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By Ambrose Clancy

A dying sassafras upisland in Northport is the first confirmed case of laurel wilt in New York.

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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