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By Ambrose Clancy

Notorious pirate Captain William Kidd roamed East End waters and had a connection to Sylvester Manor. (Painting by James Thornhill, courtesy Southold Historical Museum)

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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