Samantha Garvey, family relocate to new home
Newsday Saturday 28th January, 2012
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Left to right: Sitting in their living room on a new sofa, Samantha Garvey and her mom, Olga hold up the keys to their new home as her sister, Erika, 13, brother, Kenneth, 13, and dad Leo watch. The family got the new home in Bay Shore. (Jan 28, 2012).
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