Sand
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Newyork
We Need to Decide Which Beaches to Save — and Which Ones to Abandon
Last December a surprise storm passed through Florida’s Pinellas County, ripping away beaches and wiping out half of the sand dunes from St. Petersburg to Clearwater. The damage was extensive, and all the more painful because the county had just ...
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World
6 Beaches for Budding Swimmers, Surfers and Castle Builders
For families with children, we found half a dozen beaches in the United States and Mexico, each tailored to a particular summer activity.
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Newyork
Sandbox on the Hudson: Going to the Beach Without Leaving Manhattan
You can find sand, sun and Adirondack chairs along the Hudson River. Just don’t try to swim.
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Newyork
It Took $1.7 Billion to Fix Fire Island’s Beaches. One Storm Wrecked Them.
Just a few years ago, the beach at Fire Island Pines was almost as wide as a football field, the result of a $1.7-billion government project to combat erosion on the South Shore of Long Island after Hurricane Sandy. The project seemed to provide a ...
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News
A Fight Over Yachts Is a Battle for the Soul of the North Fork
Thousands of residents in the hamlet of Mattituck say a plan to build storage for 88 yachts would destroy the environment and the character of the area.