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Kenneth Bagatelle, Freeport civic leader, dies

Kenneth Bagatelle, a Freeport civic leader and local government watchdog who championed children and the disabled, died Sunday after going into cardiac arrest, his friend Michael Raab said. He was 67.

Bagatelle, an accountant by trade, made it his business to question leaders on the nuts and bolts of governance, from sidewalk curbs to hidden budget deficits. Because Bagatelle was such a fixture...

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