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Soil cleanup to begin at contaminated ballfield at Bethpage Community Park

The field was shut down 18 years ago after it was discovered the land donated by Grumman to the Town of Oyster Bay was from toxic dumping ground.

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Soil cleanup to begin at contaminated ballfield at Bethpage Community Park

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