Benjamin Swett
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New York City of Trees, which won the 2013 New York City Book Award for Photography. He is the author and photographer of a guidebook to the Hudson Valley and collaborated with the singer/songwriter Heather Woods Broderick to produce the collaborative book and CD
Home Winds. A writer and photographer for the New York City Parks Department for thirteen years, Swett founded the Parks in Print program, which produced books, brochures, maps, and guides for New York City’s underserved parks. He teaches photography at Wave Hill in the Bronx and writing at City College in Manhattan, and is the expedition photographer for the Notion Archaeological Project in Turkey. His photographs are in private, corporate, and public collections including the Museum of the City of New York.
Daniel Laske, a âSocial Justice Warrior,â Dies at 21
He wanted to combine his passions for medicine and politics to make the world a better place. Then he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Daniel Laske belonged to the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. His greatest pride was wearing his uniform, his family said.Credit.via Laske family
April 1, 2021
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At 21, Daniel Laske was on the cusp of a career, one in which he planned to combine his devotion to medicine with his love of politics. He wasnât quite certain what that would look like. But he was studying political science at Hunter College in Manhattan and working as a medical assistant at a CityMD urgent care center in the Bronx, all with the goal of making the world a better place.
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A few days a week, a colorfully painted box truck can be spotted weaving through the narrow streets of Lower Manhattan to pick up food scraps and bring them to a compost yard in East River Park. When they arrive at the yard, Kellan Stanner goes through the freshly collected scraps half of a scooped-out watermelon, warped vegetable stems, lopsided apple cores looking for anything that can t be composted.
After Stanner, who manages the compost operation at the Lower East Side Ecology Center (LESEC), decontaminates the pile, he ll mix the fresh scraps with wood chips to create just the right balance of carbon and nitrogen in order to replicate the natural process of decomposition, he says.
Snake Hill Road clean-up set for Wednesday, volunteers wanted
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Council members Steven Matteo and Joseph Borelli are seeking volunteers to help clean up Snake Hill Road on Wednesday, Mar. 17. (Staten Island Advance)Staff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. One of the borough’s most infamous roadways will be closed for cleaning next week and local elected officials are looking for your help.
Councilman Steven Matteo (R-Mid-Island) and Councilman Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) have partnered with the New York City Parks Department to clean up Snake Hill Road, a portion of Richmond Hill Road, from the entrance to LaTourette Golf Course to Arthur Kill Road and Historic Richmond Town, that’s earned its nickname from its steep incline and winding roadway.
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