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Island Park hosts Memorial Day clam-eating contest

There are solemn ways to mark Memorial Day and honor those no longer with us. Monday's cherrystone clam-eating contest in Island Park was not one of them.

The winner, new world champion and clam-eating record-holder, was Juliet Lee of Germantown, Md., who downed 23 dozen clams in six minutes to take the $1,250 first prize. Lee, ranked ninth in the competitive eating world by Major League...

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