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Doggie Paddle: NY Army Veteran Kayaking, Biking 4K Miles Fundraising For Service Dogs Doggie Paddle: NY Army Veteran Kayaking, Biking 4K Miles Fundraising For Service Dogs
Doggie Paddle: NY Army Veteran Kayaking, Biking 4K Miles Fundraising For Service Dogs An Army veteran from New York is going the distance - 4,000 miles to be exact - to help his fellow veterans in need of service dogs. Saratoga County native Jimmy Thomas, age 61, of Ballston Spa, is currently kayaking from the town of Glenville all the way to Key West, Florida. He then plans to bicycle back to upstate New York. The arduous journey is all part of a fundraiser called Doggie Paddle for Veterans, a partnership with the Glenville Rotary that seeks “to get our country's attention to help our American veterans find a better tomorrow with a service dog,” reads the fundraiser’s webs…
New Airline Coming To Long Island MacArthur New Airline Coming To Long Island MacArthur
New Airline Coming To Long Island MacArthur It'll be a breeze to get a flight at MacArthur Airport after an upstart airline added the Long Island destination to its growing list of routes. “Breeze Airways,” which was founded by David Neelman, the mind behind JetBlue and other major airline start-ups, is set to begin flying in and out of the Ronkonkoma airport as soon as early 2022. Eight new routes will be added in February from MacArthur and Palm Beach International Airport in Florida as Breeze's 17th and 18 destinations, expanding the airline's network to 42 routes. "Breeze’s business model is to add ‘nice, new nonstop’ flights on…
Next Tropical Storm Of 2021 Hurricane Season Forming Off East Coast Next Tropical Storm Of 2021 Hurricane Season Forming Off East Coast
Next Tropical Storm Of 2021 Hurricane Season Forming Off East Coast The next named storm of the 2021 hurricane season is now developing. It's off the East Coast of the United States and could become a tropical depression or tropical storm on Friday night, Sept. 17, or Saturday, Sept. 18, forecasters say. It has moved about 250 miles east of Norfolk, Virginia on mid-afternoon Friday. (See first image above.) The next names in the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season are Odette and Peter.  "Shower and thunderstorm activity is becoming more organized near this new center," National Hurricane Center said Friday afternoon. "If these development trends…