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Court rules Fishers Island justice must live in town

The state's highest court has upheld a residency requirement for the Fishers Island town justice seat, meaning that the winner of Tuesday's townwide race for the post will have to be a legal resident by Jan. 1.

The town's current justice, Louisa Evans, lives on Fishers Island and is a member of the Southold Town Board. Her opponent for the seat, Daniel C. Ross, a Mattituck attorney and former...

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