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City is planning new projects on north side By BRENDAN CARPENTER
Bayfront study
The city plans to use the $170,000 award to plan the redeLong Beach had an eventful, velopment of the North Shore grant-filled 2024: The city was Bayfront, which extends west awarded a total of roughly $7 from the Long Beach Bridge to million by New York state, the Recreation Center — from which will fund everything Long Beach Boulevard to Magnolia Boulevard. from new hires and The study will comequipment in the plement two projfire and police ects already underdepartments to way on the bayrepairs and renovafront. tions on the bay“This project is front and in the separate, but it’s city’s parks. related,” City ManThe three most ager Dan Creighton recent state grants, e x p l a i n e d . “ We aw a rd e d i n l at e h ave t h e N o r t h December, include Shore Critical $170,000 for an ecoInfrastructure Projnomic development ect, that’s protectplanning study of DAN CREIghToN i n g t h e b ay s i d e t h e b a y f r o n t , City manager from severe flood$600,000 for the coning, such as (Superstruction of a salt storage shed, and $390,775 for storm) Sandy, in the future, but the rehabilitation of Sherman we also have the Sewer ConsoliBrown Park, in the North Park dation Project that’s going on over there. This study actually section. The grants were awarded goes hand in hand with both of through the state’s Regional those, because what’s going to Economic Development Coun- happen when the sewer consolicil Initiative, and are part of a dation project is done? We’re total of $16.7 million being dis- going to have a lot of acreage tributed across Long Island for on the bayfront that we can do nearly 30 projects. Continued on page 4 bcarpenter@liherald.com
Photos courtesy Long Beach Public Schools
Bringing ancient Egypt to LBMS Sixth-grade students at Long Beach Middle School went back in time last week, bringing Ancient Egypt to life. They took on projects that gave them a sense of what life was like back then, writing poetry, creating booklets, right, and making replicas of the pyramids, above. Story, more photos, Page 7.
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e’re going to have a lot of acreage on the bayfront that we can do something with.