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Arson squad probes fire at E. Farmingdale charity

Quick ReadInvestigators say fire at hunger relief charity appeared to be intentionally set.

“Everything is ruined,” said the Rev. Diane Dunne,

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. | “Everything is ruined,” said the Rev. Diane Dunne, near tears as she surveyed the charred remains of her food pantry and soup kitchen. (Nov. 15, 2009)

Less than two weeks before Thanksgiving, the headquarters and kitchen of an East Farmingdale hunger relief charity was destroyed Sunday in a fire that Suffolk police said appeared to be intentionally set.

The early-morning blaze upended busy holiday season plans for Hope for the Future Ministries, a nondenominational Christian nonprofit that serves food to more than 1,000 people a week in...

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