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Residents tell Shelton council fentanyl, homelessness and downtown safety are worsening
Summary
During public comment at the Oct. 21 Shelton City Council meeting, several residents urged stronger responses to drug use, mental-health needs, encampments and downtown upkeep, citing overdoses, theft and harassment near public facilities.
Several residents told the Shelton City Council on Oct. 21 they are concerned about a perceived increase in drug use, overdoses and related public-safety and quality-of-life problems in downtown Shelton.
Nellie Peebles, introduced during public comment, described a rise in drug- and mental-health-related incidents and said fentanyl deaths in the state have increased in recent years. “Even 1 death is too many,” Peebles said, linking the local harms she described — overdoses near the library, discarded paraphernalia and an encampment across from the yacht…
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