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Suffolk Company Awarded $30.7M Contract To Restore Montauk Lighthouse Suffolk Company Awarded $30.7M Contract To Restore Montauk Lighthouse
Suffolk Company Awarded $30.7M Contract To Restore Montauk Lighthouse A Long Island company has been awarded a near $31 million contract to restore and protect the Montauk Point Lighthouse. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week that a $30.7 million contract has been granted to Bay Shore-based H&L Contracting to “protect the historic Montauk Point Lighthouse and associated cultural resources located on the easternmost point of Long Island.” The project is expected to last approximately two years as crews work to safeguard the lighthouse from shoreline erosion. Work is planned to start in the spring. “The hist…

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by Zak Failla
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Whale Frees Itself From Fishing Net Off Southampton Coast Whale Frees Itself From Fishing Net Off Southampton Coast
Whale Frees Itself From Fishing Net Off Southampton Coast A humpback whale is now free and roaming the waters off the Long Coast after getting entangled in a fishing net. At approximately 1:15 p.m. Monday, July 15, Southampton Town Police Bay Constables responded to a report of a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net approximately one-quarter mile southwest of the TownlineBeach in Sagaponack.  Bay Constables protected the animal while working with the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, DEC and federal authorities including NOAA and USCG.  Town Police, using their UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), monitored and videotaped th…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Plastic Bag Ban, Congestion Pricing, Mansion Tax: Here Are Highlights Of New $175B State Budget Plastic Bag Ban, Congestion Pricing, Mansion Tax: Here Are Highlights Of New $175B State Budget
Plastic Bag Ban, Congestion Pricing, Mansion Tax: Here Are Highlights Of New $175B State Budget Congestion pricing for motorists in Manhattan, a plastic bag ban and a new “mansion tax” are coming to New York. New York lawmakers worked late into Sunday night, March 31 before finally approving Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $175.5 billion state spending plan early on Monday morning, April 1. The budget calls for a ban on single-use plastic bags, will charge motorists driving below 60th Street in Manhattan a fee and ad the “mansion tax,” which is a one-time fee for some of the state’s wealthiest residents and is expected to bring in approximately $365 million. Much of the additional revenue being …

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by Zak Failla