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Lane Rosen, right, with Dewey’s student scientists. Photo by Teri BrennanThe waters around New York City were once home to a thriving population of oysters, which served an important ecological role. After virtually disappearing in the 20th century, several efforts are underway to bring the species back. Students of
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Source: Colton’s officeThe following is a press release from Assemblyman Bill Colton’s office: Two communities in New York City have come together to fight against the City of New York’s Solid Waste Management Plan by rallying against the proposed Gravesend Bay Marine Waste Transfer Station (1824 Shore
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More than two years after an autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death of an unidentified woman found stuffed in a shopping cart in the waters of Gravesend Bay [/breaking-womans-body-found-near-shore-parkway/], authorities have finally deemed the case a murder, and are turning to the public for help in identifying
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Quaglione speaking at the rally. (Source: johnquaglione.com)Republican City Council candidate John Quaglione is firing back at Assemblyman William Colton and Councilman Vincent Gentile, who last week condemned Quaglione for turning the Southwest Brooklyn Waste Transfer Station into a “political football.” [/colton-blasts-quaglione-for-turning-waste-transfer-controversy-into-political-football/] Quaglione told Bensonhurst Bean that the two
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The incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay in 1973, now the site at the center of a major Bensonhurst environmental debate. (Source: Source: Arthur Tress via DailyDOCUMERICA)The ruling of a State Supreme Court justice set back the efforts of those opposed to the building of a new
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The incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay in 1973, now the site at the center of a major Bensonhurst environmental debate. (Source: Source: Arthur Tress via DailyDOCUMERICA)Opponents of the proposed Gravesend Bay waste station had their cause buoyed by the discovery of potent toxins in the waters
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Source: HalfMoonReplica.com [http://www.halfmoonreplica.com/2012/fallvod/vodhome.htm]How did we miss this? According to the ship’s log [http://www.halfmoonreplica.com/2012/fallvod/vodhome.htm], the Half Moon arrived in Gravesend Bay in early September. This journey is a recreation of Henry Hudson’s famous
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Source: Arthur Tress via DailyDOCUMERICAThis photograph depicts the old incineration plant and landfill dump at Gravesend Bay. The site is currently at the center of a major Bensonhurst environmental debate. For over 30 years, the dump burned NYC garbage without a permit. It was finally shut down in the mid-90’
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Arnoldo Galarza being pulled from Gravesend Bay (image by Chad Rachman for Post) The New York Post reported over the weekend on the drowning death of a man in Gravesend Bay early Friday evening. Arnoldo Galarza, age 20, reportedly had entered the choppy waters off a secluded beach near Seagate
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photo credit: Colleen MurphyA temporary safety zone created around unexploded ordinance in the waters near the Verrazano Narrows Bridge [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2010/12/coast-guard-creates-safety-zone-under-verrazano/] has been made permanent by Coast Guard officials. The 1,500 rounds of 20mm munitions, lost near the narrows in Gravesend Bay during a