“These wounded birds couldn’t even balance on a tree branch,” said the woman who has been feeding vultures in her suburban neighborhood. “There was no way they could have gotten their own food.”
“There was definitely an investigation that led to these charges,” said Cecilia Walsh, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney’s Office, of the recent indictments. “The same prosecutors are handling both cases.”
Supervisor Kenneth Runion said the list of residents to be notified was put together using a global-positioning system, and the device incorrectly used the center of the project’s property as the starting point for the 1,000-foot radius, rather than the border.
“I kept thinking to myself, ‘Why do we have this car running outside all the time?’” said Maureen Ramirez of the need to add a third bay to the Altamont squad's building.
New York’s State Superfund Program identifies suspected inactive waste disposal sites that pose a significant threat to public health or the environment, and uses state funds to evaluate, clean up, and monitor the sites.
Their fourth album — named 10 Years 2Late because, they joke, they are “10 years too late for a major recording contract” — consists of 14 original songs, about relationships, including budding relationships; full-blown love; and break-up songs.