Mark Donohue, whose father owns an oceanfront house in Mantoloking, supports the beach protection project.

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The wealthy community has traditionally opposed beach replenishment and dune projects, although Sandy changed many minds and led borough officials to campaign for holdouts to sign their easements so beach protection can begin as soon as possible.

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Mr. McDonough said he wasn't against dunes and agreed the beach needed more protection.

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Among its partners are Walgreens (WGA), Icon Parking, Central Parking, Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection, City of Miami Beach, and City of Norwalk, Connecticut, which owns or manages 6.5 million parking spaces.

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Ideally, what the Marines need is an affordable vehicle that can get from ship to shore fast, seamlessly transition to land operations with the least amount of time spent exposed on the beach, and then charge inland with enough troops, firepower and protection to make a difference.

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The Health Protection Agency (HPA) concluded the chance of a regular beach-user coming into contact with radioactive material ranged from one in 1, 000 to one in 10, 000.

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