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'New beginning' for evicted LI family

Originally published: January 13, 2012 9:09 AM
Updated: January 13, 2012 10:33 PM
By JOIE TYRRELL AND JO NAPOLITANO. joie.tyrrell@newsday.com,, jo.napolitano@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist Samantha Garvey talks to the media during a news conference announcing a new home for the homeless Brentwood High School senior and her family. (Jan. 13, 2012)

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Intel semifinalist Samantha Garvey spoke Friday of a "new beginning" for her and her family.

The same holds true for their spunky pit bull, Pulga, whom they were able to spring from a shelter thanks to an anonymous donor.

The family, evicted from their rented home on New Year's Day, will move from a homeless shelter to a three-bedroom, county-owned house in Bay Shore this month.

Garvey,...

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