A Valley Stream native was promoted to Colonel in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Col. Mark Anthony Geraldi, an Eagle Scout and a graduate of Chaminade High School, has served three …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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5/18/15
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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.
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By Brian Racow
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1/14/15
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The Army Corps of Engineers project has hit a delay, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reviews the agency’s $180 million coastal protection plan to make sure it complies with the Endangered …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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11/12/14
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“I think now is the time for bigger-scope projects to move forward,” City Manager Jack Schnirman said, referring to Rebuild by Design, a competition initiated by President Obama’s Hurricane …
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By Anthony Rifilato and Vanessa Parker
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4/10/14
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Another Hurricane Sandy would likely breach a system of dunes and berms called for in an Army Corps of Engineers coastal protection project for the barrier island, but corps officials said that those …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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3/12/14
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As the Army Corps of Engineers moves forward with a coastal protection project for the oceanfront, residents and local officials are continuing to stress the need to address flooding on the north …
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By Alexandra Spychalsky
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3/12/14
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Moody’s Investors Service is calling a federally funded coastal protection project for the barrier island a “credit positive” for Long Beach that will help the city continue its trend of …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/26/14
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Sen. Charles Schumer announced last Friday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could begin work on a $180 million coastal protection project for the barrier island this fall, after he received …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/14/14
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Malcolm Bowman, a professor of marine and atmospheric sciences at Stony Brook University, showed the audience an image of a sand berm above a small village in the Netherlands, a country that is …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/18/13
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The vast majority of Americans don’t believe that it’s in our best interests to use military force in Syria. And for the most part, I concur with the majority.
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9/12/13
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