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Some county supervisors balked at the cost of the proposed Glade Hill fire station, while the volunteer fire department sees the plans as a threat to the continuance of their

4:21 Work to prevent the historic Montauk Point Lighthouse from slipping into the ocean has started this month. The Army Corp of Engineers will bolster the shore with stones to protect the national landmark from erosion. But a full renovation of its tower is still necessary because of damage from over two centuries of extreme weather. It’s been the mission of Joe Gaviola and the Montauk Historical Society to keep the lighthouse standing. He wakes up every morning in the 19th Century lighthous...

Centuries of erosion have worn away the buffer at the Montauk Point Lighthouse, leaving the structure less than 100 feet from the seashore.

Get our free LIBN e-alerts & breaking news notifications! Photo by Julianne Mosher By: Julianne Mosher March 5, 2021 Comments Off on Light @ the end Photo by Julianne MosherIt has long been a fixture, known around the world as a beacon to guide sailors back home to Long Island. It is taken for granted that it will always be there, standing sentinel at the very end of our Island. But more than two centuries after its initial construction, the Montauk Point Lighthouse, brimming with histor...