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Ducks stadium needs $600,000 in Sandy fixes

The roof of Bethpage Ballpark is being fixed

Photo credit: James Carbone | The roof of Bethpage Ballpark is being fixed after sustaining damage from superstorm Sandy. (Dec. 11, 2012)

Suffolk lawmakers learned Tuesday of the latest casualty of superstorm Sandy -- the county's $22.5 million ballpark in Central Islip, which lost the bulk of its roof in the disaster.

The legislature's budget committee voted unanimously to authorize spending $600,000 of a $796,000 county fund set aside for upkeep of the 6,000-seat stadium to pay for emergency repairs. The measure will go to...

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