03.11.2019 Health Look Up For Adam provides support for those struggling with addiction On Nov. 2, 2015, Adam Nuszen was in rehab for the second time, trying to kick an opioid addiction. He was having a tough time and his mother, Linda...
02.07.2019 Health At ‘Stories from Suffolk’ forum, experts outline plan to reduce opioid deaths Local and state policy makers, health professionals, and others gathered at the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons on Wednesday for the East End’s...
12.11.2018 Health County getting federal grant funds to fight opioids A $75,000 federal pass-through grant administered by the state health department will help Suffolk County fund a new training program for first responders on the front lines of the...
12.03.2018 Health East End News Project: Despite fewer deaths, opioid epidemic rages Across Suffolk County, 396 opioid-related deaths occurred in 2017 — more than one per day for the year. This year, as of Oct. 1, there have been 171 confirmed...
11.30.2018 Health East End News Project: Coalitions aim to reduce substance abuse With the nation in the throes of an opioid epidemic, more emphasis is being placed on preventing youth from starting down the path to addiction. A handful of East...
08.09.2018 Health East End News Project: Tracing the roots of the current opioid crisis Most know the game of “Telephone”: Children sit in a circle, one whispers a phrase into another’s ear, then that person whispers it to the next, and so on....
07.26.2018 Health Life lived and lost in the waves of opioid use, remembering Kirstin Zabel When Kirstin Elizabeth Zabel was born in December 1986, her parents, Donald and Claudia, brought her home to Cartwright Road on Shelter Island. Thirty-one years later she was buried...
06.02.2018 Editorials Editorial: Fight this epidemic An iconic image from the mid-1980s came from a group of New York City artists, who had “gathered over several months to provide support for one another in the...
05.17.2018 Health Remembering lives lost to opioids at candlelight vigil At a candlelight vigil at Good Ground Park in Hampton Bays Saturday, those affected by the opioid epidemic gathered to share stories of the loved ones they’ve lost, their...
01.13.2018 Columns Guest Column: Confronting mental health disorders How do we, as a community, begin to address the very real mental health disorders — acute and chronic episodes of anxiety and depression, and addiction — of our...