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What happened to the urgency of storm protection?
Last week, at the height of hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that forecasters are predicting a higher likelihood of an above-normal season, and increased the predicted number of . . . more
City officials requested that construction on the next pair of jetties be postponed until after Labor Day, which the Army Corps of Engineers rejected.
Army Corps rejects city’s request to delay work on jetties
By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com City officials asked the Army Corps of Engineers earlier this month to postpone construction on two jetties — part of a $230 million coastal protection … more
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How can we prevent flooding? Surge-barrier gates.
Last December, I was joined by other elected officials in calling for surge-barrier gates to be installed on the South Shore to prevent nuisance and major flooding in Nassau County. Surge-barrier gates would . . . more
Stephanie Rossetti, who was the first female grand marshal in East Meadow’s Memorial Day Parade history, received a citation from the Town of Hempstead for her service.
Remembering South Korea
Second in a two-part series about East Meadow’s women veterans. When Stephanie Rossetti was stationed at Command Post Tango, a U.S. military base in South Korea, in August 1976, a somber feeling lingered throughout the base after news spread two U.S. soldiers had been murdered by North Korean soldiers. more
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The army corps of Engineers is currently rebuilding jetties at Franklin Boulevard, pictured, and Arizona Avenue.
Army Corps work on jetties moving ahead of schedule
The Army Corps of Engineers has completed four jetties ahead of schedule as it moves forward with a $230 million coastal protection project that began in Long Beach in March. Army Corps officials … more
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives presented this chart — which shows coastal flooding that occurred near the bays in the Wantagh-Seaford area during Hurricane Sandy — to residents at a meeting at Seaford High School on May 2.
Army Corps to search for solutions to coastal flooding in back bays study
Hurricane Sandy proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, what many experts had long predicted: Long Island’s South Shore could flood in a big storm. But what of the future? Could it flood again? How badly? To answer such questions, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has partnered with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Nassau County to conduct a risk management study of the South Shore’s back bays. more
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives presented this chart — which shows coastal flooding that occurred near the bays in the Wantagh-Seaford area during Hurricane Sandy — to residents at a meeting at Seaford High School on May 2.
Army Corps to study back bays
The South Shore faces an increased risk of natural hazards — including erosion, coastal wave action, storm surge, floods and severe winds — caused by coastal storms, explained Peter Weppler, chief of the environmental analysis branch of the planning division of the New York District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ planning division to a crowd of residents at Seaford High School last week. more
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A reminder of the South Shore’s vulnerability
People have gathered on the Long Beach boardwalk in recent weeks to watch crews operating towering cranes hauling stones along the beach to rebuild the city’s jetties, part of an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection plan . . . more
Contractors worked on a jetty at Town Park in Point Lookout on Wednesday. Officials said the stone work is ahead of schedule, and could begin in Long Beach sooner than anticipated.
Army Corps project could impact summer season
Officials are calling on the Army Corps of Engineers to rethink its proposed schedule as it looks to begin work on a coastal protection project in Long Beach sooner than anticipated, creating concern … more
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Col. Stephen Bousquet, right, commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, presented an Army Achievement Medal to Sgt. Damian Acevedo, of Valley Stream, during a ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Jan. 14.
Valley Stream sergeant awarded Army Achievement Medal
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Damian Acevedo, a Valley Stream resident and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, received an Army Achievement Medal during a ceremony in Kuwait on Jan. 13. more
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