08.18.2021 News Restaurant industry hit hard by overdoses: Suggestions for Narcan training The death on Shelter Island, and others on the North Fork from cocaine laced with fentanyl, have hit the restaurant industry hard, according to Police Chief Jim Read, with...
01.21.2021 News The pandemic tears at the social fabric: Overdoses, domestic abuse/violence trending upward During the pandemic year of 2020, the number of overdoses from opiates and alcohol reported to the Shelter Island Police Department was seven, up by five from the year...
09.09.2019 News Islanders learn: “When in doubt, Naloxone” When Shelter Island Library Director Terry Lucas received an email inquiry from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services seeking hosts for an Opioid Overdose Prevention program, she didn’t...
08.29.2019 Around the Island What’s happening around the Island THIS WEEK LONG LIVE THE KING The Shelter Island Library presents Richard Zoglin discussing his new book “Elvis in Vegas” during the next Friday Night Dialogue on Friday, Aug....
04.25.2019 Editorial Reporter Editorial: Blood money Last month, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed what was billed as the nation’s most extensive lawsuit against the manufacturers and distributors of opioids, citing the drug’s...