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VOL. 122 NO. 39
SEPTEMBER 25 - OCTOBER 1, 2020
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg she achieved.” Many said they felt a deep sense of of loss at Ginsburg’s On a chilly and somber Sun- death. Oyster Bay High School day, a small crowd gathered out- alum Arianna Chetram, 20, who side State Supreme Court in Gar- is the founder of PWRNNOISE, den City to remember the late a nonprofit education reform Supreme Court Jusorganization, said tice Ruth Bader s h e h a d b r o ke n Ginsburg, who died down, almost as if last Friday at age 87. she had lost a friend “She lived a life or a family member. of purpose — a pur“She had continupose for life that was ously fought for the dedicated to champiunderdog,” Chetram oning women’s said of Ginsburg. rights,” said Mahir “She had taught me Nisar, an attorney to never hold back from Glen Head. and to speak your “For somebody such mind, even if your as her who is an voice shakes.’” inspiration for so Ginsburg, Chetmany attorneys and ram added, empowthose who’ve advoered her as a young ARIANNA cated for civil rights, woman. it’s a sad day, a sad CHETRAM Rena Bologna, of moment to learn of Bayville, said she PWRNNOISE, her passing.” was devastated by founder The Nisar Law Ginsburg’s death. Group specializes in She had opened the labor and employment cases, door for Bologna to advance in and civil rights cases. “As a civil her career, she said, from classrights and employment attorney, room teacher to assistant superthe passing of Ruth Bader Gins- intendent. “I think she broke a burg is a deeply felt loss within lot of ceilings,” Bologna said. “I the movement for civil rights prayed for her all the time. I and social justice,” Nisar said. think for anyone who felt mar“She is an inspiration for all that CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
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Courtesy Bill Painter
SEDIMENT DISPERSED BY hydraulic dredging can be seen in Oyster Bay.
Suozzi, environmentalists call for safer shellfish harvesting By MIKE CONN mconn@liherald.com
U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi met with members of the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association and several environmental agencies at the Bridge Marine in Bayville on Monday to announce he would be joining them in petitioning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. T he g roups, and Suozzi, will request the reevaluation of the permits
issued to commercial shellfishing company Frank M. Flower & Sons. The company uses hydraulic dredging techniques when harvesting shellfish, which some experts believe is harmful to the bay. “Hydraulic shellfish dredging has had a serious impact on the quality of the water and the biodiversity in and around Oyster Bay,” Suozzi said. “I am calling on the Army Corps of Engineers to re-examine its permitting pro-
cesses for this type of shellfish harvesting. We need to protect our natural resources by promoting sustainable practices that enhance the fragile ecological balance of these waters.” Bob Wemyss, secretary of the Baymen’s Association, said that Flower uses boats with 80- to 90-foot suction dredges to harvest shellfish and move around other marine life. Water is shot at CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
he had taught me to never hold back and to speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.’