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Vol. 124 No. 34
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AUGUST 19 - 25, 2022
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Heat, nitrogen levels may be killing local fish rapidly depleting the already low oxygen levels in the water, causing them to asphyxiate. Beachgoers may have noticed “The heat has been a major dead fish coming in on the tide at factor in reducing the amount of beaches along the North Shore. dissolved oxygen in the water, While visually disand this year, even turbing, experts very recently, the say this is a largely heat’s been pretty natural occurrence, bad,” Martha but humanity’s Braun, the Coalie nv i r o n m e n t a l tion to Save Hempimpact is likely s t e a d H a r b o r ’s connected to the e nv i r o n m e n t a l phenomenon. monitor explained. Rising summer “So that’s been a temperatures cause big contributor to oxygen levels in the us seeing them Long Island Sound around Sea Cliff t o d ro p. Wa r m Beach, and we’ve water does not hold seen them in other oxygen as effectiveparts of the harbor ly as cold water, HEATHER too.” leading to a defiThese large ciency in oxygen JoHNSoN numbers of dead levels, and in some Executive director, fish are commonly c a s e s e ve n a n Friends of the Bay referred to as “fish absence of oxygen kills,” which refers in small parts of to a large number the Sound. of deaths amongst the fish popuFor fish like Atlantic menha- lations in a localized area. This den, most commonly known on phenomenon is not necessarily Long Island as bunker, this situa- new. Over the last decade more tion can prove deadly. Bunker and more fish kills have been travel in large, slow-moving, and reported in the area. The dead tightly packed schools. When fish provide some benefit to the panicked by a predator, they aquatic ecology of the region, as swim vigorously in large groups, Continued on page 4
By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
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Having a Bailey day Drinks in the Garden was an opportunity to enjoy the fresh air and the beauty of the Bailey Arboretum. More photos, Page 15.
The heart of the hamlet
Oyster Bay’s Derby-Hall Bandstand has long history By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
Whether it was hosting President Theodore Roosevelt’s annual Fourth of July speech or Oyster Bay’s Christmas tree, the Derby-Hall Bandstand has often been the center of activity in the hamlet. Despite being sometimes mistaken for a gazebo, the bandstand, and its wooden predecessor, have been the site of key moments in Oyster Bay history since the early 20th century. While it is unclear exactly when the bandstand was built, its profile was highest when Roosevelt,
the “first citizen” of Oyster Bay and the nation’s 26th president, gave numerous speeches there. Roosevelt also took part in the 1903 installation ceremony for the first of three cannons that now surround the structure, this one facing out from the bandstand stairs. The cannon came from the USS R.R. Cuyler, a Civil War-era wooden steamship chartered by the Union Navy to blockade Florida’s west coast. Roosevelt had something of a personal connection to the R.R. Cuyler, which was one of the ships that chased the confederate ship CSS Florida — Continued on page 5
hat’s alarming is the fact that this is happening all over, you know, even right in the middle of the bay.