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Wesley Dean Ackley honored with Riverhead skate park renaming

A Town of Riverhead skate park was renamed Sunday in honor of Wesley Dean Ackley, a passionate skateboarder who worked to keep the park free and died of cancer at 27 in January. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone; Photo Credit: Ken Sawchuk

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