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Week in Review: Stealth Church Cell Tower Proposed; Long Island Statehood Pitched

Here's a round-up of local news for Oct. 2 through 8, with links leading you to the full stories.

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STEEPLE CELL TOWER: The First Presbyterian Church of Southampton is applying to the Southampton Village Board of Historic Preservation & Architectural Review to , the Southampton Village Review blog reports.

POXABOGUE: The East Hampton Town Board of its share of to Southampton Town on Thursday night. Southampton will purchase the share using Community Preservation Fund money.

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RETIREMENT INCENTIVES: Southampton Town is by the end of April, in a move designed to avoid firing as many as 15 employees.

ZBA AND PLANNING BOARD: Members of the Southampton Town Board are looking at ways they can sitting on each board.

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SCHOOL LUNCH SETTLEMENT: Bridgehampton School District is among nine that will be receiving a total of $1.6 million as part of .

HISTORIC DISTRICTS: With one exception, a in Southampton Town was dominated by supporters of the resolution.

EAST RIVER CRASH: Paul Dudley, , The New York Times reports.

LONG ISLAND STATE: Two East End legislators are once again .

EAST END PUBLIC FORUM: What matters to the East End? That was the question asked by the Long Island Regional Economic Council's East End public forum on Monday afternoon, a hearing meant to get feedback from local business owners and civic leaders on what are.

STEVE JOBS: Local fans of Apple computers and gadgets , who died Wednesday.

BURGLARY: While stealing three flat-screen televisions from a North Sea home, , according to a Southampton Town police incident report.

CRIMINAL CONTEMPT ARREST: A 36-year-old woman from Sagaponack was arrested Sept. 29 on Majors Path after , according to police.

SEXUAL ABUSE ARREST: A 29-year-old Southampton man is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail after , according to police.

NAVAL MEMORABILIA BURGLARY: A Southampton Village man awoke in the middle of the night on Sept. 24 to find a burglar in his Tuckahoe Lane home, and now .

WORKPLACE THREAT: A 47-year-old man from Southampton was , according to police.

STRANGULATION CHARGE: A worker at the construction site for the new Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill is after putting a co-worker in a headlock for so long he passed out, according to police.

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