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Two Longtime Quogue Highway Department Workers Hit The Road

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Recent Quogue Highway Department retirees Dave King and Doug Edwards on the morning of their last day. ERIN MCKINLEY

Recent Quogue Highway Department retirees Dave King and Doug Edwards on the morning of their last day. ERIN MCKINLEY

Recent Quogue Highway Department retirees Dave King and Doug Edwards on the morning of their last day. ERIN MCKINLEY

Recent Quogue Highway Department retirees Dave King and Doug Edwards on the morning of their last day. ERIN MCKINLEY

By Erin McKinley on Jul 3, 2012
There was a bet going around Quogue Village in 1972 that Doug Edwards, the newest employee of the village’s Highway Department, would not last six months in his new position... more

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