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Storm-tossed house barges moved to marina

Peter and Sally Kopher of Seaford hold each

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Peter and Sally Kopher of Seaford hold each other while their house barge is moved. Repairing it will cost at least $50,000, they say. (Nov. 21, 2012)

For the beleaguered owners of beached house barges in Seaford Harbor, Thanksgiving came a day early -- in the form of a crane and assurance that their homes would be saved.

Superstorm Sandy washed several houseboats and larger house barges into the streets and front lawns, leaving owners homeless and the neighborhood inconvenienced by 20-ton roadblocks. Nassau County went so far as to issue...

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