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Plum Island shores were scraped last summer after similar erosion led to multiple homes being declared unsafe for occupancy. One of the homes, at 27 Annapolis Way, had to be razed.

PLUM ISLAND (CBS) -- The first nor'easter of the season battered the north shore of Massachusetts Thursday. Strong winds, heavy rains and a brutal surf had people on Plum Island watching closely.

Just days after tons of sand was dumped on Plum Island beaches, a heavy rain storm washed it all away, and with it, the $75,000 anti-erosion investment. Latest U.S.

One Plum Island home toppled into the ocean and another was teetering on the edge of the waves yesterday, according to Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

Massachusetts, Newburyport, and the residents of Northern Reservation Terrace owed a huge debt of gratitude to George Charos for providing sand to build the dual dune system that had helped save ...