“This is paradise.” That’s what Swedish immigrant Bee Lalli and her sister thought the first time they crossed the causeway into Orient in 1953. More than seven decades later, the longtime Orient resident is preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday Tuesday, July 21, with the same appreciation for the North Fork that first drew her...

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