The Town of Shelter Island and the Shelter Island School invite all to participate in a ceremony to name the FIT Center in honor of Garth Griffin, who died in January 2020.
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm and Eastville Community Historical Society present their 7th annual Black History Month celebration, "Manor to Manor: Shaping America." The online program looks at connections between three generations of African and European descendants of Sylvester Manor and Lloyd Manor, including Jupiter Hammon, the country's first published African American poet.
While the Shelter Island Bucks were unable to play this summer due to a housing shortage, team organizers invite fans to take part in Bucks Appreciation Day.
Necessary Bridges is a locally made webinar series created in response to the renewed call this summer for an end to systemic racial injustice. The Shelter Island Health & Wellness Alliance, along with Sylvester Manor Educational Farm and the Shelter Island Public Library, are co-sponsors of the next webinar, "Shared History."
Participate in Juneteenth at Sylvester Manor and honor the enslaved workers who labored here, contributing to our Island's shared history.
American Legion Mitchell Post 281 honors all Shelter Island veterans — living and deceased — with a display of placards in the Town Center median, and a traditional Veterans Day ceremony on Thursday with speeches, songs, and prayers.
The Shelter Island Chamber of Commerce has picked The South Ferry Company, Inc. and the Clark Family as "Business of the Year." An awards dinner at Gardiner's Bay Country Club is scheduled for Friday, October 1 at 6 PM.
All over the Island, families are getting their kids ready to go back to school. We checked with all the East End schools that these kids attend to find out about their COVID-19 safety plans.