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Cohalan proposed for Suffolk historian

A file photo of Supreme Court Justice Peter

Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | A file photo of Supreme Court Justice Peter F. Cohalan. (May 28, 2009)

Suffolk County is getting a historian for the first time since 2007.

A resolution will be put before lawmakers at the legislature meeting Tuesday to appoint State Supreme Court Justice Peter Fox Cohalan, a former county executive, to the position.

Cohalan, who is expected to retire from the bench in the coming months, will not be paid for the role, said the county Legislature's Presiding...

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