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News Nearby: Firefighters Battle Water Mill Blaze
Also, New York Sec'y of State visits East Hampton, and a cherished Riverhead man loses battle with cancer.
Here's some of the top headlines and newsmakers from the past week in nearby Patch towns.Â
Secretary of State Says East Hampton's Restructuring Is a Model
East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson gave New York Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales an overview of the town's economic recovery plan, the reason the state is rewarding the town to the tune of $500,000.
Southampton
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Chief: Firefighters Faced Several Challenges Battling Water Mill Blaze
In difficult weather conditions, 70 firefighters worked for seven hours on Tuesday to completely extinguish a fire in a Water Mill house that started with a lightning strike on Tuesday.
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Riverhead
Hearts were broken in Riverhead Tuesday as firefighter Thomas Jasinski lost his battle with lung cancer.
His family said Wednesday that a fundraiser planned for Sept. 21 at the Riverhead Elks Lodge will still go on as planned, to celebrate his life.
A dolphin that washed up in Hampton Bays on Thursday died of pneumonia.
According to the Riverhead Foundation, while initial findings from the necropsy on the female common dolphin indicate pneumonia killed it, the foundation is awaiting results of a test that will determine if the dolphin also had the morbillivirus.
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