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Sickly old dog left tied to a tree in NYC with gaping wound — as mystery remains over who put it there
A sweet elderly pit bull was left tied to a tree in Queens with a bloody, gaping chest wound — and it’s still a mystery who ditched the sickly pooch. The 8-year-old dog was left for dead with advanced-stage mammary cancer near Atlas Mall in Glendale on Tuesday, according to City Council members Bob Holden and Joann Ariola. Neighbors reported the abandoned dog to the lawmakers after confusion about whether the call was a police matter — and bystanders rushed her to a shelter with help from the rescue group Lend-a-Paw, according to a council source. “[A rescuer] had suspected that she had just given...
Hundreds of oysters found on NYC coast — indicating endangered species is on the mend
Looks like Queens is turning into the oysters’ Rockefeller Center. A stretch of the borough’s shoreline has been identified as the hip new hotspot for the mollusks — marking a powerful indication that the once bountiful bivalves have a chance at thriving in the Big Apple once again. A dozen volunteers counted some 700 oysters living in the mud flats of Powell’s Cove Park Wednesday as part of a city-wide initiative to restore the struggling populations so that the filter feeders can provide the area with natural benefits, such as cleaning the water and bolstering the shoreline. The Wild Oyster Survey —...
Billy Joel Lists Waterfront Oyster Bay Estate For $49.9M
The iconic 75-year-old singer, songwriter, and pianist Billy Joel has just listed his sprawling waterfront estate on the north shore of Long Island for $49.9 million. Joel bought the estate, which he calls "MiddleSea," in Centre Island, a residential village in Oyster Bay, in 2002. The name is a clever play on words. Yes, it's located by the sea, but "Middle C" is also the first note learned by pianists.
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