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Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine and other local officials spoke at a news conference on Tuesday, pleading for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to extend a sand replenishment project scheduled for this fall on the western end of Fire Island to hard-hit communities farther to the east.  Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost