Middletown is installing temporary erosion protection systems at Second Beach to reduce winter storm damage and preserve ...

Michigan minimum wage now $13.73 an hour A new minimum wage officially took effect in Michigan on Thursday, raising the state’s hourly rate to $13.73 an hour. Echo Valley Winter Sports Park re-opens ...

Muskegon's Lake Michigan beach has taken a beating, with recent high water levels washing away so much of the shoreline the city piled it with dredged sand as a temporary fix. This remarkably warm, ...

Winter has definitely arrived. Many might not like these frigid temperatures and snow, but communities along the shore of Lake Michigan are definitely smiling. In New Buffalo, Mother Nature has ...

One of the best-known strategies to prevent dune erosion is to introduce plants whose roots will help hold sand in place and stabilize the dune. But experiments conducted at Oregon State University ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers have uncovered how rain and waves act on different parts of coastal cliffs. Following three years of cliff surveys in and near the ...

New Jersey has refused North Wildwood's request to build a bulkhead to protect its shore town due to the absence of imminent danger, despite dune erosion. Mayor Patrick Rosenello plans to appeal in ...

Forward-looking: Portuguese scientists are exploring how the power of the ocean can be harnessed not only to generate clean electricity but also to protect vulnerable shorelines. Researchers from ...

Residents of a lakefront condo development in Rogers Park allege that the city’s efforts to protect a neighboring park from Lake Michigan’s battering waves have allowed lake water to penetrate into ...

Town crews began installing temporary erosion protection systems at Second Beach this week in an effort to shield the popular destination’s dunes and pathways from winter storm damage. The Department ...