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03.07.2025 News

45 grams of cocaine, scores of fentanyl-laced pills seized from Greenport home: police

A Greenport man was arrested on drug charges late last month at his Second Street home following the early-morning execution of a search warrant by the East End Drug...

07.24.2024 News

Riverhead dealer linked to 2021 fentanyl overdose deaths gets 25 years

Marquis Douglas of Riverhead was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for his role in the sale of fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed four North Fork residents in one...

05.28.2024 Government

Local officials urge Albany to pass Chelsey’s Law, charge fentanyl dealers with manslaughter

With the New York State legislative session waning, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney’s office united elected officials from both sides of the aisle and parents who lost children...

01.05.2024 News

Greenport neighborhood still reeling from drug arrests

Neighbors of a Greenport couple facing felony narcotics charges said they were shocked and overwhelmed — first by the swarm of law enforcement that descended on their neighborhood one...

01.02.2024 News

Greenport couple indicted for fentanyl and cocaine possession inside home with a child

Alongside household sweets such as ice cream cones and brownie mix, police officers allegedly discovered fentanyl and cocaine inside a kitchen cabinet in a Greenport home last month. On...

08.17.2023 Featured Story

Two years later, fentanyl crisis persists, straining area first responders

This month marks two years since six North Fork residents suffered fatal overdoses from cocaine laced with fentanyl over the course of three shocking days. The oldest was 40,...

04.28.2023 Editorials

Editorial: Fentanyl-related arrests hark back to local horrors

In August 2021, a scourge of overdoses traced to fentanyl-laced cocaine led to six deaths in Southold Town and Shelter Island. Four of them occurred on just one day....

01.20.2023 Community

Local tragedy inspires youth novel about opioid addiction

Against the backdrop of America’s opioid epidemic, Southold author Geoffrey Wells’ latest book, “Never Less,” addresses how children are affected by adult problems. Mr. Wells will read from his...

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