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Accessible sidewalks open Willowbrook to the community

There’s a beautiful new accessible path along Forest Hill Road, that connects the Willowbrook Campus to the Meiers Corners community.  The sidewalk follows Willowbrook Road to Forest Hill Road.  It then continues south past the Institute for Basic Research all the way to the group home residences along Executive Way. Before the sidewalk was built, …

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A warm ‘pop-up’ of winter nature activity at Blue Heron Park

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It was a cold, dark, drizzly day — perfect for going to the park, right? It is if you go to Blue Heron Park in Annadale where the Nature Center is comfortable, warm and dry. Not only that, outside their large windows is a “cafe for birds.” About a dozen feeders …

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