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Looking for how your town, village or city is celebrating Memorial Day this year? Here s the list of Memorial Day observances and ceremonies throughout Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties. If there is a parade, remembrance or ceremony not listed, please send an email with any information to reporter Heather Clark, hclark@lohud.com.
May 28
Katonah: The Westchester County Memorial service will be held at Lasdon Park and Arboretum at noon. Watch virtually via the county s Facebook page facebook.com/westchestergov
May 29
Haverstraw: Annual Memorial Day Watchfire at Bowline Point Park is hosted by the Vietnam Veterans of America. Those who wish to attend can gather beginning at 11 p.m. The watchfire will be lit at midnight.
arrow Dead fish along the Hudson River in December 2020 Daphne McWilliams
Over the summer, hordes of dead fish were spotted floating along the Hudson River from Manhattan up to Haverstraw Bay in Rockland County. Experts said at the time it was due to a fatal mix of the sun, the heat, the sewage, and the lack of rain synergistically working together. Everything seemed to go back to normal by late summer. at least until now.
Since Thanksgiving weekend, there have been over 100 reports to environmental group Riverkeeper about dead fish turning up once again in the Hudson and in other bodies of water around the area. There have been sightings of the dead and dying Atlantic menhaden fish better known as bunker in Riverside Park, New York Harbor, Newark Bay, and on the shorelines of Red Hook, Englewood Cliffs, the Upper West Side, Piermont Pier, Tarrytown, Ossining and Cortlandt.
CT DEEP investigating reports of dead menhaden fish in Long Island Sound
Susan Shultz
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A Darien resident recently shared this photo of dead fish, which specialists identify as bunker, near the Ring s End Bridge.ContributedShow MoreShow Less
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DARIEN In a year of strange and unprecedented events, one has found its way to Darien shores.
Residents report an increase in dead fish on area waterways, one particularly at Ring’s End Bridge near Gorham’s Pond. All the fish have been the same species, Atlantic menhanden, known as bunker.
Will Healey, spokesman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said they have received multiple reports of dead menhaden fish in Long Island Sound over the last few weeks.
Dead fish wash ashore in Darien, surrounding area
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A Darien resident recently shared this photo of dead fish, which specialists identify as bunker, near the Ring s End Bridge.ContributedShow MoreShow Less
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DARIEN In a year of strange and unprecedented events, yet another has washed ashore in Darien.
Residents have noted an increase in dead fish on the waterways of the town and its surrounding areas, one particularly at Ring’s End Bridge near Gorham’s Pond. All the fish have been the same species, Atlantic menhanden, know as bunker.
Will Healey, media relations for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said they have received multiple reports of a menhaden fish dead in the Long Island Sound over the last few weeks.