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Police: Vandal Tried To Start Fire Inside Neptune Beach Club

authorKyle Campbell on Apr 22, 2014
A Southampton Town Parks and Recreation Department employee told Town Police last week that someone tried to start a fire inside the former Neptune Beach Club on Dune Road in... more

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