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News That Matters – Wednesday, February 9, 2011 – The “Pass This On” Edition

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Before some right-wing CEO from Garrison snaps us up and the weekend Things To Do editions become lists of regional prayer breakfasts featuring Sarah Palin or Dick Cheney as their keynote speakers, if your organization is having an event that is actually of interest please send it to us ASAP in plain text format. Save the PDF and JPG files for your general email lists. [...]

News That Matters – Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff have looked over the history of integrating both Blacks and then women into the armed forces with an eye on a method of doing the same with gay men and women. Since you cannot tell if someone you’re serving with is gay or lesbian they’ve decided that gay troops should wear pink triangles. [...]

News That Matters – Friday, October 8, 2010 – Things To Do Edition

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Back in September some Carmel youth had an altercation: one threw eggs at another and the eggee smashed the guy’s car with a baseball bat in retaliation. In my world that would have been the likely end of it. But the instigator went crying to the police and now this poor kid is facing felony charges. Here we have yet another example of society stepping into a battle between two people that will ultimately cost us all a great deal of money and destroy the life of an otherwise innocent kid. In our rush for the unobtainable, a perfect society, we never look forward to the results. [...]

News That Matters – Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Tea Bagger’s, egged on by Sarah Palin, are increasingly pressuring the “Liberal” media. WHAT LIBERAL MEDIA IS SHE REFERRING TO? News That Matters? Because, folks, I’m it. She says there’s a ‘sickness and darkness’ about me but we’ve never even met and I know she’s not a subscriber. [...]

Unclogging Sewer Lines – Weird Debris, but No Alligators – NYTimes.com

Unclogging Sewer Lines – Weird Debris, but No Alligators

David Goldman for The New York Times

“Anything that will fit down a catch basin or will fit down a manhole, I’ve seen,” said Chris Laudando, a city worker.

Strange things can be found on New York City’s streets. Even stranger things turn up below, in the sewer system.

David Goldman for The New York Times

The city’s new sewage trucks, each equipped with a 30-foot-hose, can vacuum a total of up to three tons of debris and sediment daily. They will clean the city’s largest sewer lines.

Over the decades, sewer workers have found jewelry, murder weapons, glass eyes and bulkier items of mysterious origin, including tires, mattresses and, once, a paddle boat from Van Cortlandt Lake in the Bronx.

“I’ve seen parts of cars,” said Chris Laudando, a superintendent for the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees the system. “I’ve seen sections of boats. Anything that will fit down a catch basin or will fit down a manhole, I’ve seen. I’ve seen rodents, raccoons. All sorts of furry creatures. No alligators.”

via Unclogging Sewer Lines – Weird Debris, but No Alligators – NYTimes.com.

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Seven Hills Lake Uses Algacide

Putnam County Applicant:

Seven Hills Lake Homeowners Assoc PO Box 1087 Carmel, NY 10512 -8087

Facility:

Seven Hills Lake Lake Shore Dr Carmel, NY 10512

Application ID:

3-3722-00153/00005

Permit(s) Applied for:

Article 15 Title 3 Aquatic Pesticides Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands

Project is Located:

Kent, Putnam County

Project Description:

To maintain open water areas for recreational use, the applicant proposes to treat Seven Hills Lake, portions of which include Freshwater Wetland LC-1 (Class 2) and its 100 foot adjacent area, with the algacide Captain (active ingredient copper carbonate) and the aquatic pesticide Aquathol K (active ingredient Endothall) to control algal blooms and the non-native species’ Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) and curly leaf pondweed (Potamageton crispus).

Availability of Application Documents:

Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.

State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination:

A draft environmental impact statement has been prepared on this project and is on file.

SEQR Lead Agency: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

State Historic Preservation Act [...]

Little Buck Pond to use Chemical Pesticides

Spring Lake Homeowners Association Inc C/O Cory Henkel 166 Bank St Apt 1E New York, NY 10014

Facility:

Spring Lake (Little Buck Pond) Gipsey Trail Rd Carmel, NY 10512

Application ID:

3-3722-00113/00016

Permit(s) Applied for:

Article 15 Title 3 Aquatic Pesticides Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands

Project is Located:

Kent, Putnam County

Project Description:

To maintain open water areas for recreational use, the applicant proposes to treat a total of 9.2 acres of Spring Lake (A.K.A. Little Buck Pond – Class B), approximately .4 acre of which is located within NYS Freshwater Wetland LC-4 (Class 2) and its 100 foot adjacent area, with the aquatic pesticides Aquathol K (active ingredient Endothall) and Clearcast (active ingredient Imazamox). The proposed treatment within the NYS Wetland and 100 foot adjacent area is intended to maintain boating access between the open water portion of Spring Lake and the portion of the lake consisting of regulated DEC wetland. The target vegetation includes largeleaf pondweed and waterlilies. The applicant proposes to manipulate the outlet control structure of Spring Lake to hold the chemically treated water within Spring Lake for 14 days, thereby avoiding the need for down-stream water use restrictions.

Availability of Application Documents:

Filed application [...]

News That Matters – April 9, 2010 – Things To Do Edition

Okay, it’s more than a week since I’ve switched over to the GOP and I feel great! And to celebrate this weekend I’m gonna get me a martini, a gun, put on a Pat Boone album and don my best polyester Leisure suit. [...]

Toxic Waters – Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly – NYTimes.com

Toxic Waters – Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly

WASHINGTON — One recent morning, George S. Hawkins, a long-haired environmentalist who now leads one of the largest and most prominent water and sewer systems, trudged to a street corner here where water was gushing into the air.

Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

As head of Washington's water department, George Hawkins, left, is on the scene every time a major sewer or water line breaks.

The Breaking Point

Articles in this series are examining the worsening pollution in America’s waters and regulators’ responses.

Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

Mr. Hawkins's goal is to replace, within the next century, the pipes that were installed in Washington a hundred years ago.

A cold snap had ruptured a major pipe installed the same year the light bulb was invented. Homes near the fashionable Dupont Circle neighborhood were quickly going dry, and Mr. Hawkins, who had recently taken over the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority despite having no experience running a major utility, was responsible for fixing the problem.

As city employees searched for underground valves, a growing crowd started asking angry questions. Pipes were breaking across town, and [...]

News That Matters – February 22, 2010

We pause here to wish a speedy recovery to a Kent neighbor from Farmer’s Mills Road who surprised two burglars in his home last week and and was found badly beaten and semi-conscious several hours later by coworkers wondering why he’d not come back from lunch. He’s currently in hospital but late reports say that the police have been able to interview him. Let’s hope the guys get caught soon. [...]