Among the many endearing features of Long Island are the ocean beaches. These beaches are vulnerable to storms and the cost to maintain them is a source of some controversy. Irving Like, Counsel for the Fire Island Association, spoke this morning to bring a better understanding of what those beaches mean to all of us, and…

Rudy Fusco, President of Mr. Parking Lot, made a presentation this morning about Bio-Diesel. Bio-disel has been around for a long time. When Otto Diesel invented the compression ignition engine he planned on using a vegetable derived oil. With the advent of abundant and relatively inexpensive petroleum based oil, we abandoned the concept of "growing"…

Last week we had one of our periodic "round table" meetings.The purpose of these meetings is to hear the voices of the participants in order to form new directions.Here are some of the voices that were heard:John Howell mentioned that Pete McGowan, regardless of his personal prpblems in politics, should continue to be recognized for…

This morning's presentation dealt with the possible need to evacuate Long Island. This would be particularly difficult if the bridges and tunnels were not accessible. In the case of a tsunami the water may rise to the point where none of the bridge approaches would be passable because all of them are close to sea…

This morning's program was on a topic that I think more and more of us will be forced to contemplate. Retirement is no longer a sleepy interlude between the end of your work years and death. Paul Arfin, executive director of Intergenerational Strategies, titled his talk "Don't Retire, Rewire" The program was sponsored by Merrill…

The topic this morning was about creating "new" sources of energy. Most of what was discussed is not new. Solar photovoltaic, bio diesel, geothermal systems, ethanol, are some of the items that were discussed, and none of them are new. What may be new is the desire to implement a changed energy environment.. Congressman Steve…

This morning our speaker was Lisa Strahs Lorenc, representing Long Island Works. LI Works was initially set in motion through the offices of LIA. The organization  promotes the interests of businesses and working people.They have several programs such as the intern program, but this morning we discussed the problem of housing our workforce. see www.nextgenerationhousing.com…

Ken Morrelly, President of Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) made a presentation this morning on Homeland Security. The state of New York has allotted $25 Million to establish a center for the development of new products that will be used in the effort to protect the nation. This will not be an incubator. The…