge he was eager to pursue at age 67 after retiring last year from his 40-year partnership with James Eklund in their construction company. He’d also put in 12 years serving as a councilman on the Island’s Town Board.
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2 weeks ago | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
Children and adults who have studied ceramics with Island artist Jude Amsel will now find her —potter’s wheel and all — in a new gallery on Bridge Street. “MAJU,” a venue with room for the classes in the rear of the space, whose white walls are now covered with striking pieces of art, will open its doors with a reception on Saturday, May 24.
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1 month ago | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Julie Lane |Susan Carey Dempsey
It may be a family meal at a local restaurant or a feast at home that Mom didn’t have to cook because one of the Island’s food preparers did the work, but whatever the choice, Sunday’s Mother’s Day repast can be a grand celebration of the woman who somehow has been able to not only manage her own life while coordinating everyone else’s.
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1 month ago | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
The Shelter Island History Museum offered a little taste of summer on Saturday, April 19, with a special Easter weekend Farmers Market. Some of the most popular vendors of foods and crafts returned for the event, blessed with sunshine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Salt Fyr & Salt food truck was on hand to offer lunchtime refreshments, and local musicians filled the air with their tunes.
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1 month ago | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
Saturday’s Easter Egg Hunt at Firemen’s Field gave families the kind of sunny, spring warmth that often eludes these April outdoor events. With the fire truck at the edge of St. Gabe’s Meadow to welcome revelers, the well-orchestrated competition went off right at 1 p.m., exactly as planned by the Shelter Island Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.
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2 months ago | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
Like the fireworks in summer, the musical performances of the Shelter Island High School Drama Club joyfully burst onto the stage each spring, piercing even the gray curtain of a dreary weekend with color, music and youthful talent. From Thursday evening, April 4, through the afternoon of Sunday the 6th, performances of “Big Fish,” with the book by John August and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, filled the school auditorium to cheers and whistles.
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2 months ago | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
Possibly the hardest working people on Shelter Island right now are the two dozen or so members of the cast and crew of the High School Drama Club’s spring play, and the team overseeing the production of the musical, “Big Fish.”On a recent night, rehearsing after school, the students had learned their lines, polished their songs and mastered the dances choreographed by Jessie King; now, they were receiving some detailed coaching from director John Kaasik.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
suffolktimes.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
Longtime readers of Times Review Media Group newspaper, the Shelter Island Reporter, have gotten to know Editor Ambrose Clancy in black and white, through the word images formed by squiggles of ink against the white pages of this newspaper each week. The black-and-white squiggles sometimes morph into the gray shapes of unnerving ghost stories, or transform into the colors of a well-lived life in his memorial tributes to friends mourned by the community.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey |Ambrose Clancy
Longtime readers of the Reporter have gotten to know Editor Ambrose Clancy in black and white, through the word images formed by squiggles of ink against the white pages of this newspaper each week. The black-and-white squiggles sometimes morph into the gray shapes of unnerving ghost stories, or transform into the colors of a well-lived life in his memorial tributes to friends mourned by the community.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com | Susan Carey Dempsey
Islanders know that even in the middle of quiet February, our unique shops are well-stocked with gifts that say, “You are special.”Cornucopia — 631-749-0171 — Mary Lou Eichhorn guides shoppers to the right choice in her cozy shop at 27 West Neck Road, with Valentine’s Day cards and a treasure trove of gourmet chocolates, one-of-a-kind handmade gifts, and Island artworks. Shelter Island Florist — 631-749-2264 — always has beautiful orchids and fresh flowers.
