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Pattersquash Gunners Association clubhouse in peril

The Pattersquash Gunners Association is debating its future

Photo credit: Doug Kuntz | The Pattersquash Gunners Association is debating its future after the historic hunting group's clubhouse washed into Bellport Bay in the March nor'easter. (March 9, 2013)

The Pattersquash Gunners Association lost its clubhouse to the sea last month and most of the island it called home since the duck-hunting club was founded in the 1920s has washed away.

The building sat on Pelican Island, in the path of a growing breach created when superstorm Sandy cut through Fire Island. The house was pushed off its pilings and floated into Bellport Bay during a Feb. 27...

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