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Mecox Cut Is Opened, Bringing Relief But Not Solutions

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The Mecox Bay

The Mecox Bay "cut" when it was flowing last year.

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

The Mecox Cut being opened on Tuesday. DANA SHAW

authorMichael Wright on Jun 25, 2021
The Southampton Town Trustees dug open the cut to Mecox Bay on Monday morning after being granted an emergency permit by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation over... more

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