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Extra Extra: NYC's beekeeper population is buzzing
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Emily Nadal
Published Aug 21, 2023
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It’s Monday afternoon in New York City and the city’s beekeeper population is buzzing.
Beekeepers were first allowed to register with the city in 2010 and in the 13 years since, 421 people have signed up to maintain hives, with many more expected to follow suit.
Here’s what else is happening:
- A new veterinary clinic run by animal rescue group Flatbush Cats will offer spay and neuter services. It was unveiled in Brooklyn today amid a struggle by the city’s animal shelters to maintain overpopulation.
- New Jersey could soon join New York and six other states in offering human composting as an alternative to traditional burial services for the dead.
- Trader Joe’s issued another recall, the fifth in four weeks, this time for multigrain crackers that may contain metal.
- New York produces most of the nation’s doctors, according to data analyzed by the Washington Post, and (no surprise) we also rank as one of the states with the highest number of writers and artists.
- Maybe one of those fine New York artists can help an East Village kebab shop come up with a new logo that doesn’t resemble PornHub’s.
- Some folks would be happy to have Taylor Swift visit their town, but not these New Jersey locals whose fishing competition was disrupted by the bells and whistles of Jack Antonoff’s wedding, which Swift was attending.
- Your local youth sports organization may be sponsored by a casino as a way for gambling operators to subtly solicit community support for their New York endeavors.
- And finally, no need to fact check this:
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