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A bid to restore Coast Guard at Jones Beach among 19 nationwide affected by a force realignment initiative that reduced operations, Boaters along the South including year-round searchShore say that restoring full and-rescue coverage. Lunday said the Coast Coast Guard operations at Jones Beach would improve Guard was working toward safety, especially at Jones Inlet, restoring staffing levels, which could bring rescue one of Long operations back to Island’s busiest Nassau County and most challengyear-round. ing waterways, following a recent “We have a plan commitment to be able to move, secured by U.S. if supported in the Rep. Laura Gillen. [fiscal year] 2027 At a House Combudget request, to mittee on Transmove [Coast portation and Guard personnel] Infrastructure out to those small hearing last boat stations, and month, Gillen, the that’ll help us vice ranking memrestore the operatber of the Coast ing posture,” LunGuard and Mariday said. “I look time Transporta- MICHAEL CARUSO forward to getting tion Subcommit- Publisher, The back to you … tee, pressed Coast Fisherman magazine including the priGuard Commanoritization of dant Kevin E. LunJones Beach.” day on reductions For boaters who to Station Jones regularly navigate Beach’s capabilities in 2024 due waters off Jones Beach, the to staffing and funding short- potential restoration is welages. come news. “I’m deeply concerned about “Jones Inlet is one of the the impact of those changes,” busiest boating inlets on Long Gillen said during the hearing, Island, and anything that noting that the station was
By HUNTER FENOLLOL
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Courtesy Wantagh Preservation Society
The Beech Street School property as it stands today.
Ahead of budget vote, a push to save historic Beech Street School By HUNTER FENOLLOL hfenollol@liherald.com
As Wantagh residents prepare to vote May 19 on whether the school district should sell the historic Beech Street School property, the local preservation society is urging the community to consider the site’s historical significance. The proposed $1,075,000 sale, which will appear on the district’s budget ballot, would transfer ownership of the property to developer Brah Property Owners Inc., which district officials said intends to demolish the building and construct two private homes on the site. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the Town of Hempstead Landmark Commis-
sion last week, when members of the Wantagh Preservation Society pled their case for landmark recognition of the century old school building. District officials, including Superintendent John McNamara and legal counsel representing the school district, also addressed the commission. In a statement to the Herald following the meeting, McNamara said the district is recommending the sale because the building “does not currently serve any purposeful use for the district,” adding that it is too small for instructional use and does not meet current New York State Education Department codes for housing students. McNamara said the building would require more than $1 million in repairs, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
aving a fully operational Coast Guard is like a security blanket for boaters — especially when conditions can change quickly.
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