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Written by Timothy Bolger on Nov 24th, 2009 and filed under Long Island News , News .

VAN CORTLANDT Park will host the special program "Mid-Fall Migrants," on Saturday, Nov.

By APRIL DIODATO OBSERVER Staff Writer SHERIDAN - The Middle Road Water District is sorely in need of repair, Sheridan Town Supervisor John Walker II Walker told the board at the regular meeting Thursday, with five or six water line breaks within a 1,200 foot area in the past two months.

PELHAM BAY Park, located at Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue, presents the special program "Astronomy," on Sunday, Nov.

Republican Howard Kopel defeated 10-year incumbent Jeff Toback by more than a 1,000 votes.

Although only a tiny fraction of Big Apple parks recycle, a new one now under construction along the Brooklyn waterfront is set to take being green to another level.

An abandoned car in Pelham Bay Park on Monday. NEW YORK - Although the Bloomberg administration has often touted its green policies and New York City parks seem naturally green, an investigative report by the New York Post has found that city parks are not recycling like they are supposed to and are carelessly dumping waste.

The multi-year struggle to decide on the best approach to do the required upgrades for sewage treatment for much of the peninsula will culminate in a vote by the Town of North Hempstead Council on Nov.

Over 400 activists marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to push action on climate change.

Historian Paul DeVillo, who has written about New York City folklore, poses in front of Woodlawn gravesite of Olive Thomas Pickford.

VAN CORTLANDT Park will host a Nature Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m. During the event, local residents of all ages can become nature detectives and take part in a search for hidden treasures along the wooded trails of Van Cortlandt Park.

Shortly before efforts increased to develop a new "Pelham Bay Park" using lands located within the Town of Pelham in the 1880s, there were a number of initiatives to develop residential hamlets in the area.

The fourth goat in recent months was found wandering in the vicinity of the busy Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx over the weekend.

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The latest goat was found wandering in the Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. Schwartz for News A few weeks back a chase and finally the capture was the unusual story when two goats were seen on the New England Thruway.

County, accusing the county of approving the Bay Park sewer consolidation plan without a detailed environmental impact statement.

Starring Denzel Washington, and John Travolta, the thriller is about the highjacking of the New York metro subway 6 train that departed from Pelham Bay Park Station at 1:23 p.m, by a group of four armed men led by Bernard Ryder .

The Health of local waterways is the subject of a lawsuit filed against Nassau County by the Town of Hempstead.

The question is asked every few years when another living landmark tumbles down: What is the oldest tree in New York City? The answer is not easy.

Wolfe's Pond Park in Staten Island is a swampy forest that you won't believe is within city limits.