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The Freeport Housing Authority’s executive director, John Hrvatin, left, chatted with Jobco’s project manager, Spiros Triantafyllou, about the progress on the new Moxey Rigby.

Construction of the new Moxey Rigby, a public housing complex owned and operated by the Freeport Housing Authority, is well under way on Merrick Road, just west of the Meadowbrook Parkway. more

By Nadya Nataly | 3/14/19

The Army Corps of Engineers will resume its sand-replenishment project in Long Beach next month.

Army Corps project to resume

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com The Army Corps of Engineers is set to resume work on the second phase of a federally funded beach-protection project next month, after work was paused … more

By Bridget Downes | 2/21/19

Long Beach resident Seamus Hennessy, 12, caught a dusky shark at Grand Boulevard beach on Aug. 28, which he released back into the water.

Fishermen reel in thresher and other sharks

People fishing along the beach reported reeling in a number of thresher, dusky, sand tiger and other species of sharks last week. Long Beach Chief of Lifeguards Paul Gillespie maintains that four … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 9/7/18

The CRAB, or Coastal Research Amphibious Buggy, measures the underwater portions of the beach before sand dredging.

Transforming the beach

History is in the making as the beach landscape in Long Beach is transformed by the Army Corps of Engineers’ $230 million coastal protection project, which is intended to defend the city against … more

By Bridget Downes | 8/30/18

Amid a heat wave, beachgoers walked to an open beach on Tuesday along a path next to the work site where the Army Corps of Engineers is replenishing sand.

Army Corps work hits delay

The second phase of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ coastal protection project hit a delay last week as a result of rough weather and a broken dredge, Project Manager Dan Falt said on Tuesday. … more

By Bridget Downes | 8/9/18

Some residents who live near the Lido Beach Towers Condominium are concerned about a potential gap in the sand replenishment outside the complex.

Concerns over beach project in Lido

By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins to replenish sand as part of a federally funded $230 million beach resiliency project to protect the … more

By Bridget Downes | 7/11/18

Oceanside’s prom for 2018 was held at the Sands in Atlantic Beach. Most went to Dawn Delirium after.

Oceanside at the prom 2018

Oceanside High School’s 2018 graduates dressed their best for a night many of them will not soon forget as they gathered at the Sands in Atlantic Beach on June 25 for the Prom. It was a night of … more

7/5/18

The Army Corps of Engineers will seek a variance from the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals, which would allow it to work 24 hours a day, later this month.

Army Corps to replenish sand in Long Beach

The Army Corps of Engineers is set to continue work on the $50 million second phase of its federally funded coastal protection project on the beach — the replenishment of sand and dune construction … more

By Bridget Downes | 7/5/18

The Army Corps presented photos of a previous sand replenishment project in Rockaway Beach in 2013 that showed the process of hydraulically pumping sand onto the beach.

Army Corps preps beach project’s second phase

The Army Corps of Engineers joined the state Department of Environmental Conservation and local elected leaders on April 18 to announce the preparation of the second phase of the $230 million coastal … more

By Bridget Downes | 4/26/18

In each of the four recent nor’easters that battered the North Shore, the tide at Prybil Beach roared in and then receded. By late March, approximately 400 tons of sand were gone. Mayor Tim Tenke, at right above, Parks and Recreation Director Darcy Belyea, and Manny Grella, general foreman of the Department of Public Works, surveyed an access ramp that collapsed under its own weight after the sand beneath it was washed away.

Amid Prybil woes, Glen Cove officials eye May opening

The fate of Prybil Beach has been uncertain since mid-January, when city officials closed East Beach Road — one of two access roads that lead to the beach — due to dangerous potholes. But the … more

By Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 4/6/18

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