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UPDATE: Skeletal Remains Found At Construction Site In Shinnecock Hills

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authorValerie Gordon on Aug 14, 2018
UPDATE: THURSDAY, 11:15 a.m. On Thursday morning, Mike White, who is working with the property owner of 10 Hawthorne Road in Shinnecock Hills where skeletal remains were found on Monday,... more

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