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Seal center Pieterburen has already rescued 12 seals tangled in nets and other sea pollution on Dutch shores this year. That’s over three times as many as in the same period last year, the rescue center said. The most recent rescue was on Vlieland on Thursday. On Tuesday, rescuers freed a young gray seal from a big net on Ameland. In all of last year, Pieterburen’s seal wardens only had to rescue 38 seals from entanglement in litter.

A short while ago, I was talking with my colleague, good buddy, and sailing enthusiast

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Autonomous driving is a key talking point within the transport and automotive industries. A new project in Britain has been looking into this.

Dutch marine experts condemn killing of walrus Freya

The Spencer Town Board at its April 13 meeting continued making progress in getting the town’s bridges repaired.  In March the town board sent out proposals to 15 companies requesting qualifications to become the town’s consultant on the Bridge NY grant project. Spencer Town Supervisor, Al Fulkerson, told the board that he received three proposals, one each from firms in Buffalo, Albany and Rochester. After discussion the board awarded the consultant contract to Hunt Engineers. The...