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The invasive spotted lanternfly continues its invasion of New York.
A state effort to track the spread and prevalence of the insect using community reports and digital mapping shows it has now been spotted in all five boroughs of New York City, across Long Island, and throughout the Hudson Valley. As of November 2022, the insect, also known as Chinese blistering cicada, has been confirmed in 16 New York counties, including Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, and Dutchess counties. The sightings are logged and displayed on an interactive online tool, iMapInvasives, which is used by several jurisdictions to track invasive species, including New York State. Native to Asia, the pink and gray dotted bugs were first spotted in Pennsylvania in 2014 and have been spreading across the Northeast ever since. The first New York infestation was discovered in Staten Island in August 2022, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. Spotted lanternflies are not harmful to humans, but can damage crops and certain trees considered critical to agriculture, like grapevine, hops, maple, walnut, and tree fruits. If not contained, the insect could cost the state millions of dollars, Sen. Chuck Schumer said in August 2022. "This is a multi-million dollar threat to New York’s economy-- both tourism and agriculture are now at risk if the spotted lanternfly goes unchecked," he said. "But the good news here is that we have federal funds already in place, that I secured, to help New York contain the bug, and that we will be pushing for more." State agriculture officials urged New Yorkers who encounter the bugs to quickly exterminate them. “We need EVERY New Yorker to keep their eyes peeled for #SpottedLanternfly this summer!” reads a July 2022 tweet from the Department of Agriculture. “If you see #SLF in New York City, kill it immediately by stepping on it or crushing it.” Those who spot the insect or its egg masses in New York are also asked to email pictures and location information to the department at [email protected] or fill out a reporting form online. source: DailyVoice Tis the season!
Thanks to YOU our Eastchester Professional Firefighters’ Toys for Tots Campaign continues to be one of the state’s largest! And this year we’ve teamed up with Town of Eastchester to make it even easier to donate! New *unwrapped* toys may be dropped off to any of our five firehouses, and to a new drop box located outside of Eastchester Town Hall, where they will begin their journey to bring joy and a message of hope to America’s less fortunate children. Thank you for your donations! Saturday, December 3rd Santa Stop Gazebo Park 12:00pm-2:00pm While you are shopping and dining local come by Gazebo Park to see Santa, make a Holiday craft and have some Holiday Treats. This event is in partnership with the Eastchester/Tuckahoe Chamber of Commerce. Sunday, December 4th Holiday Lights Memorial Park 4:30pm Come light the Town Christmas Tree, Menorah and Creche and celebrate with your neighbors. Sunday, December 11th Winter Festival Eastchester Town Hall 11:00am-2:00pm Food Trucks, Inflatables, RC Race Cars, DJ and the Snow Globe to name a few things that will be at the Festival! Join us to celebrate Holiday Fun! Tuesday, December 20th Gelt Drop Memorial Park 5:00pm- 7:00pm Come light the Menorah and participate in the ever popular Gelt Drop, where the EFD drops Candy from the "sky". This event is sponsored by the Chabad Jewish Center in Eastchester. Click Here for More Details12/03 Update: Rescheduled to 12/4 12/02 Update: |
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The county has made improvements to its bus fleet, including the addition of 106 new hybrid/electric buses, Department of Public Works & Transportation Commissioner Hugh Greechan said. |
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- Tier 1 dinners will cost $44.95, while Tier 1 lunches will cost $29.95.
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BRONXVILLE, NY — In a sure sign of fall, the Village’s leaf collection process has already begun and will last until early December.
Almost incredulous, the annual leaf removal process regularly tops $100,000 per season in tax dollars, and this does not include the additional costs of repairing clogged drains as rainstorms routinely send leaves left in the road directly into our storm sewers.
In a positive effort, both on the financial and ecological fronts, we ask that you either bag your leaves or, if not possible, keep them on your property and off the Village streets and right of way.
Based on our extensive drain-cleaning program undertaken over the summer, it was quite clear that drain capacity was inhibited by a proliferation of leaves that went directly into our system. Not only do the leaves affect our water conveyance but as they begin to decay on the streets, harmful phosphates and nitrates are released eventually ending up in the Bronx River, further polluting those waters. The same leaf piles are also a significant traffic hazard as they are often placed on narrow roadways creating slippery road surfaces.
As a result of all of the above, we continue to ask that you embrace the “love ‘em and leave ‘em” program of mulching leaves in place which is being practiced with increased frequency by our neighboring communities. Mulching in place has a whole range of benefits. It is the low-cost way to naturally fertilize one’s lawn and landscape beds and mulched leaves increase the water retention capacity of soil, the nutrients in soil as well as the biological activity of earthworms, microbes and other beneficial organisms.
Natural mulch is also much safer than any commercial products, as most commercial mulch is actually the byproduct of dead trees which have often died from diseases.
Most all gardening companies own the mulching blade for their mowers as the cost is relatively low and they can retrofit the mowers quite easily. Most new residential grade mowers also now come with the mulching blade for home gardeners at a nominal additional cost.
Mulching in place also greatly eliminates the need for leaf blowers which now as a result of our more stringent regulation are only allowed from Oct. 15 to Dec. 15 of this year, but you will be hearing them I am sure in the coming month or so.
Not only do the leaf blowers, as you know, generate significant noise especially noticed by those now working at home and trying to conduct professional Zoom calls that require great concentration and a quiet background, but the incredibly powerful engine in those blowers also systematically removes layers of soil, leaving yards pristine but completely unhealthy. According to the EPA, a new gas powered leaf blower produces as much air pollution in one hour of operation as 11 new cars do when they are each driven for one hour.
Fall is also a good time of year to discuss your landscape plans in general and decide on perhaps changes in the care of your property. We urge you, as the Village has on municipally owned property, to opt for organic lawn care products as their costs are now very competitive with the other chemically infused products and most area landscapers have the capability, if they are given enough lead-time, to order the proper materials.
If each homeowner committed to the organic approach, we could greatly decrease the airborne carcinogens and limit the contaminants in our runoff water.
On a much less pleasant fall topic, residents have reported the sighting of coyotes and/or bobcats most recently on one of the hilltop triangles.
Unfortunately, the Village’s high density proves not to be a deterrent to creatures who formally roamed in less populated environs as the State Department of Environmental Conservation has concluded that, “coyotes have wholly adapted themselves to suburban environments.”
The State Agency shared the following tips with me to convey to residents:
- Do not feed pets outside
- Make sure garbage cans are tightly sealed
- Make sure family pets are supervised, especially from sunset on
- Enclose compost piles
- Remove high brush and tall grasses from around your house perimeter as coyotes are secretive and prefer to hide in protective cover
- Eliminate the availability of birdseed. Concentrations of birds and the rodents that often follow to feed on the site are favorite coyote prey
- If you see a coyote, be aggressive in behavior, stand tall and hold arms out to look large; wave arms, make loud noises and even throw sticks and stones and most importantly report it to our police department
See previous post for Eastchester November Leaf Pickup
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