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: Asharoken Village Justice Charles D. Brown, 83, died in his home on July 16 after a long battle with cancer.
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: A West Nile Virus infected mosquito was found in Northport on July 10, the Suffolk County Department of Health announced last week. Additional samples were also found in South Huntington, Holbrook, and Farmingville, bringing the total number of infected mosuiquitos found in Suffolk County this season to 15.
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: The East Northport Firemen's Fair returns this year from Wednesday Aug 1 through Saturday Aug. 4.
: A public hearing has been set for Aug. 14 to consider a possible November referendum which could abolish the Department of General Services and create of a Department of Public Works in the .
: The Suffolk County Department of Health reopened and this weekend after water samples tested clean. The beaches were shut down on July 18 after unsafe levels of Enterococci bacteria, normally found in the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, were found in unsafe levels at both beaches.
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