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Southampton Town buys property next to woodlands
Photo credit: Erin Geismar
Southampton Town officials approved a purchase Tuesday of 8.4 acres of land, adjoining 115 acres of environmentally fragile woodlands known as the Tuckahoe Woods Target area.
The town will pay a negotiated price of $1 million for the vacant land located on Mountain Laurel Lane from the owner, identified by the town as the estate of William B. Platt III. The money will be paid by the town’s...