The Gazette's new columnist, Joanne Sherman, takes a humorous look back at days before electronic polling. Hint: it involved a LOT of pastries, with some sewing thrown in for good measure.
Tick-borne diseases. Chances are that you, or someone you know, has been diagnosed with Lyme Disease or some other illness carried by ticks. Learn what you need to know about ticks in a tick talk at the library on May 6. It features Rebecca Young, who runs the tick hotline at Stony Brook University's Regional Tick Resource Center.
Richie Surozenski. He's been a volunteer firefighter since 1965. Twice named fireman of the year, he twice served as chief. Surozenski looks after Taylor's Island, tends the Catholic cemetery, and is always willing to help those in need. For these and myriad other contributions, the Shelter Island Lions named him Citizen of the Year.
The Shelter Island Lions Clubs annually selects an Islander as Citizen of the Year. Here's a list of Citizen of the Year awards since 1977 when the Lions initiated this honor.
Sylvester Manor Educational Farm and Eastville Community Historical Society, host the 5th Annual Black History Month Celebration Sunday, February 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
It's official. Marie Eiffel is France's newest chevalier — that's right, a knight! The French Ambassador to the United States held a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Saturday, December 8 awarding her France's National Order of Merit.
‘Whence we came’ is an occasional series of posts submitted by readers about where they lived before coming to Shelter Island. 'Farrell's' by Ken Nolan is about growing up in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn.
While we Yanks aren't expected to call her chevaliere, it's soon to become her title when Marie Eiffel receives the French National Order of Merit. She's due to be inducted in a private ceremony at the Washington, D.C. residence of the French Ambassador. Félicitations, Marie!