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Riverhead flood victim offers hope to those hit by Sandy

February 4, 2013 10:19 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

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Photo credit: Newsday/Joe Epstein | Standing on the front porch of her home, Linda Hobson talks about the flooding on Horton Ave which forced her and numerous neighbors to move out of their homes. (April 4, 2010)

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Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006.

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