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Portable Toilet, Offering 'Dignity' to Workers, Is Turning Heads in Sagaponack

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This portable toilet on Narrow Lane East has become a subject of complaints by some residents in Sagaponack, but Mayor Bill Tillotson says its necessary to give people, including local contractors, a place to use the bathroom when they're in the village working. DANA SHAW

This portable toilet on Narrow Lane East has become a subject of complaints by some residents in Sagaponack, but Mayor Bill Tillotson says its necessary to give people, including local contractors, a place to use the bathroom when they're in the village working. DANA SHAW

authorCailin Riley on Dec 13, 2022
​When you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go — even when you’re in the middle of a work day in one of the most expensive zip codes in the country. That’s... more

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