The reality is that the State requested the DEP meeting held yesterday in Jersey City regarding his administration's concern that the Hurricane Sandy Recovery/Blue Acres Program is struggling.
The compound consists of two sandy, sun-scorched acres, several low, whitewashed buildings, and a cluster of thatch-roofed huts where seven international staff members live and work.
GEORGE KOSTA got his wish of living in a serene island setting about 21 years ago when he bought a three-bedroom cottage on the 145-acre, sandy peninsula known as Pleasure Beach Island.
The 20-acre Sandy Island, located off the coast of Grenada, is on the market for $20 million.
If that isn't enough, there is an eight-mile sandy beach and 550 acres of woodland.
In place of the ridiculous rough are 26 acres of sandy wasteland, pine straw and wire grass that will offer wayward balls a shot at redemption.
We're in Ninigret Pond, the shallow Rhode Island lagoon in which Opton-Himmel cultivates shellfish on three acres of sandy seabed.
Among the listings: Plum Island, N.Y., off the North Fork of Long Island, which the government has already begun marketing as 840 acres of "sandy shoreline, beautiful views and a harbor".
WHAT -- 5-bedroom house HOW MUCH -- $199,900 Built in 1914, this restored farmhouse is on two acres of sandy shore on Lake Tamarack, which is about a half hour west of Duluth.
The Coney Island that is lodged in the public imagination dates back 100 years to a time when the playground spilled across more than 60 acres, with sandy beaches and three separate amusement parks: Dreamland, the most opulent; Luna Park, a blur of minarets, spires and swirling fountains; and Steeplechase Park.
