Getting Fire Island Beach Ready for Summer Season 2009
Fire Island Pines - Bulldozer working on rebuilding the beach - photo by cherrygroveguys.com
A massive project has been underway during the past winter months and into 2009. The beach nourishment project started finally, after a few months of delays. Permit processes from several agencies such as, Department of the Interior, National Park Service, and Army Corps of Engineers slowed down the start of this project which has been calculated to cost around $25 million.
Weeks Marine Inc. from Cranford New Jersey was hired as the contractor to complete the project, and they Read more
Unobstructed Ocean Views, Cherry Grove Oceanfront Summer Residence
PRICE: $979,000
TAXES (per month): $583 – ROOMS: 8
BEDROOMS: 4 – BATHROOMS: 4; POOL
TYPE: Classic Oceanfront
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Oceanfront with magnificent and wide-open breathtaking ocean views from Living-room, Den and Bedroom. 4 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms, vaulted ceilings in Read more
Fire Island Heats Up
John Harkrider, holding June
SOURCE: NY Times
By VALERIE COTSALAS
IF you’re wondering whether the real estate market on Fire Island has finally shaken off its “relatively undervalued” reputation — at least when compared with places like the Hamptons and Litchfield County, where prices have soared over the past decade — consider this:
FOR SALE Laura Marvin Smith says new homes bring top dollar.
In Seaview last weekend, a couple from … Read more
Paradise Found
A FIRST-TIMER DISCOVERS THE SECRET TO THAT FIRE ISLAND MAGIC
RADIOFLYERS: Welcome to Fire Island
SOURCE: NY Post
By KIRSTEN FLEMING
ORIGINALLY, I had envisioned one of those classic European hiking holidays, the kind where you just sort of ramble from village to village. Say, Italy’s Cinque Terre. My budget wasn’t having any of it, and nothing got off the ground. Sitting around my apartment was not an option either, but when a friend suggested a weekend rambling through the many and varied villages of Fire Island, I didn’t exactly jump at the opportunity. (Taking the LIRR to Bay Shore, I can report, is nothing like being in Europe.) Read more
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