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Oyster Bay sets dune planting event

The Oyster Bay Town dune stabilization project -- an annual volunteer event that gathers hundreds of people to plant dune grass on Tobay Beach in Massapequa -- will take place on March 24, town officials said.

The project, which last year attracted 1,160 volunteers who planted 230,000 stalks of dune grass, helps to protect sand dunes against storm surges and high winds, officials said.

The...

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