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City planning shoreline work on the channel “We are looking at our options,” he said. The project ran into other After troubleshooting with issues. At a former gun range, utility companies and the Fed- on Water Street, soil had to be eral Emergency Management removed because chemicals had Agency, the city of Long Beach leaked from the ammunition. is moving forward with some And near the east end of Water key projects to protect resi- Street, a manhole had to be replaced due to water damage. dents on its north shore. On Monroe BouThe North Shore Critical Infrastruclevard, by the Long ture Flood ProtecBeach Tennis Cention Project, initialter, crews could not ly slated to be comd r ive bu l k h e a d pleted in October sheeting to the 2024, will continue depth required to bulkhead work protect shoreline. along the bayfront. Under the Long At a City Council Beach Bridge, the meeting on March Department of Pub18, City Manager lic Works intended Dan Creighton to use equipment to explained the situadrive piles, but it tion to residents. lost permission to BReNDAN FINN Utilities in the do so due to project President, area, including delays. So the City Council National Grid, department pivoted PSEG Long Island to jet grouting, a and Verizon, as well as the Long g round-improvement tech Island Rail Road, had infra- nique that uses rapid pressure structure like electrical cables jets to erode and mix cement in place where steel bulkhead- with soil. The mixing strengthing was to be constructed. ens the structure by reducing Creighton said that the council permeability and stabilizing is considering litigation to the soil. recoup funding that was lost The project, now anticipated due to delays as the utility com- to be completed in March 2027, panies assessed their assets. Continued on page 7
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Long Beach Kiwanis Club president Marianne Raisig, far left; honorees ilene Fox, Sammi Metzger and norah Finn Kelleher; and Kiwanis Secretary Rosana egan at the annual event.
Kiwanis hosts annual brunch celebrating women’s history By CHRIS ColuCCI ccolucci@liherald.com
The Kiwanis Club of Long Beach hosted its fourth annual Women’s History Month Brunch last Sunday, recognizing three local women. Norah Finn Kelleher, Ilene Fox and Sammi Metzger were this year’s honorees, and nearly 100 people gathered at the Long Beach Hotel for the event. The Kiwanians were joined by members of the City Council, City Manager Dan Creighton and Nassau County Legislator Pat Mullaney. Kiwanis has held the celebration each year since 2023 to recognize outstanding women in the community. It also serves as a fundraiser, to help the club send children from disadvantaged homes to summer pro-
grams. Kiwanis President Marianne Raisig explained that the honorees are chosen by club members based on their impact on the local community. This year’s featured women share a common theme of empowering students and fostering the creative arts. Fox acknowledges a driving force behind her work at Realize Harmony, an organization that supports local school art programs and offers scholarships to music and art students: Her late husband, Allan, a musician, artist and board member of the Long Beach Arts Council who founded the company in 2020. “[He] passed away suddenly in 2021, and I needed to continue his legacy of compassion and kindness,” Fox said. “Through Continued on page 20
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can’t think of anything more important than protecting our residents and their drinking water.