To your health: MRSA, what to look for
CARRIE MILER Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: you’ve heard of it. More commonly known as MRSA, it’s one of the better-known bacteria around, according to experts at Stony Brook University...
View ArticlePeconic Bay Medical Center planning East End trauma center
REPORTER FILE PHOTO | A major new trauma center may be ticketed for the East End. Peconic Bay Medical Center is seeking approvals from the state Health Department to become a trauma center for the...
View ArticleCorrection: Town officials almost certain of securing site for on-Island...
In a press release today, School Superintendent Brian Doelger announced an on-Island site for vaccinations. Supervisor Gerry Siller said later it was “85% certain” to happen, but details were still...
View ArticleUpdate: Chief Read says Shelter Island vaccination date set for the school...
It looks hopeful, although not yet positive, that Shelter Island will offer another round of COVID-19 vaccinations, this time with the Moderna vaccine, at Shelter island School on Wednesday, April 7...
View Article‘A guy getting through like everybody else’ — Bill Lehr, meeting all challenges
One of Shelter Island’s most notable and honored athletes stopped by the Islander one morning last week for coffee, a blueberry muffin and some conversation. In training for the Boston Marathon...
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