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Linda Greenlaw (born December 22, 1960) [1] [2] is a best-selling author of books with maritime themes and the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast of the United States. [3] She was featured in the 1997 book The Perfect Storm and the film The Perfect Storm .
The Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi), also called Tasmanian giant freshwater lobster, is the largest freshwater invertebrate and the largest freshwater crayfish species in the world. The species is only found in the rivers below 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level in northern Tasmania, an island-state of Australia.
It could be a meal fit for a king or perhaps an entire kingdom. But this giant lobster is not headed for the dinner table. Jordan Lobster Farms in Long Island, New York is no stranger to king ...
In Baldwin, Nunley's was located on Sunrise Highway, on the border with Freeport, New York, and operated from 1940 to 1995.Nunley's Carousel and Amusement Park was established by William Nunley, a third-generation amusement park entrepreneur, who also operated facilities in Bethpage, in Queens (in Broad Channel and Rockaway Beach), and in Westchester County (in Yonkers), New York. [4]
IN FOCUS: When Daisy Boulton stumbled across ‘A Woman on the Edge of Time’, a son’s book exploring the life and suicide of his mother, she felt an overwhelming connection. Helen Coffey talks ...
A miniature version was installed at the 1939 World's Fair by the Drake Baking Company. [5] In 1939, there were about 90 duck farms in Suffolk County, with many concentrated in the area around Riverhead and Flanders. [9] By 2019, only a single farm was left; the Crescent Duck Farm which had opened in 1908 in Aquebogue. [10]
A Long Island livestock sanctuary faces 112 counts of animal neglect for allegedly depriving dozens of animals of food, water, and shelter, according to prosecutors. Investigators visited Double D ...
An early trustee of the Bayard-Cutting Arboretum was Lady Lindsay, born Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt, on Centre Island, Long Island. [3] She was a lifelong friend of the Cuttings and a professionally trained landscape architect who worked for a time for the great American gardener Beatrix Farrand , who had a commission at Westbrook at the beginning ...