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By Ambrose Clancy

Scores of East End residents and elected officials turned out Saturday, July 27, to celebrate the 180th anniversary of the first Long Island Railroad train to reach Greenport. Guests were invited to come dressed in period-specific clothing and a brass band played, bringing today’s residents back to Saturday, July 27, 1844. (Credit: Jeremy Garretson)

Ambrose Clancy

Ambrose Clancy has been the editor of the Shelter Island Reporter since 2012. He’s worked as a staff reporter for The North Shore Sun, the Southampton Press and was associate editor of the Riverhead News-Review and an editor at Long Island Business News.

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