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Peer group dedicated to making impact in Moriches
Anthony Parlato sat in a reclining chair at the Moriches Community Center on Thursday night looking at his cellphone.
He had texted almost all of the roughly 25 members of the center’s Peer Leadership group to remind them about the first meeting of the new year, and as the clock hit 7 p.m., he wondered who was going to make it.
“The beginning of the year is tough,” he said. “Everyone...