08.23.2023 News Fentanyl crisis persists on East End: Two years after six deaths over one weekend This month marks two years since Swainson Brown of Shelter Island, and five North Fork residents, suffered fatal overdoses from cocaine laced with fentanyl over the course of three...
06.02.2023 News Eastern Long Island Hospital plans new recovery homes The East End has been hit hard by opioid abuse. In 2021, six people died, including a Shelter Islander, over the course of just a few days from overdosing...
03.15.2023 News Pharmaceuticals in well water sparks concern: Public warned of contamination With attention focused on water quality on the Island, a poster campaign has been created with encouragement from the Water Advisory Committee and Town Board to remind Islanders and...
12.02.2022 News Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport facing worker shortage Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport has requested hanging banners to recruit applicants across town, as the hospital tries to tackle a worker shortage. “The foundation president...
08.06.2022 Around the Island A Home on the Island: To go, or not to go Well, that was the question on an early Friday evening a few weeks ago. Our family had been enjoying a perfect “staycation” week and was coming off three consecutive...
