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Oceanside community center reopens after Sandy closure

Merilee Kaufman, right, of Oceanside, dances to the

Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Merilee Kaufman, right, of Oceanside, dances to the music of Sergei Gurbelo, of Old Bethpage at the grand re-opening of the Friedberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside. (January 20, 2013) Photo by Steve Pfost

Balloons and streamers greeted guests Sunday in the lobby of the Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside, which held its grand reopening celebration after closing due to superstorm Sandy.

It took 12 weeks to restore the 57,000-square-foot building, which was flooded with 4 inches of water by the storm, said Arnie Preminger, the center's president and chief executive...

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