Nomination Process Nominations for LICCB Chairperson will be accepted by Joan Dunne via email jdunne@elliman.com from now through Sunday 11/22/2009, and must include the word "nomination" in the subject line of the email. People eligible to participate in the nomination process and the elections must have volunteered at least once with the LICCB in 2009 and must be at least 18 years of age. The nomination should state the person's name, contact information (email and phone number), a description of their volunteer activity with the group, why they would like to volunteer as Chairperson, and what they propose to do as [...]

This Saturday presents the rare opportunity to land on South Brother Island. Normally closed to the public, this island serves as a bird sanctuary for several species including Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, and Double-crested Cormorant. The Brother Islands have a famed history. North Brother Island served as a quarantine for infectious diseases from 1885 through 1938. Its most famous resident was Typhoid Mary. It also served as an adolescent rehabiliation center for roughly a decade starting in 1950. South Brother Island was inhabited for a short time by an early owner of the New York Yankees, Jacob [...]