10.02.2021 Columns Column: A new way to look at history on the East End “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner In a voice touched with emotion, Donnamarie Barnes stood under a canopy of pine trees on a...
08.13.2020 News Beyonce’s new Disney+ special filmed on Shelter Island An entertainment superstar landed on Shelter Island last year and stayed for a video shoot. Last summer, Sylvester Manor hosted Beyoncé and provided locations for her new visual album,...
07.06.2019 Community Digging up historical secrets at Shelter Island’s Sylvester Manor Under a baking noonday sun last week, Stephen Mrozowski and his team from the University of Massachusetts were digging up the soil to unearth Sylvester Manor’s historical secrets.
08.11.2018 Community Preschool to offer pilot ‘Forest Program’ — Sylvester Manor plants will be focus Ask Hannah Gray what she did on her summer vacation and she’ll tell you about her week in Gilwell Park, north of London, which she describes as “a lovely...
03.29.2018 North Fork History Project North Fork History Project: Slavery on Shelter Island, a story not hidden away As the hot August night wore on in the attic of the old house, she decided she couldn’t take it anymore. It was growing more stifling by the minute...
07.12.2014 News Preserving a piece of history on Shelter Island When Eben Fiske Ostby deeded another 141 acres of land, including the Manor House, barns and other buildings, to the Sylvester Manor Educational Farm in June, it was his...
01.15.2012 Multimedia Slideshow: Blue Highway sells out Shelter Island School to benefit Sylvester Manor Award-winning bluegrass band Blue Highway played to a sellout crowd at the Shelter Island School on Saturday night. The group has been wowing crowds since 1994 and features some...
