FOOD & DRINK
Large coyote spotted strolling through New York’s Central Park
A large coyote was spotted strolling around New York’s Central Park last weekend.The coyote was in the Cherry Hill area of the park just north of East 72nd Street.Brett Cohn, a resident of the Upper East Side, captured the footage during an early morning run.“It stopped me in my tracks completely,” he said.Mr Cohn added that the coyote was “definitely inquisitive” and was around the size of a large German shepherd.A statement from New York City’s Parks Department said there was “no reason to believe this particular coyote is unhealthy or poses a threat to human safety” but did advise people to “keep their distance and avoid close contact”. Read More Watch Trump response as he’s quizzed on Melania whereabouts at criminal trialVolunteers rush to rescue Torah scrolls buried in rubble after synagogue burns downNigerian chess champion plays for marathon 58 hours to break record in Times Square
'Something positive': Passaic gets funds to create fourth splash park
PASSAIC — The city's Colonel Johnson Park made the state Department of Environmental Protection's list for Green Acres funds. The DEP approved the city's $2.15 million grant request to convert the existing park into a splash park. The funds are part of this year's $117 million Green Acres funds allotment.
NYC rule will slap sugar warning labels on food, drinks including Starbucks, Dunkin’ specialties
Oh, sweet — the ‘nanny state’ is back! Fast-food chains and coffee shops in New York City would have to slap a warning on menu boards and packaging under a new rule from the Adams administration. The city Health Department’s first-in-the-nation edict will mean labels warning on food and drinks with more than 50 grams of added sugar, including frozen coffee drinks from places like Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, fountain sodas and even hot chocolate. Food outlets with 15 or more stores in the US are ordered to use a warning icon — a spoon loaded with heaps of sugar — to alert...
‘World’s Deadliest’ Creature Waking Up, Ready To Attack New Yok
The "world's deadliest" creature is waking up and ready to swarm New York. This is the time of year when animals wake up, but you might be shocked by what's been called the "world's deadliest animal" by the CDC. World's Deadliest Creature Ready to Invade New York State. The mosquito...
Spotted lanternflies to soon hatch across N.Y. in numbers bigger than last year, experts warn
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — They’re destructive. They’re annoying. And spotted lanternflies will be hatching throughout New York state, including NYC, within the next 30 days — in larger numbers than last year, according to environmental experts. In the spring, summer and fall of 2023, Staten Islanders...
Animal Shelter Morale Sinks After Manager is Bitten, Hospitalized And Fired
In her thirty years working with animal rescues, Darcy Del Castillo had never been hurt by a dog. She prided herself on her ability to read a dog’s mood, to judge a dog’s body language, to pick up the cues that would keep herself and those she worked with safe, particularly around big animals. It was a confidence borne of her years working at shelters in Elizabeth and Newark and with the Union County Animal Cruelty Taskforce.
With some help, a cat colony made Bayonne Dry Dock its home. Then it disappeared
Neither side of the fence was the proper home for a clowder of cats. On one side, the cats lived amid heavy industry, dodging vehicles, nursing their kittens and rapidly reproducing inside the Northeast’s largest dry dock. On the other side, the feral felines were fed regularly by local cat-lovers near a 9/11 memorial and a parking lot used by visitors and voyagers on upcoming cruises.
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