Jen Nuzzo

Southold Elementary School fifth grader Ryan Deerkoski, 12, (right) plays a dance video game on Nintendo Wii with his fellow classmates during recess on Monday. (Credit: Jennifer Gustavson photos) Despite the snow and cold — and a gym that can only accommodate so many students at one time — children at Southold Elementary School haven’t been stuck inside their classrooms during recess.

This is how we moved coast-to-coast with all of our stuff, two cars and a dog. First, we held two garage sales. A major purge of our books and DVDs came soon after and we sold some of those items to Amazon. We then estimated how much stuff we were keeping and decided to go with Zippy Shell to transport it all to our new apartment. The company provides great customer service and affordable options — I can’t recommend this moving service enough.

A federal task force has been created to tackle the opioid crisis in New York State, home to some of the nation’s highest overdose rates, and it will be stationed on Long Island, according to a press release issued Friday by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer’s office. Mr. Schumer said he helped secure $12.5 million in last year’s budget to create the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s “Heroin Enforcement Teams” to investigate heroin and fentanyl trafficking.