Zach McCue of Clean Ocean Action, a coalition of more than 130 environmental organizations in New Jersey and New York, said the manufacture of thin-film plastic bags consumes millions of trees and barrels of oil, takes up space in landfills for a long time and is harmful to marine life, especially birds and sea turtles that ingest the bags, or pieces of bags, or get entangled in them.

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"People underestimate how difficult it is to tell the truth when you have lived a secret life for a long time, " Coyle said.

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Lexington is one of the few consistencies in my life and will call it home for a very long time.

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