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Gary Turkel's body and paddle board were found Friday at 7 a.m. by a tugboat crew about 30 miles off shore.

Missing Atlantic Beach paddle boarder body found

A search that began a few hours after Atlantic Beach resident Gary Turkel was reported missing after going paddle boarding last Sunday ended on Friday morning when Turkel’s body was found by a tugboat crew at 7 a.m., about 30 miles off shore. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/17/16

The search for Gary Turkel, an Atlantic Beach paddle boarder missing since Sunday, has continued lead by the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol.

Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol leads search for missing Atlantic Beach paddle boarder

The Coast Guard suspended its search for missing Atlantic Beach paddle boarder Gary Turkel, 41, on Tuesday,but under the aegis of the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol a bevy of helicopters, planes, personal waterfront and all-terrain vehicles are continuing to look for Turkel. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/15/16

A U.S. Coast Guard boat similar to this one, along with a police helicopter, were part of the search for missing paddle boarder Gary Turkel.

Search for Atlantic Beach paddle boarder suspended

Updated June 15, 7:55 a.m. The search for missing Atlantic Beach paddle boarder Gary Turkel, 41, has been suspended, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/13/16

A HH-65 Dolphin Helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City rescued seven commercial fishermen whose boat ran aground in East Rockaway Inlet on Feb. 25.

Two boat crews rescued in East Rockaway Inlet

A Coast Guard boat sent to help in the rescue of a commercial fishing boat that ran aground in East Rockaway Inlet capsized in rough ocean water off of Atlantic Beach on Feb. 25. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/25/16

We need the Port Ambrose natural gas terminal

There is an old adage that you can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. That line of reasoning . . . more

11/12/15

A video on Liberty Natural Gas’s website shows images of a liquefied natural gas transport ship. Such ships, capable of carrying tens of millions of gallons of LNG, would dock 18.5 miles off Jones Beach if Liberty acquires government approvals to build Port Ambrose.

Feds hit pause on Port Ambrose

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration last month officially suspended the legal timeline for federal review of Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal 18.5 miles off the coast of Jones Beach, citing more than 10,000 public comments they received between December and March, among other reasons for the delay. more

By Brian Racow | 4/8/15

Governors must reject LNG proposal

It’s time for both Govs. Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie to step up and put an end to Port Ambrose, the proposed liquefied natural gas terminal that Liberty Natural Gas LLC is looking to build 19 miles off the coast of Jones Beach. more

1/22/15

The U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard held a public hearing about Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach, last Wednesday night in a ballroom at the Hilton New York JFK Airport in Jamaica, Queens. Port Ambrose opponents, who have assembled into a “No LNG Coalition,” conducted a press conference immediately before the hearing, drawing a few dozen people into a small hotel meeting room feet away from the ballroom.

Most at Port Ambrose hearing slam plan

One after another, for four hours, speakers at a hearing last Wednesday in Jamaica, Queens lined up to decry a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean 18.5 miles southeast of Jones Beach. more

By Brian Racow | 1/14/15

U.S. releases draft Port Ambrose impact report

Groups opposed to Port Ambrose, a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Jones Beach, are fuming at the U.S. Maritime Administration and Coast Guard’s decisions to release a 1,800-page environmental impact report shortly before the December holidays and schedule public meetings in early January. more

By Brian Racow | 12/23/14

Calls for LNG meeting in Long Beach

The City Council and State Assemblyman-elect Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) are calling for a public hearing to be held in Long Beach to discuss a company’s plan to build an offshore liquefied … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/23/14

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