08.15.2021 News Group comes together to train and hand out Narcan kits in Southold in wake of overdose deaths Horrified that six people had died from drug overdoses in a matter of days – with four on Friday alone – a group dedicated to fighting opioid deaths quickly...
08.14.2021 News ‘Very, very dangerous’ batch of drugs has killed six local residents this week; police urge people to heed caution A scourge of overdose deaths related to a “bad batch” of what is believed to be fentanyl-laced cocaine has led to six overdose deaths in Southold and Shelter Island...
07.22.2021 Government Overdose deaths down locally this year as numbers soared nationally in 2020 Opioid deaths in Southold and Riverhead towns from Jan. 1 to date amount to a number both towns’ police chiefs hope will stay the same in the coming weeks....
10.15.2019 Police Greenport man gets 2 to 4 years in fatal overdose case A Greenport man who had been acquitted of manslaughter in a fatal overdose case was sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison Tuesday for his conviction on a...
03.04.2018 Police Upstate woman arrested on drug charges following Greenport crash An upstate New York woman was arrested on drug charges after she was involved in a minor crash at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport Saturday evening, Southold Town...
05.16.2016 Police Greenport woman arrested on drug charge in Mattituck A Greenport woman was arrested on a drug charge Saturday evening after she was pulled over on a traffic stop, Southold Town police said.
03.29.2016 Health Authorities detail dangers of heroin and drug abuse at Mattituck forum A North Fork native — a “good kid” and an accomplished athlete, said Mattituck High School principal Shawn Petretti — played lacrosse at the high school level and went on...
02.04.2016 Health Michael’s HOPE holds first Narcan training event to large turnout As people continued to file into the main room at the American Legion hall in Mattituck, chairs were pulled out of closets and taken from against the wall to...
01.28.2016 Health Following brother’s tragic death, Laurel man wants us to confront the heroin epidemic Paul Maffetone’s mission emerged from a burning need to share his pain.
01.28.2016 Health Local path to addiction recovery has many obstacles One of the biggest obstacles in the battle against drug addiction is the availability of treatment for individuals already in the throes of it. While that’s a struggle in...