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LI student's digging into history upstate

October 1, 2009 By APRIL WARREN. Special to Newsday

While her friends spent the summer soaking up rays, cheering at concerts or scouring the mall for bargains, one Central Islip resident decided to spend hers digging in the dirt.

For several weeks, University at Albany senior Alyse Lafferty, along with 15 other students, labored for hours on end at the Pethick Archaeological Site in upstate Schoharie. Their mission: to find discolorations...

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