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The fancy ice cream purveyor was charged with 17 violations of the law in 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed allies who worked on his past campaigns to head New York City agencies, despite their having little relevant experience.

From left: zinnias; this years Souther Exposure Seed Exchange catalog; a red alpine strawberry. “I wish we could bottle and sell the hope and enthusiasm that comes with the newness of a fresh start every spring, a stack of seed catalogs, and the come-hither whispers of new plants at local garden shops,” says Mary Beth Shaddix, who with her husband, the nurseryman David Shaddix, grows a garden filled with both new and tried-and-true vegetable varieties each year in Shelby County, Alabama. �...

A river otter, photographed by the Elakha Alliance. ASTORIA — Peter Hatch and John Goodell from the Elakha Alliance will present “Oregon’s Lost Sea Otters: Restoring a Cultural Heritage and Ecological Keystone” for Lewis and Clark National Historical Park’s monthly “Nature Matters” lecture series at 7 p.m. Jan. 14. The pair will discuss the what might be gained from the return of sea otters to Oregon. Additional focuses will include the history of regional sea...

Nature Matters: Oregons Lost Sea Otters   December 31, 2020 It is hard to appreciate the cultural importance and ecological significance of a species that disappeared from Oregon’s coastal waters over a century ago. What has the loss of sea otters meant to Oregon’s indigenous peoples? What does their absence mean to the health of nearshore ecosystems? What might be gained from the return of sea otters to Oregon? Join Peter Hatch and John Goodell, from the Elakha Alliance, as they discuss t...