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Hellfighters are honored in Washington By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
Courtesy office of Rep. Tom Suozzi
Attending the congressional presentation were, from left, Army Col. Bryon Linnehan, commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand; Debra Willett; Reps. Tom Suozzi and Adriano Espaillat; House Speaker Mike Johnson; Reps. Joyce Beatty and Hakeem Jeffries; and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
While leafing through World War I clippings in the Glen Cove Public Library seven years ago, Dr. Richard Harris noticed something that stopped him cold: Nearly 40 men from Glen Cove and the surrounding area had served in the Harlem Hellfighters, the famed 369th Infantry Regiment. Among them were six brothers from the Fowler family, most of whom fought side by side in France. That moment of discovery set Harris, an assistant dean at Webb Institute, in Glen Cove, and a longtime student of military history, on a path that eventually led to the belated presentation of one of the nation’s highest honors. On Sept. 3, at Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol, the Harlem Hellfighters were collectively awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The ceremony marked the culmination of years of local CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
Its water now cleaner, Crescent Beach may reopen By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
Crescent Beach was once a cherished destination for families looking to cool off along the Long Island Sound. But for the past 18 years, it has been deserted due to high levels of bacterial contamination. Now, local leaders say that years of remediation are paying off — and the beach could reopen as early as next year. Newly released test results from the Nassau County Department of Health show that fecal coliform and enterococci bacteria — the reasons Crescent Beach was closed —
have dropped to levels far below state safety limits. The findings are the most promising since the beach was shut down in the mid-2000s, and officials say they mark a major step toward restoring one of Glen Cove’s most important recreational spaces. “Reopening Crescent Beach has been a monumental undertaking,” Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, the Legislature’s minority leader, said. DeRiggi-Whitton has led the push to address the beach’s contamination. “These latest test results are incredibly encouraging,” she added, “and I am thankful to Mayor (Pame-
la) Panzenbeck, the City Council, Glen Cove’s Department of Public Works and everyone who has kept the focus on reopening this hometown treasure for a new generation of Glen Cove families.” The beach was first closed after routine countywide testing in the mid-2000s revealed dangerously high bacteria levels. Initially, faulty home septic systems were thought to be the cause, triggering an extensive investigation by Nassau County and state environmental agencies. In 2018, testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that animal,
not human, waste was the primary source of contamination. Swans and other waterfowl living in ponds upstream from Crescent Beach were identified as a major contributor. With the source clearer, city and county leaders worked with engineers from H2M Architects + Engineers, in Melville, to develop a remediation
plan approved by the State Department of Environmental Conservation. The strategy has included installing helix filter systems on private land to filter runoff from swan ponds, replenishing sand, and building a new culvert under Cobble Court to allow for tidal flushing of the stream that flows to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 11