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Newsletter, July 2010
"In the recent past, the lakes in Yaphank were always referred to as the Upper Lake and the Lower Lake. I was, therefore, surprised when I first read L. Beecher Homan's book, "Yaphank As It Is and Was, and Will Be," published in 1875. I found on page 48 these words, "As long as the waves murmer (sic) on the shores of Willow Lake, and the groan of Sweezy's Mill are wafted to the ears of the Villagers, the name of Sweezy will remain fresh in the annals of Yaphank's History." ... Continued in Newsletter, pg. 2