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Commack fire victim remembered as 'sweet lady'

Amato Stanco and his wife, Karen, used to wake up each morning and look across their Commack street to see their 88-year-old neighbor sitting by her living room window watching their children play -- a fond memory of a woman who is now gone.

Grace Spadaro, known in the neighborhood as "Grandma," died Wednesday in her home after her clothes caught fire while she cooked. Suffolk investigators...

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