Sr. Catherine Bennett, Former Teacher at St. Andrew’s, Dies
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Sister Catherine Bennett
Sister Catherine Bennett
Staff Writer on Nov 29, 2022
Sister Catherine Bennett, RSHM, previously known as Sister M. des Anges, died at Marymount Convent in Tarrytown on November 23, 2022. She was 93 and had been a member of... more
Governor Kathy Hochul is pitching ambitious but necessary proposals to phase out fossil fuel-powered heating and cooking appliances in new homes, and to eventually prohibit the replacement of oil and natural gas furnaces and boilers with anything but “green” heating equipment. These are ideas that feel at once a little too premature yet long overdue. The climate crisis is here, and human activity — namely, burning oil, gas and coal, and destroying carbon-storing forests and peat lands — is the driving force behind it. The effects are experienced in more severe and more frequent extreme weather events and vacillations between ...
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Bonac Boys Hoops Win on Senior Night The East Hampton boys basketball team (13-1 in League IV, 15-4 overall) defeated Westhampton Beach, 68-47, at home on Friday evening, and a win in their final game on Tuesday at Comsewogue would have given them the League IV title, or at least a share of it. Luke Reese scored 25 points to lead the Bonackers, while Liam Fowkes and Finn Byrnes chipped in with 18 and 17 points, respectively. East Hampton will likely get a high seed in the upcoming Suffolk County Class A playoffs, one that could get them a ...
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By now we all know that our beloved bay scallops are in big trouble, dying off and not recovering. The January 26 article in The Sag Harbor Express, “Warming Waters Blamed for Die-Offs,” confirms the cause: stress on the creatures from warming waters caused by climate change. As Al Daniels notes in his “Outdoors” column in the same issue, “Northeast summer water temps are increasing three times faster than the global average.” And, of course, it’s not just the scallops that are in big trouble. So are we. What can we do? Pressure elected officials to take action on climate. ...
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About 95 percent of the U.S. land mass has been subject to human development of some kind. About 5 percent remains “pristine.” Man is now the primary intelligence responsible for what happens next. We are the land stewards, for better or for worse, ensuring sustainability or collapse. “We will lose most of our plants if we lose most of our animals, and we will lose all of those animals if we don’t take care of our plants” — Douglas Tallamy. Our current practices of land development along with the voracious destruction of ecosystems and their services is ensuring the eventual ...
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Staff Writer on Nov 29, 2022