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After a Sandy delay, 'Massapequa Moms' to meet up
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Burned homes, oil and sewage replaced the smell of flowers, trees and fresh-cut grass that used to permeate the south Massapequa neighborhood where Stephanie Hartman grew up.
Hartman, a mother of six who now lives on the north side of the hamlet, never even lost power during superstorm Sandy. But her neighbors in the low-lying areas, especially south of Merrick Road, were not so lucky.
“To...