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Police & Fire
Four Stranded In Raft On Long Island Rescued Four Stranded In Raft On Long Island Rescued
Four Stranded In Raft On Long Island Rescued Marine officers rescued four men who became stranded in a 10-foot inflatable raft in the Long Island Sound. Suffolk County Police were altered to the situation after a 911 caller reported four people stranded in an inflatable raft drifting out to sea at 10:17 p.m., Sunday, June 6 in Wading River. The men, who launched from Wading River Beach to go fishing, were pulled out to the Long Island Sound, approximately one mile north of Wildwood State Park, said the Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau. The boat did not have a motor, and they were unable to paddle back due to the current. Mar…

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by Kathy Reakes
Real Estate
Long Island Sound Waterfront Estate Sells For $27.75M Long Island Sound Waterfront Estate Sells For $27.75M
Long Island Sound Waterfront Estate Sells For $27.75M It's got rooms with a view -- and plenty of them -- and the sale price to show for it. A sprawling Connecticut estate on the waterfront of Fairfield County's Gold Coast on the Long Island Sound has sold for $27,750,000, Houlihan Lawrence announced on Monday, May 10. It's located on the Belle Haven peninsula with 680-plus feet of shoreline on Greenwich Harbor, at 23 Smith Road.  The richly detailed 1939 residence was designed by noted architects Henry O. Chapman, Jr. and Harold Beder, and was the original home of banker and lumber dealer Oliver D. Mead.  There are …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Old Train Car Placed Off Nassau County Coast To Make Artificial Reef Old Train Car Placed Off Nassau County Coast To Make Artificial Reef
Old Train Car Placed Off Nassau County Coast To Make Artificial Reef A rail car and a tugboat have been lowered to the ocean floor off the coast of Long Island, with more recycled materials to join them, as part of a state initiative to recreate lost coral reefs to bolster a more diverse underwater ecosystem, local sport fishing and diving. Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the sinking of the vessels, including one of 75 rail cars donated  by Wells Fargo Rail Corporation and 70-foot tugboat "Jane," on Wednesday, Sept. 16 off Hempstead Reef. Soon to join them on the sea floor are 15 more rail cars and a large steel turbine.  These materials were added to o…

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by Christina Coulter