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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. (Credit: Courtesy illustration) “The Shelter Island community continues to see a surge in Covid-19 positive cases over the past two months,” Police Chief Jim Read said Tuesday. He noted that East End hospitals are seeing many more cases, but didn’t release updated numbers. “This increase in positive cases is significantly higher than what they were in the preceding eight months combined,” Chief Read said. Suffolk Co...

(Credit: Don Bindler) Although the current path of the storm bearing down on the tri-state area is expected to spare Shelter Island from the worst of its wrath, Police Chief Jim Read, who leads emergency responses for the town, told the Town Board Tuesday he and his team are prepared. PSEG has said a crew will be on the Island Wednesday to respond to any outages and can augment its workforce should the storm change course and do more damage than expected. “PSEG has been a great support for our community,” Chief Read said. Still, he worries that high winds could bri...