'Save Sandy Hook' feels that going back to the origins of the U.S. National Park Service will help us all – citizens and federal officials – remember what the NPS is supposed to be all about, and that is not commercialization of park lands
Judith Stanley Coleman, chairman of the Save Sandy Hook citizens group
Thank you for your interest in Save Sandy Hook.
Please consider getting involved by participating in this charitable organization, contacting your federal, state, and local political representatives, lending financial support, or adding your name to our petition that currently has 7150 signatures.
The mission of our organization is to help conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife of Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
October 21st, 2008
Pallone urges park service to end Ft. Hancock lease
Wants state, local officials and nonprofits to create plan
October 5th, 2008
Save Sandy Hook's right to file an appeal...late December...why has the National Park Service given six deadline extensions....
July 6th, 2008
National Park Service's
...sixth extension to
Sandy Hook Partners...
defies comprehension.
February 29th, 2008
Save Sandy Hook files appeal of federal judge ruling
September 18th, 2007
Save Sandy Hook...proposal overly commercial for Fort Hancock
September 7th, 2007
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January 11th, 2009 : Editorial, Asbury Park Press
Wassel would have 90 days from the filing deadline — less than 10 weeks from now — to demonstrate he had financing lined up
January 9th, 2009 : GEORGE MOFFATT , Asbury Park Press
...ignored park service rules by choosing Wassel in 1999 when he lacked the funding ....
January 8th, 2009 : KEVIN PENTON, Asbury park Press
Save Sandy Hook could seek to reopen the federal case
November 20th, 2008 : Peter P. O'Such Jr. , hub
...no contract or lease exists between the NPS and Sandy Hook Partners (SHP)....
November 6th, 2008 : Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post
...a fundamental hostility toward...conserving national parks."
Save Sandy Hook will continue to fight Hook project
...commercialization was never envisioned by the founders of the National Park Service
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• Sandy Hook has a restored station built by the U.S Life-Saving Service, the forerunner in the late 19th Century to the modern U.S. Coast Guard, which is still stationed at Sandy Hook;
• Fort Hancock in the 1950s was an integral part of the East Coast Nike missile defense system;
• Sandy Hook offers millions of citizens a variety of historical and recreational activities in a fast-growing metropolitan area that needs greater access to such facilities, particularly water sports;
• The barrier island was home to Unami Indians for thousands of years, and offers an important historical and cultural link to the now-lost original inhabitants of New Jersey;
• Sandy Hook was held by Loyalists during the American Revolution, supporting the British occupation of New York Harbor;
• Sandy Hook was the site of the first lighthouse on the East Coast, erected in 1764 by New York merchants to protect their shipping;