A clam-eating contest was held Sunday afternoon at Peter&#39;s Clam Bar in&nbsp;Island Park to raise money for Cooper Graham, the 7-month-old son of an Oceanside fire commissioner who is being treated for a&nbsp;rare form of cancer.&nbsp;NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Steve Langford reports.

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