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Playgrounds to be named after Sandy Hook victims

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By William Hall - email
NEWTOWN, CT (WFSB/AP) -

More than two dozen playgrounds will be built in memory of the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Each of the 26 playgrounds will be built in a community recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

The $2.1 million project is called "The Sandy Ground: Where Angels Play" and will be constructed by New Jersey's largest Firefight Union.

New Jersey and New York will each get 10 playgrounds, while Connecticut will be home to six.

Copyright 2013 WFSB (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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