8th grade vision Social Studies

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FT.com / Home UK - China hits at US claim of military threat

FT.com / Home UK - China hits at US claim of military threat

I was just wondering if I am not the only one interested in the subject of China and its growing interest in Asian domination?

Drew Pecunia's Letter to the Editor Somers Wetlands

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Support protection of Somers wetlands
By Drew Pecunia
Yorktown Heights
(Original Publication: July 14, 2005)


Arriving in Somers in 1978 and as a 1985 graduate of Somers High School, I have a strong interest in the town. Somers has seen its share of development over the years, and it is certainly no longer a sleepy little town of yesteryear. Yet, as we look around, we can agree that our development has occurred in a more metered way than in many of the surrounding towns.

As an elected official, my father, Andrew Pecunia, was instrumental in his years in office in getting the town's Master Plan updated. Somers has up-zoned, purchased and protected vast areas of land. Most recently, through the efforts of Allen Golden and ForSomers.org, and the wise people of Somers, we have protected a large piece of land and an important aquifer. We in Somers have gone to great lengths to protect our way of life while coping with the effects of urban sprawl.

The effort to protect wetlands by creating a larger barrier is just as worthy an effort as the preceding efforts to protect our town. We all enjoy the abundant wildlife and open space that comes from protecting our wetlands. Our wetlands offer us benefit by providing storm-water filtration (cleaning our water), flood protection and erosion protection. From an economic standpoint, our wise view protecting our environment has resulted in Somers being and continuing to be an incredible draw and drive of our home values.

Please take the time to support this effort to protect the Somers we love, and provide that it be available for our children and others to enjoy.


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