Photo Credit: D. Purdy Updated December 15, 2014 9:01 PM By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com The Suffolk Legislature last night unanimously approved a $200,000 emergency resolution to ensure that Cupsogue Beach, whose pavilion was ravaged by fire last fall, can reopen in temporary quarters next summer for 110,000 local beachgoers. The resolution would take unused money […]
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We would like to recognize the following SP Lifeguards … Joseph W. Dooley Bernie Kolar Members and their families of the Armed Services Corporal Christopher Kelly, USMC Corporal Justin Bales, USMC Martin Viera, A1C USAF Lt. Sean Boughal USAF 103 Para Rescue Lt. Col. James McAllister, Jr. Army Special Forces Airborne Joseph Cussimano, WWII Infantry […]
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By Greg Lee Thursday, October 09, 2014 05:54PM SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (KABC) — The Newport Beach lifeguard who drowned while attempting to save a swimmer is the first to be posthumously awarded with a medal of valor, the highest honor for lifeguards. Ben Carlson’s parents Chris and Terry accepted the award Thursday from the United States […]
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Mastic Beach – Scientists and Environmentalists are trying to piece together what triggered a whale and a sea turtle to wash up at Smith Point County Park Thursday. According to environmentalists, the mammal has been described as a rare and endangered 50-foot finback whale. The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also called the finback whale, razorback, […]
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Source: Kate M. Browning Source:www.trihamletnews.com Pictured left to right – (Front Row: Patrick Scribner, Ben Bertuch, Brian Kelly, Blayne Jackolski, Donato Geraci, James Zeidler and Gregory Valencia. Back Row: Mariusz Borkowski, Garrett Thibideau, Erik Gorman, Nicole Lo Meli, Legislator Jay Schneiderman, Legislator Kate Browning, Tim Delaney, Legislator Rob Calarco, Brandon Clark, Christian Roarke and Ron Kister.) Hauppauge, NY – On […]
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On Saturday evening, multiple East End fire departments responded to a significant blaze reported at the pavilion of Cupsogue Beach County Park in Westhampton. According to Suffolk County police, the department received a call regarding the fire at approximately 8:00 p.m. Officers from the arson squad were dispatched to investigate the cause. Fire officials confirmed […]
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Scene at Cupsogue Beach County Park in Westhampton Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, the morning after a fire engulfed the park pavilion. (Credit: Matthew Adams) Updated September 14, 2014 6:31 PM By SCOTT EIDLER AND JENNIFER BARRIOS scott.eidler@newsday.com,jennifer.barrios@newsday.com Investigators Sunday worked to determine the cause of a Saturday night blaze that destroyed the popular Cupsogue Beach […]
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UPDATE: Sunday, 12 p.m. The Beach Hut at Cupsogue Beach in Westhampton was destroyed in a large blaze that engulfed the entire shack Saturday night, Westhampton Beach Fire Chief John “Chip” Bancroft said Sunday morning. Chief Bancroft said a call was made at 8:03 p.m. by a Cupsogue employee working the booth in the parking […]
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Looking west from the outerbeach dune lines to the swimming area by the main pavillion on Smith Point County Park, July 21, 2014. (Credit: Joseph D. Sullivan) A Suffolk legislative committee voted Monday to join New York State and the federal government in constructing 30 miles of protective dunes and restoring beaches between Smith Point […]
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A beachfront tribute to Flight 800 victims The Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 had just taken off from Kennedy Airport when it exploded at 8:31 p.m. July 16, 1996 and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean south of Moriches Inlet, killing 230 people. In the hours, days and months afterward friends and families of the victims were […]
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