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Sandy fixes: 'I'm not getting anyplace'

Eileen Barry in her home studio which, along

Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | Eileen Barry in her home studio which, along with her home, was heavily damaged by superstorm Sandy. (Jan. 22, 2013)

In Eileen Barry's studio, milk crates filled with sodden art books await the garbage bin.

The sculptor has thrown away many personal items since Sandy wrecked her East Islip home near the Great South Bay, but can't bring herself to toss the treasured books, collected over three decades.

"This is where Kevin was so good," she said of her late husband, who died last year. "He would just...

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