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Port Jefferson Station fish farm plan questioned

A Hauppauge sand miner with a history of environmental offenses says he wants to build a tilapia fish farm in Port Jefferson Station next to a long-polluted Superfund site.

But Brookhaven Town officials are suspicious that the enterprise has nothing to do with fish - and instead is an excuse to mine 200,000 cubic yards of sand, an operation they fear could pose a threat to groundwater. Town...

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