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Fishing fans take note: New study shows eating what you catch could be hazardous to your health
By Grace van Deelen
People who eat just one US freshwater fish a year are likely to show a significant increase of a cancer-causing chemical in their bloodstream, new research warns.
An analysis of US government data derived from more than 500 fish samples revealed that the majority of freshwater fish in the country are highly contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at levels almost 300 times higher than those found in commercially farmed fish, according to the paper published recently in the journal Environmental Research.
Importantly, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), a type of PFAS known to be particularly harmful, was the largest contributor to total PFAS levels found in the fish, averaging 74% of the total, according to the study. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers PFOS a hazardous substance that "may present a substantial danger to human health."
The research found that eating one serving of fish at the median PFOS contamination level was equivalent to consuming one month's worth of drinking water contaminated at 2400 times the recommended health advisory limit set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The study determined that "even occasional consumption" of fish meals would likely be a significant source of exposure.
Locally caught fish represent an important US food source, especially for people living on a low income. About 660,000 people in the US eat fish they catch themselves 3 or more times per week.
"Consuming a single freshwater fish could measurably increase PFAS levels in your body," said David Andrews, a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and one of the authors of the paper. "These fish are incredibly contaminated."
3M sees "writing on the wall," says it will stop making PFAS
by Shannon Kelleher
The company 3M, which makes over 60,000 products, said Tuesday it will stop manufacturing toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" and work to discontinue use of PFAS in its products by the end of 2025.
The announcement comes amid a wave of lawsuits against the company and other manufacturers, alleging the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their products have endangered human health and the environment. Meanwhile, more and more states are banning PFAS in a range of consumer goods, with California recently restricting the chemicals in clothing and cosmetics.
More than 20 years ago, 3M committed to phasing out two PFAS chemicals, PFOA and PFOS. But since then the company has manufactured various other PFAS, which belong to a class of thousands of chemicals.
"We know that 3M has known for decades that PFAS were harmful, said Lydia Jahl, a science and policy associate at the Green Science Policy Institute. "The writing was already on the wall and they're just responding to that. I think they're seeing that it's expensive to produce PFAS because of all these lawsuits."
Scientists have found that PFAS exposure is linked to a range of health problems, including heightened risk for cancer, birth defects, and liver disease. Part of the chemicals' danger is also how slowly they degrade and how they accumulate in the body over time. Today, PFAS are present in the blood of an estimated 97% of Americans and have been found in many drinking water systems across the country.
Even as it announced its intention to phase out PFAS in a press release, and despite abundant scientific evidence about the chemicals' health risks, 3M claimed the chemicals are both safe and necessary.
Scientists speak out against WHO draft guidelines for PFAS in drinking water
The World Health Organization (WHO) is ignoring risks to human health posed by two toxic types of PFAS chemicals, and is failing to propose properly protective measures in draft guidelines for drinking water standards, a group of more than 100 scientists alleged in a letter issued this month.
The 116 scientists – all experts on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – said in the Nov. 10 letter that the WHO guidelines should either be "significantly revised" or be withdrawn. The group cited examples of areas where they said the WHO has omitted or obscured "strong evidence" of the links between adverse health problems and the PFAS compounds known as PFOS and PFOA. The WHO did not respond directly to criticisms expressed by the scientists in their letter.
"WHO has ignored the last 20 years of scientific research, ranging from observational human studies, animal studies, and mechanistic studies, and concluded that there's not enough information," said Linda Birnbaum, former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and one of the signatories on the letter to WHO.
"I don't understand how they could have come up with this [draft] using an independent group of scientists," she added. "My impression is that people who consult largely for industry are the people who are involved in writing this. It's very, very concerning."
The WHO may release its final drinking water guidelines for PFOS and PFOA as early as December, and some fear the guidance could undermine regulations expected from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the end of the year.
Tests find PFAS in baby products and pet food packaging
Testing on popular brands of infant bedding, bibs and other products for babies found nearly one third contained toxic PFAS chemicals and there were indicators that all of the products tested could contain PFAS, the Environmental Working Group said this week.
The research organization also found PFAS in pet food packaging, researchers reported.
The findings add to a growing list of household products found to contain these per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also called "forever chemicals" because they do not break down naturally over time. Some types of PFAS have been linked to cancer and other serious health problems. Young children and pets are especially vulnerable to toxic chemicals.
"A greater understanding of the specific sources of where [PFAS] come from helps inform our decisions and understanding of where we can try to avoid exposures," said Krystal Pollitt, a Yale researcher who has studied PFAS in household dust and was not involved in the EWG assessments.
Industrial chemicals threaten hunting and fishing traditions
For more than a century, members of the indigenous Penobscot Nation, who live along the Maine river from which they take their name, have mourned the loss of the migratory fish that sustained their ancestors.
Dams built by developers in the 19th and early 20th centuries along the Penobscot River cut off access to the ocean, preventing native fish from returning each year to spawn in their historic habitats.
A years-long restoration project was completed in 2016, reopening 2,000 miles of river to Atlantic salmon and other fish considered important nutritional sources for the people of the region as well as fish-eating birds and mammals, including eagles and river otters. Eleven species of native migratory fish returned to the Penobscot River due to the restoration project.
"We were very excited," said Daniel Kusnierz, the tribe's water resources program manager. "These would have been the species the tribe would have relied on heavily for food."
But the celebration was short-lived: Though the fish have returned, researchers from the Penobscot Nation and government agencies have documented an array of toxic chemicals contaminating them, including dreaded per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances linked to various cancers and other health problems.
Known as PFAS, or "forever chemicals," the class of industrial chemicals is almost impossible to eradicate and is increasingly documented in fish and other wildlife around the world. The plight of the Penobscot Nation is yet another example of how people everywhere are finding it increasingly difficult to escape the legacy of industrial pollution that threatens human and environmental health.
High levels of toxic PFAS found in pesticides used in farming
Widely used pesticides contain concerning levels of toxic "forever chemicals" called PFAS, adding to concerns about the human health risks posed by pesticides that are used in growing food, according to a study published last week.
The study found a type of PFAS called PFOS at levels hundreds of thousands of times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers safe in 6 out of 10 insecticides tested, including malathion, one of the most commonly applied insecticides in the world.
PFOS was found at levels ranging from 3,920,000 to 19,200,000 parts-per-trillion (ppt), far higher than the EPA's health advisory for PFOS in drinking water, which is set at 0.02 ppt. PFOS is no longer manufactured in the US and has been linked to cancer, as well as problems with the liver, thyroid, and immune system.
PFAS chemicals, including PFOS, were also found in soil samples, corn kernels, string beans, and peanuts that had been sprayed with pesticides at a government research laboratory in Lubbock, Texas, where the study was conducted.
"The level of PFAS absorption by plants detected in this study suggests that this exposure pathway poses a major threat to the safety of our food supply," Tim Whitehouse, executive director of the government watchdog group PEER, wrote in a Sept. 26 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
"For this reason, it is quite possible that PFAS in our food is a bigger PFAS exposure pathway than water. This threat is not merely to the safety of U.S. agriculture but of the world's food supply, as these pesticides are widely applied in other countries," Whitehouse wrote in the letter.
As farmers struggle with PFAS 'forever chemicals,' Maine races for solutions
For the past 18 years, Maine farmer Bill Pluecker has worked long hours tending to his family's organic vegetable farm, growing crops he sells directly to consumers through a community agricultural program.
Working on the farm is a job that Pluecker juggles with his elected position as a state lawmaker, and the combination of roles gives Pluecker particular insight into a devastatingly broad environmental contamination problem farmers are facing throughout Maine, and around the United States.
The problem is PFAS. Often referred to as "forever chemicals" because they do not break down and can persist indefinitely, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become recognized as a significant health and environmental threat with long tenacles. Researchers have found PFAS contaminating water, soil, food, and even the bodies of humans and animals around the world.
Widely used in consumer goods and industry since the 1940s, PFAS include more than 9,000 synthetic chemicals that build up in living tissue and can endanger health.
"It's overwhelming; it's in our products, in our bodies, in our food system," said Pluecker, who is grateful that his own farm appears not to be contaminated with the PFAS he calls "poison."


For almost 25 years, Jet City has been bringing their unique form of audience-participation comedy to Seattle. Quick-witted professionals work together to create a live comedy experience at every show. From their regular comedy improv productions, to Twisted Flicks and special events, no two shows are ever alike! Performances are every Thursday-Saturday night.


One of a set of two pieces of girl's clothing. Both pieces are made from light blue cotton cloth that has thin dyed lines of black and red throughout.
The skirt (2011.0235.02) is a large rectangle made of two long pieces of the same cloth as the shirt. The center of the skirt is decorated with yarn embroidery and metal thread. On one half there are small black tufts of black thread on either side of a decorative panel that alternates silver colored thread, followed by a pink rectangle with long projections on the sides, then more silver colored thread, a green rectangle, silver thread, a pink rectangle with projections, and another set of silver-colored threads. The other half is similarly decorated but the tufts are black and red thread and the colors of the yarn are reversed, green, pink, then green.


PC shipments have dropped drastically since 2011, marking a change of pace as consumers began to adopt Macbooks or rid themselves of laptops altogether. Now, after decreasing by almost 30% since the current peak, sales are settling below 2007 levels.
As this chart from Statista shows, 2017 marked the sixth year of decline for PC sales and the stagnation is expected to last through 2020, according to estimates from market research firm Gartner. This year's slight decline is attributed to an undersupply of chips that will drive up PC prices, but in 2020 – when Microsoft removes support for Windows 7 – businesses will be forced to reinvest in hardware, offsetting that difference by just enough.


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Allu Arjun Injured in Julayi Sets
Though a film's duration is for two plus hours a lot of efforts and hardwork goes behind it and even the heroes of the film are no exception. And for stars who have to please their fans, they have to put their skin out to ensure that they deliver the best. And that comes with a price quite often.
We are talking about Allu Arjun and the news is that he hurt his back yet again. Sources say this happened during the song shooting of his upcoming movie 'Julaayi'. Buzz is that he was pumped up to perform a difficult move composed by Jaani master and ended up hurting his back badly.
However, unit members reveal that Bunny kept the pain aside and reported within a week to complete the shooting. Already, he has a history of hurting himself during the shooting of 'Arya' and 'Badrinath'. He also underwent a shoulder surgery in Australia which kept him out of action for quite a while.
Sources say the song from 'Julaayi' was being made with a budget of Rs 65 lakhs and his prompt dedication saved the day for the producers.
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West Portal Fire Caused Over $7 Million In Damage
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A four-alarm fire in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood on Friday caused more than $7 million in damage to three buildings, a fire department spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Investigators believe the fire, which was reported around 4:40 a.m., started in a building at 9 and 15 West Portal Ave. that contained the Vin Debut wine shop and Warren Orthodontics office, fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
The flames then spread to the Squat and Gobble Cafe and Crepery at 1 West Portal Ave. and a building that contains 819 and 821 Ulloa St.
The fire was not officially declared under control until 3:08 p.m. because there were numerous hot spots in the buildings, Talmadge said.
The blaze caused about $1.1 million in damage to the building containing the wine bar and orthodontics office, and destroyed $3.5 million in property inside the building, according to Talmadge.
The Squat and Gobble restaurant sustained about $900,000 in structural damage, and $1 million in contents was destroyed.
The Ulloa Street building, which contains two ground-floor businesses and upstairs residential units, sustained $750,000 in structural damage and $100,000 in damage to its contents, Talmadge said.
Two firefighters were injured battling the blaze. One had a laceration and the other suffered smoke inhalation and was transported to a hospital, she said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but the blaze does not appear to be suspicious, Talmadge said.
The fire shut down light-rail service for several hours at San Francisco Municipal Railway's nearby West Portal station. Bus shuttles were put in place until normal service resumed around 10 a.m.


FOR A WHILE, there were relentless rumours about Thomas Müller potentially joining Manchester United.
Louis van Gaal had given him his debut at Bayern Munich and there was a feeling a generous financial package could be enough to persuade the attacker to swap the Bundesliga for England.
But now it seems United have little hope in acquiring the 26-year-old as he's penned a new deal with the German giants that will keep him at the Allianz Arena until 2021.
Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez signed similar deals while 34-year-old Xabi Alonso has agreed a one-year extension.
All in all, not a bad Christmas present for Bayern fans.
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Among the many products Blackmagic Design announced at NAB 2015, we haven't heard much about the Blackmagic URSA's Viewfinder until now. The recently released 2.6 firmware update for the URSA bridges the two devices, providing support for the upcoming high resolution Viewfinder.
The essential accessory for handheld shooting! – If you're doing a lot of over the shoulder or tripod shooting outdoors, you'll want to add a Blackmagic URSA Viewfinder! You get a high resolution 1920 x 1080 color display that lets you get incredibly accurate focus and the screen is so sharp that it's impossible to see any individual pixels so it's just like using an optical viewfinder on a traditional film camera. The viewfinder can be adjusted for either left or right eye use. Simply plug it into the power and SDI viewfinder output, then start shooting! The viewfinder even features a sensor that turns off the screen when you're not using it to save power and extend the life of the OLED screen.
In addition to making the URSA Viewfinder compatible with the Blackmagic URSA and URSA Mini, the 2.6 update also includes a new timecode display option and a variety of unspecified performance enhancements.


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it's not really a secret.
not only do they have fabulous things..
but in buying them, you support handmade.
i'm drawn to all things that have to do with celtic knots.
& i kinda like lockets. a lot.
& i'm still loving every single thing in this girls shop.
what is st. patrick's day without some shamrocks?
this beautiful, yet simple sterling necklace is perfect if you want to sport a little green in a more understated way.
i just love the way this strand looks.
speckled with little green beads.
how about a little funky piece of jewelry?
i have a black record cuff & it always gets comments & stares.
this green one would be perfect for st. patrick's day!
don't they scream irish to you?
i have never felt like i could get away with big, beautiful earrings..
but i always love them!
love this screen printed shirt!
good for st. patrick's day OR any other time of year.
the shape of this bag as well as the color is awesome.
and maybe a car or game boy from the dude as well!
i love all these cowls & scarf's i see on etsy..
i'm only sad that it really doesn't get cold enough here in florida to wear them!
same goes for these hats!
although i could probably sport one of these & not look out of touch with the weather..
my hair would NOT like me.
can you stay static cling?
i'd look like i stuck my finger in a light socket.
i'm seriously debating over these little gems.
but with my luck, or lack there of..
they would slide right out of my pin-straight hair.
and i'm not sure which is more adorable..
the little girl in this picture, or the outfit!
and because little girl things are just cuter than boys..
this sweater & hat set!
and because the green goodness isn't limited to fashion..
this stuff just looks delicious!!
c'mon soap made with Guinness?
& bailey's flavored lip gloss?
a few treats for your st. patrick's day party!
i love the idea of having a hunt for treasure..
i'm thinking the dude might as well..
but it would most definitely be a fun party activity!
and how much fun are these little shamrock chalks?
a change up from the shaped crayons for sure!
i love this little leprechaun.
every st. patrick's day celebration needs a little guy to liven up the party!
i'm thinking about making cupcakes for st. patrick's day..
these little cups & toppers would be a simple & fun addition!
st. patrick's day. the etsy edition.
I love this post! Since my birthday is on st. patricks day I am a sucker for anything green!
Thank you so much for including my Lucky Leprechaun in your wonderful St. Paddy's day blog!
Thank you so much! This is lovely. Thanks for including my Guinness Soap! I love your other picks. I try to do something similar on my blog as well. Hooray for handmade!


To say the world has lost an icon with the passing of Aretha Franklin would be an understatement. While she may be gone, we still have the legacy she left, the memories she inspired, and the emotions she spurred. With that sentiment in mind, we asked Jim James of My Morning Jacket to celebrate the life and work of Aretha Franklin and her impact on his life.
how lucky are we – to have been alive on this earth at the very same time as the queen of soul herself aretha franklin?! i will never forget seeing her live in concert in 2008 at radio city music hall. she lifted that hall and my spirit so high off the ground. i remember feeling her voice searing loving lighting thru my heart and soul — filling me with such electricity and tears. life can beat you down…it is easy to start to feel numb…but she reminded me that i was indeed very much alive!
how is it even possible someone could sing with such power and conviction? it was divine-bringing the spirit of the heavens right into the heart of the city — filling the heart of this heathen with "god." bringing new meaning to my constant struggle to define "god." hearing her sing in person made me realize that "god" for me was mainly to be found in music. and that in music there with your ears, there is no color, there is no race, there is no judgement. only love. god is love. about 3 months or so after i saw her perform, my group "my morning jacket" would be fortunate enough to perform upon that very same stage. it was a holy night for us, and of course i thought of her so much while we were there. i reached for her soul out in space when i tried to hit the high notes. she lifted me up when i felt i could not deliver. i even got down on my knees and kissed the ground where i knew she had stood such a short time before. her presence for me was still very much on that stage. it was everywhere.
to almost every human being on earth, aretha brings us what we so desperately NEED: love. belonging. equality. try and think of one person on earth who has not been touched by her music — whether they know it or not. her sound is limitless in its reach — loved by countless human beings regardless of race or creed. her voice contains the very essence of what it feels like to be human, what it really means to have hot blood running thru your veins.
her passing now should remind us of this – WAKE UP PEOPLE AND LOVE EACH OTHER BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!! put aside your petty differences. how much love has been made to her music??? how many babies have been helped along into this world by the sweet sound of her voice? how many times have we slow danced with someone and held them close to her music — wondering about the possibilities of love?
how many times have you rounded a corner too fast driving along just blasting her tunes? how many times have you laughed and danced so hard and shouted at the top of your lungs to that sound!?!? we were just grinding to "rocksteady" on saturday night- completely lost in the groove…totally unaware it would be the last time we'd dance to that jam while she was still down here among us.
how many times…when i was down and out…did i find hope and salvation in the breathtaking sound of her voice?
i won't even try and count.
to me the music of aretha franklin symbolizes the highest possible achievement here on earth: bringing people together. reminding us we are all equal. creating something so useful…so necessary that it will be shared and enjoyed as long as there are human beings around to share it and dance and sing along. i write this thru the tears…singing along with feeling. thank you aretha for being there through some of the most important moments of my life…some of the best and some of the hardest to get thru. thank you for helping me, helping us all along the way.
Explore the life-changing work of Aretha Franklin.
jamesanthonywalmsley. Why don't you write your own review? Or publish your tribute to Aretha Franklin and her place amongst the great vocalists of her era?
I believe it is very very important to read about the place she occupied in Jim James' life! As well as she occupied in mine. Or anyone's life….that makes Aretha Franklin such an icon.
I grew up with her music, her songs, her performances and yes, her amazing looks in the sixties, the seventies, the eighties. Aretha's appearance as a waitress in the movie The Blues Brothers and the new version of her own song 'Think' will be remembered as one of the highlights of 1980, a dark era when lots of negative forces ruled the world.
I even forgive her for one of the most irritating cover versions of a Stones tune; 'Jumpin Jack Flash' in 1986, produced by Keith Richards…but when she sang that duet with George Michael, the wonderful 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)' it felt really wonderful to live in the eighties. Her voice brought hope, she made me realize that life is valuable and that there is a heavenly power somewhere.
I am not ashamed to admit that I cried when she died, and I am forever thankful that Aretha had the power to make me cry. To make me happy. To make me dance. To believe in the power of music. To believe in Love.
Gushing and self-serving. No other comment need be said. Forget about all the experiences in a fast car, making love, being down and out, babies, slow dancing, dance to that jam. I believe Jim James believes in his sentiments describing her but he does not describe her voice, range, and how she can quickly go from here to there, her rhythm, and her excellent blending with her accompanists. This is what was missing in this review: a real appreciation of Aretha and her place amongst the great vocalists of her era and not the place he occupied in Jim James' life. Anyways, God takes a capital 'G' and Aretha Franklin deserves the same respect. Capital A, capital F.


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Stop LEGOLAND
The 523 Acre Site
EAF LEGOLAND
Past Dates and Events
Aztec 2 Step Private Fundraiser
About Goshen
Goshen said NO to This
California Legoland
Argus Farm Statement
Myth Buster - "It's Legoland or High Density Housing"
CC4HV
Legoland's destruction of a High Priority Biodiversity area
© 2016 Stop LegoLand
Supervisor Bloomfield, "One of things about Goshen is the historic charm and beauty of our community. Bringing in more traffic is a deterrent to the quality of life. Water has always been an issue. We don't have an overabundance of water". -April 25, 2016
News About this Issue is listed below
EAF Form
Legoland asks for 30 Year TAX BREAK!
LEGOLAND DEIS
Legoland's Draft Environmental Impact Statement is riddled with inaccuracies, absent information and misinformation.
Citizens of Goshen Plan Rally Against Legoland
There is no turning back if the Spot Zoning that is proposed gets approved.
Draft Scope Final Copy is up
DEIS based on Scoping Session. Although reduced Real Estate Values is not included that is a real Consequence and we have Appraisal Report to Prove it.
Understanding Spot Zoning
The "classic" definition of spot zoning is "the process of singling out a specific parcel of land for a use classification totally different from that of the surrounding area for the benefit of the owner of such property and to the detriment of other owners."
Legoland Big Plans for Small Towns
Link to Bloomberg News Article.
Town of Goshen Denied Zoning Change in April
This development was turned down in April due to Negative Impact of increased Traffic on historic Goshen and the Lack of Water.
Denied zoning change for development
Goshen Town Board hears residents concern over Mega Theme Park
Gochen, NY Residents do not want a theme park built in their town.
Why Insecticides are deadly to our environment
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Very Important! Draft Environmental Impact Statement Merlin Mega Theme Park
A DEIS is a document required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA was signed into law in 1969. It requires that federal agencies consider impacts of their actions on the natural and human environment.
Outlines the project limits, purpose and need for the project. It identifies a range of reasonable alternatives and analyzes the potential impacts of the alternatives.
Involves the public
This process ensures that the public and agencies have the opportunity to learn about the alternatives and the environmental impacts.
It also gives the public and agencies the opportunity to provide input.
Includes supporting technical reports which analyze the different facets of the environment and the potential effects of the alternatives to the human and natural environments.
Serves as a disclosure document. This means the DEIS can and will be used as a tool for decision-makers. It helps them understand the project limits and lays out the purpose and need for the project. It also helps them more effectively weigh the benefits and impacts of each alternative.
DEIS Legoland Document
6 Year Old Girls sexually assaulted at Legoland
2 Six Year Old Girls Attacked and Sexually Assaulted at Legoland August 2016
Law No. 5 More Proposed new laws for Legoland
It is illegal to build theme parks here so your town is changing the laws
New LegoLaw NO.5
Legoland Asks for 30 Year Tax Break
The developer of the proposed $500 million Legoland amusement park in Goshen has applied for a 30-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from the Orange County Industrial Development Agency.
In its application filed on Thursday, the Merlin Entertainments Group also asks for a sales tax exemption totaling $13.5 million, and an unspecified mortgage tax exemption. It does not calculate the value of its proposed property tax agreement. The application states the current taxes paid on the 523-acre site total $91,185.
The 30-year duration of the requested PILOT is unusual. Most projects get agreements that phase in taxes over a decade or so.
Link to Legoland Tax Break Article
Law No. 6 Proposed new law for legoland
Agenda and new law affecting Master Plan and Zoning change to create new Commercial Recreation Overlay District was introduced in Executive Session (behind closed doors) at the July 11, 2016 Work Shop Meeting
Click here to read law and agenda
Orange County Residents Unite!
GOSHEN – Opponents of Legoland want to spread the word that the $500 million amusement park project is not "a done deal" despite support for it from town and county officials.
Goshen Residents hold Demonstration
WAMC Reports
EAF Legoland Goshen Environmental Assessment Form
Legoland Goshen EIF
Goshen Open Space and Farm Land Preservation
About the SEQRA Process
If an action is determined not to have significant adverse environmental impacts, a determination of nonsignificance (Negative Declaration) is prepared. If an action is determined to have potentially significant adverse environmental impacts, an "Environmental Impact Statement" is required.
The SEQR process uses the EIS to examine ways to avoid or reduce adverse environmental impacts related to a proposed action. This includes an analysis of all reasonable alternatives to the action. The SEQR "decision making process" encourages communication among government agencies, project sponsors and the general public.
Honest Review of Legoland
Review of Legoland Experience
2008 Masterplan Goshen, NY
Goshens master plan is set forth to protect sensitive environmental sites like the Moodna Creek, The Otterkill Tributary and the Hudson River Basin all located on the site of the proposed Mega Amusement Park.
Goshen, NY Master Plan Prohibits Amusement Parks Anywhere!
Residents Interviewed VIDEO
GOSHEN - Some residents in Orange County say a proposed theme park is not welcome in their area.
LEGOLAND is eyeing a more than 500-acre area of land off Route 17 in Goshen for its newest, multimillion-dollar theme park.
About 1,100 people have joined a newly created Facebook page called "Stop LEGOLAND."
Link to Video and Article
Residents of Orange County sign online Petition Against Legoland
Havestraw says "NO!" to Legoland!
Supervisor Howard Phillips sent out a press release Thursday stating: "after hearing the concerns of our residents, we have decided to withdraw our consideration of the Legoland project.
Announcing Legoland is Coming to Goshen
After Months of closed door discussions Goverment Reps convinced Merlin Entertainement that Goshen was a great place to have Legoland. The Only problem is they did not ask the residents of Goshen if they WANTED a mega Themed Park Resort in their Qaint Town.
Legoland Initial Planning Board Application
Filed June 13 2016 Dominic Cordisco's letter to the Town Board.. Here he states that Merlin is requesting an Zoning Amendment to create a "COMMERCIAL RECREATION OVERLAY DISTRICT". Without this district approved they will have a harder time to get their approvals. It's interesting to note that Dominic Cordisco who is with Drake & Loeb, Merlin's legal council is one of the Trustees of the Citizens Foundation funded by the IDA. He also use to work for the DEC as their Region 3 attorney. The DEC Region 3 will be going over Merlin's SEQR application. Freedom of Information. http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/373.html
Link to document
What is Blackstone and Why do I Care?
Blackstone is the largest owner of Merlin Entertainment "For years, Blackstone has been among the world's largest private equity firms. Now, however, it is the world's single largest real estate investor."
Paying for Big Buisness Tax Breaks
These subsidies didn't just come about by accident—at least 30 Fortune 500 firms pay their lobbyists more than they pay in taxes. Most small businesses can't afford lobbyists, so it's no surprise that the benefits of tax loopholes flow mainly to Wall Street, not Main Street.
Big Business Tax Breaks
Powerline Connection
The same company that owns Merlin Entertainment, GIC, just purchased 20% ownership in the Largest Powerline Company in the US. There are Powerlines that run through this 530 acres.
Conflict of Interest? DEC and IDA Dominic Cordisco
It's interesting to note that Dominic Cordisco who is with Drake & Loeb, Merlin's legal council is one of the Trustees of the Citizens Foundation funded by the IDA. He also use to work for the DEC as their Region 3 attorney. The DEC Region 3 will be going over Merlin's SEQR application. Freedom of Information. http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/373.html
The Deed to the 13 pieces of land
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Q: I need to show a badge on Material chip at the right top. How can I easily do it? Im trying this way
    override fun draw(canvas: Canvas) {
        super.draw(canvas)
        val viewWidth = width.toFloat()
        val padding = chipEndPadding
        canvas.drawOval(viewWidth - padding, padding, viewWidth, padding + padding, paint)
    }

But it doesnt seem to be showing up probably because of the chipDrawable. Any way to accomplish this. This method works for all other views, But Not chip!

A: You can use the BadgeDrawable provided by the Material Components Library.
In your layout:
    <com.google.android.material.chip.Chip
        android:id="@+id/chip"

Then:
    chip.getViewTreeObserver().addOnGlobalLayoutListener(new ViewTreeObserver.OnGlobalLayoutListener() {
        @Override
        public void onGlobalLayout() {
            BadgeDrawable badgeDrawable = BadgeDrawable.create(MainActivity.this);
            badgeDrawable.setNumber(4);
            badgeDrawable.setVerticalOffset(25);
            badgeDrawable.setHorizontalOffset(15);
            BadgeUtils.attachBadgeDrawable(badgeDrawable, chip, null);

            chip.getViewTreeObserver().removeOnGlobalLayoutListener(this);
        }
    });

A: getViewTreeObserver did not work well for me and caused some problems but
View.post() method worked much easier :
public void showBadgeOnView(View view, int someNumber, Context context) {
 BadgeDrawable badgeDrawable = BadgeDrawable.create(context);
 badgeDrawable.setNumber(someNumber);
 view.post(() ->BadgeUtils.attachBadgeDrawable(badgeDrawable, view, null));
}

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Dubá () je město v okrese Česká Lípa na jihozápadě Libereckého kraje, ležící 16 km jižně od České Lípy a 9 km jihozápadně od Máchova jezera. Město se nachází v Chráněné krajinné oblasti Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj v nadmořské výšce 266 m a je obklopeno členitou krajinou, bohatou na lesy a rokle mezi pískovcovými skalami. Jde o přirozené středisko chalupářů z okolních vsí a osad, z nichž většina je k Dubé přičleněna. Městem dříve procházela tranzitní silnice I/9, která vede z Prahy až na hraniční přechod Rumburk/Neugersdorf, v roce 2017 byl dokončen silniční obchvat města. V Dubé je evidováno asi 830 adres a žije zde  obyvatel.

Historie

První písemná zmínka o Dubé (německy Dauba) pochází z roku 1253, listina dosvědčuje nadání Dubé a dalších vesnic králem Václavem I. a dalších šlechticů nově založenému řádu křížovníků s červenou hvězdou. Dubský statek byl pro řád příliš odlehlý a proto jej po roce 1257 prodali rodu Ronovců, kteří Dubou drželi téměř 400 let. Predikát "z Dubé" používala nejvýznamnější větev rodu Ronovců, například nejvyšší pražský purkrabí Hynek Berka z Dubé († 1348). Prvním z Berků, který byl vlastníkem Dubé byl kastelán Častolov ze Žitavy. Dalším byl v letech 1276 až 1288 Hynek Berka.

V té době již existoval hrad Dubá, kostel sv. Petra a Pavla a ves při něm. Archeologické vykopávky, nalezené při stavbě vilové čtvrti u kostela Nalezení sv. Kříže a na dalších místech, dokládají osídlení mnohem starší, z 11. století. Poblíž města v 3 km vzdálených Pavličkách byla nalezena staroslovanská popelnice pražského typu ze 7. století.

Město bylo založeno kolem roku 1300 v údolí, zároveň byl postaven i druhý kostel sv. Kateřiny v místech dnešní pošty, při něm byla zřízena kolem roku 1408 i škola. Po bitvě na Bílé hoře roku 1620 poslední zdejší z Berků Václav propadl majetkem i hrdlem, městečko bylo konfiskováno a stalo se majetkem Albrechta z Valdštejna. Po jeho násilné smrti při atentátu roku 1634 v Chebu se panství i s hradem a zámkem dostalo do vlastnictví jeho vraha Richarda Waltera Butlera. Po jeho smrti byla Dubá vdovy regentky Anny Marie z Donína, která se provdala za hraběte z Heissensteinu. Pak nastalo období soudních sporů s irskou rodinou Butlerů. Butlerové zde tvrdě panovali až do roku 1723. Roku 1680 vymřelo mnoho obyvatel na mor a roku 1695 město poničil požár. Původní obyvatelstvo bylo české, až během 17. století sem přišli němečtí kolonisté.

V letech 1723 až 1806 správu nad městečkem převzal hrabě Karel Rudolf Sweerst-Sporck (z rodiny Šporků). Měl umělecké sklony a jeho zásluhou se zde začaly stavět barokní stavby, chrám, kaple, sochy ve městě.

V letech 1744–1760 byl postaven kostel Nalezení sv. Kříže, oba starší kostely byly posléze zrušeny a zanikly. Dubský hrad se rovněž nedochoval, v polovině 16. století postavil Adam Berka z Dubé nedaleko města zámek Nový Berštejn.

V roce 1843 se Dubá dočkala povýšení na město.

Dubá okresním městem
Po zrušení nevolnictví a v důsledku revolučních událostí roku 1848 došlo v Rakousko-Uhersku k radikálním změnám státní správy. Byla zrušena panství šlechty, ustanoveny během roku 1850 nové kraje, politické a soudní okresy. Dubá byla v roce 1848 součástí panství Berštejn, které vlastnil hrabě Kristián z Valdštejna a Vartenberka. Panství Berštejn náleželo pod kraj Mladá Boleslav.

Po reformě se stala Dubá sídlem politického okresu Dubá (Politischer Bezirk Dauba), jehož součástí byly dva soudní okresy (Dubá a Štětí). Do politického okresu náleželo 42 obcí, z nichž dvě byla městem, Dubá a Doksy. Dubá byla i sídlem berního úřadu. Okresní soud v Dubé spadal pod krajský (zemský) soud v České Lípě.

Při další státní reformě byl roku 1855 Českolipský kraj zrušen a byly ustaveny jiné kraje. Okres Dubá zůstal v kraji Mladá Boleslav, který se rozsahem území změnil. Změnil se i seznam obcí v okresu Dubá. Soud v Dubé byl převeden pod krajský soud v Mladé Boleslavi.

V roce 1862 byly zcela zrušeny kraje a poté řada politických okresů. Okres řízený okresním hejtmanstvím Dubá a také soudní okres v Dubé zůstaly. Tento stav s menšími úpravami zůstal do roku 1918. Od 18. století se v Dubé rozšířilo pěstování chmele, které znamenalo rozkvět celé oblasti Dubska, postupné upadání chmelařství po roce 1900 znamenalo ekonomický i demografický pokles. Podíl na něm měla i absence železničního spojení s okolním světem. Po posledním velkém požáru v roce 1845 bylo město přestavěno do klasicistní podoby, postavena byla i nová radnice, kde sídlily od roku 1851 okresní úřady a soud.

V roce 1869 byla v Dubé ustavena Jednota bratrská, vybudováno středisko a konala se pravidelná náboženská kázání.

Doprava
Do roku 2017, než byl dokončen obchvat Dubé, procházela středem města silnice I/9, která vede z Prahy přes Mělník a Českou Lípu do Saska. Z Dubé vycházejí též silnice II/260 přes Tuhaň do Úštěku, II/259 přes Mšeno do Kosmonos, z místní části Nový Berštejn vychází silnice II/270 na Doksy, Mimoň a Jablonné v Podještědí. Nejbližší železniční trať 080 prochází přes Doksy asi 9 km východoseverovýchodně od Dubé, trať 076 přes Mšeno asi 14 km jihojihovýchodně od Dubé, asi 14 km jihozápadně prochází trať 072 přes Štětí a asi 12 km severoseverozápadně trať 087 přes Zahrádky (a Úštěk).

Dvě státní poštovní autobusové linky, v trase Dubá – Liběchov a Dubá – Doksy, zřídila C. k. provozní správa státních autobusových linií v Dubé 30. července 1908. V prosinci 1909 přibyla linka Dubá – Jestřebí, čímž se správa v Dubé spolu s pardubickou a opavskou stala jednou ze tří největších autobusových správ v českých zemích; v červenci 1914 ujely dubské autobusy 7751 km a přepravily 6995 cestujících, čímž se po Opavě umístila tato správa na druhém místě. Provoz dubských linek byl z důvodu válečného stavu ukončen 29. července 1914.

Za první republiky se Dubá opět stala centrem místní autobusové dopravy. K roku 1929 odtud vyjížděly autobusové linky státní poštovní automobilní správy:
 771 Dubá – Liběchov
 776 Dubá – Doksy
 821 Dubá – Dřevčice – Česká Lípa
 821a Dubá – Jestřebí – Česká Lípa
 826 Dubá – Štětí

Po začlenění dosavadní Správy poštovní automobilní dopravy, dominantního státního dopravce, do ČSD v letech 1933–1934 existovala podle ročenky pro rok 1938 autospráva ČSD Česká Lípa, pod niž patřily garáže Dubá a Mladá Boleslav a pobočné garáže Bělá pod Bezdězem, Bor u České Lípy, Cvikov, Děčín, Litoměřice dolní nádraží, Jablonec nad Nisou, Nové Benátky, Turnov.

Po osvobození Dubé v roce 1945 byla zahájena výstavba nových garáží ČSD. V roce 1949 došlo k zásadní reorganizaci a Autospráva ČSD byla převedena pod nově založený národní podnik ČSAD. Dubá se stala součástí okresu Doksy nově zřízeného Libereckého kraje. Výstavba garáží ČSAD v Dubé byla ukončena a následně byl vybudován nový dopravní závod v Bělé pod Bezdězem a Dubá se stala provozovnou dopravního závodu 610 Bělá pod Bezdězem. K další změně dochází v roce 1960, kdy provozovna Dubá je začleněna do nově zřízeného Dopravního závodu se sídlem v České Lípě. K další změně dochází v roce 1963 kdy je ustaven národní podnik Československá státní automobilová doprava, Ústí n. L. s Dopravním závodem 402 Česká Lípa, který sdružuje 4 provozovny (Česká Lípa, Dubá, Mimoň a Nový Bor)

V současné době se v centru Dubé nachází poněkud zanedbané autobusové nádraží. Zdejší dominantní dopravce ČSAD Česká Lípa a. s. neuvádí v Dubé ani provozovnu, ani informační kancelář. Na autobusovém nádraží zastavují kromě regionálních a dálkových linek tohoto dopravce též dálkové linky dopravců Quick Bus a.s., Josef Hemelík a BusLine a. s. z Prahy na Šluknovsko a linka dopravce Jaroslava Štěpánka z Prahy do Jablonného v Podještědí. Na území města Dubá se nachází celkem 25 zastávkových bodů (názvů zastávek), z toho jen 2 (Dubá, aut. nádr. a Dubá, školka) přímo v místní části Dubá, ostatní v připojených vsích či na rozcestích mimo zástavbu.

Vývoj po roce 1945
Dnešní podobu město získalo po bombardování 9. května 1945 a následných demolicích. Dubá byla součástí Sudet, po II. světové válce došlo k odsunu německého obyvatelstva a příchodu nových osídlenců. Roku 1949 byl zrušen okres Dubá, posléze se město stalo jen střediskovou obcí. Statut města byl Dubé vrácen v roce 1992.

Části města
Město Dubá se skládá z celkem 20 částí, které se rozkládají na 11 katastrálních územích:
 k. ú. Dubá – Dubá, Horní Dubová Hora a Nový Berštejn
 k. ú. Deštná u Dubé – Deštná
 k. ú. Dražejov u Dubé – Dražejov, Kluk a Nedvězí
 k. ú. Dřevčice – Dřevčice a Sušice
 k. ú. Heřmánky – Heřmánky
 k. ú. Horky u Dubé – Horky
 k. ú. Korce – Korce a Plešivec
 k. ú. Lhota u Dřevčic – Lhota
 k. ú. Nedamov – Nedamov, Křenov a Panská Ves
 k. ú. Zakšín – Zakšín a Bukovec
 k. ú. Zátyní – Zátyní

Symboly města
Město má znak, který vychází z městského pečetidla z roku 1727. Návrh praporu zpracovala Mgr Markéta Myšková. V listopadu 1999 návrh projednalo zastupitelstvo města, v květnu 2000 jej posoudil podvýbor pro heraldiku a vexilologii Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu České republiky a 13. listopadu 2000 jej městu předseda Poslanecké sněmovny udělil.

Pamětihodnosti města

Historické jádro města je městskou památkovou zónou.

Kostel Nalezení svatého Kříže

Kostel Nalezení svatého Kříže byl postaven v letech 1744–1760 nákladem hraběte Františka Karla Sweert-Sporcka pravděpodobně architektem Anselmem Luragem. Barokní báně věží shořely při požáru v roce 1845 a věže byly následně zastřešeny jen nízkými stříškami. Kostel byl poškozen i při bombardování v roce 1945. Zařízení je rokokové od Fr. Adámka a J. Chládka, hlavní oltářní obraz je signován "FB 1755", obraz Nanebevzetí Panny Marie od F. J. Richtera z roku 1729 pochází ze zrušeného kostela, původně zasvěceného sv. Kateřině, posléze Nanebevzetí Panny Marie. Hřbitov kolem kostela byl zrušen v roce 1855, sochy sv. Václava a sv. Ludmily, které stály na schodišti u bočního vchodu kostela, byly v nedávné době zcizeny. U kostela stojí socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého z roku 1740, přenesená sem od farní zdi. Nedaleko kostela je farní budova z roku 1736.

Sušárna chmele
Nejstarší písemný doklad o existenci sušárny a sířírny chmele na jižním okraji města Dubá je z roku 1877. V Dubé je doloženo v době největší produkce chmele šest sušáren a síříren, z nichž se pouze tato dochovala víceméně v původním stavu, proto je cennou technickou památkou. Protože byly zničeny stavební spisy z předválečného období, není možné vysledovat průběh stavby a přestaveb objektu. Prvními majiteli a pravděpodobně i staviteli byli manželé Langhansovi z čp. 133 v Dubé. Počátkem roku 1877 sušárnu koupili obchodníci s chmelem J. Grundfest z Horní Vidimi a A. Sommer z Prahy. Koncem 19. století došlo k rozšíření sušárny, přistavěna byla severní část. Tomu odpovídá i datum nad jedním z vchodů – 1889. V roce 1904 získali sušárnu manželé Grundfestovi z Dubé a v listopadu roku 1924 ji koupili i s vybavením manželé Reichmannovi z čp. 40 v Dubé, kteří ale vše s obavou před hrozící rasovou perzekucí v roce 1936 odprodali chmelařskému spolku Hopfenbau-Verband des Daubaer Grünlandes v Dubé. V prosinci 1943 se majitelem sušárny stala společnost Hopfenverkehrsgenossenschaft v Dubé.

Po II. světové válce byla sušárna konfiskována a v únoru 1950 přidělena Hospodářskému družstvu skladištnímu a výrobnímu v Dubé. Později se stala majetkem Státního statku, který zde choval kuřata – brojlery. Státní statek objekt posléze předal Městu Dubá. Dosud zachovaná jižní věž byla opravena státním statkem, druhou provizorně zastřešilo a zdivo nechalo opravit Město Dubá. Tyto věže jsou svým kruhovým tvarem v Čechách neobvyklé, obdobné se častěji nacházejí v Anglii. Sušení v nich probíhalo na sítech a dřevěných roštech, který je v jižní věži dosud zachovaný, pravděpodobně pomocí přímého vytápění v přízemí věží.

Vlevo od sušárny v místech dnešních zahrádek býval morový hřbitov pro oběti velkého moru v roce 1680, velký kříž, který místo označoval se nyní nachází u kostela.

Zámek Nový Berštejn

Jiné městské památky
 Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice z roku 1726 na náměstí
 Smírčí kříž zazděný v opěrné zdi u domu čp.271 v Českolipské ulici
 Socha sv. Floriana u máchadla
 Českobratrská modlitebna čp. 87
 Hotel Slávie
 Socha sv. Jana Nepomuckého z r. 1740
 Empírová radnice z r. 1851 na náměstí
 Sloup Nejsvětější Trojice
 V ulicích Sadová a Jana Roháče z Dubé je 54 sklípků v navazujícím svahu vybudovaných v období 1839-1865. Sklípky byly zapsány mezi kulturní památky a městem jsou postupně opravovány.

Osobnosti
S Dubou je spojována řada osobností kulturního a veřejného života. Bohumil Kinský, učitel z České Lípy, aktivní činitel Klubu českých turistů, fotograf, historik a autor turistických průvodců, vydal v roce 1936 u příležitosti 100. výročí Máchova úmrtí svou nejobsáhlejší publikaci "Dubské Švýcarsko". V Dubé žila a působila spisovatelka Markéta Reichmannová-Bělská a profesorka Mia Visconti-Pollitzer.

 Karel Hynek Mácha – básník několikrát procházel Dubou při svých cestách do Doks a na hrady Housku či Bezděz. Z návštěv Starého a Nového Berštejna se dochovala Máchova perokresba a akvarel. Děj jeho Máje byl inspirován událostí, k níž došlo v květnu 1774 u Rozprechtic, kdy zde Ignác Schiffner zavraždil svého otce Antonína.

 Jiří Mahen – básník a spisovatel, vlastním jménem Antonín Vančura. Pocházel z Čáslavi, jeho otec po úpadku své živnosti  působil 12 let v Dubé jako pomocník zdejšího kazatele Jednoty bratrské a kolportér náboženské literatury. Jiří Mahen rok strávil v měšťanské škole v Dubé  a později v době studií v Čáslavi do Dubé jezdil za otcem na prázdniny. Své vzpomínky promítl do statí "Knížka o českém charakteru" a "Mezi Němci", vztah k odkazu K. H. Máchy vyjádřil ve studii "Máchovská krajina".
 Jiří Weil  – po druhé světové válce žil spisovatel ve svém domku ve Vrchovanech. Od roku 1948 se stal tzv. kulturním patronem Dubska, organizoval kulturní život ve vesnicích, besedy a přednášky. Obraz zdejší krajiny zachytil ve svém díle "Harfeník" z roku 1958.
 Marie Majerová – spisovatelka krátce působila na Dubsku jako kulturní patronka, téma zdejších přírodních krás se objevilo v některých jejích fejetonech a v povídce "Tři kamarádi".
 Gustav Zvěřina – kazatel Jednoty bratrské, v Dubé působil v letech 1948 až 1980. V roce 1959 se podílel na obnově expozic místního muzea, které však bylo po roce 1960 zrušeno. Spolupracoval s českolipským okresním muzeem při mapování kulturních památek v Dubé a okolí a zpracování jejich soupisu.

Zajímavosti z okolí

Socha sv. Prokopa
Socha sv. Prokopa stojí asi 1 km jihovýchodně od Dubé nedaleko místa, kde Ignác Schiffner ubil chmelovou tyčí k smrti svého otce. Brzy po vraždě byl popraven vpletením do kola v Mladé Boleslavi. Tato příhoda byla inspiračním zdrojem pro báseň Máj Karla Hynka Máchy.

Další místa
 Zámek Nový Berštejn je postaven v těsném sousedství Dubé v 16. století, kdy hrady byly opouštěny a nahrazovány pohodlnějšími zámky, Adamem Berkou z Dubé. Do dnešní podoby byl zámek rozšířen barokními přestavbami za Buttlerů a Sweerts-Šporků v 18. století. Konečný vzhled získal pseudobarokní úpravou za Valdštejnů koncem 19. století.
 Křížový kámen (pravděpodobně smírčí kříž) s nesouměrně zaoblenou horní hranou. Přední strana k silnici má zahloubený reliéf latinského kříže, zadní strana je hladká. Stojí v podezdívce plotu domu číslo 105 při hlavní silnici (ulice Českolipská) poblíž křižovatky s Dlouhou ulicí.
 Velký beškovský vrch
 Blízká zřícenina Chudý hrádek
 jeskyně poustevníka a Boží hrob se sochou Krista, ke kterému vedla ze Studeného dolu křížová cesta.

Chráněné přírodní lokality

Větší část městské zástavby Dubé s okolními vesnicemi leží na území Chráněné krajinné oblasti Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj, přesněji její jižně položené kokořínské části. Nachází se zde přírodní rezervace Mokřady horní Liběchovky, v níž se vyskytují některé vzácné druhy rostlin a živočichů. Tato rezervace je součástí území chráněných mokřadů dle Ramsarské úmluvy. Na území Dubé částečně zasahuje svým jižním výběžkem v okolí Malého Vlhoště přírodní rezervace Vlhošť. Na katastrech městečka a k němu připojených částí jsou dále přírodní památky Martinské stěny, Kamenný vrch u Křenova a Deštenské pastviny.

Současnost
Dubá se profiluje jako výletní a turistické středisko. Je zde autokemp Nedamov na břehu Černého rybníka, v okolních vesnicích je několik penzionů (Nedamov, Horní Dubová Hora, Heřmánky). Naučná stezka Dubsko - Kokořínsko, která vede nejzajímavějšími místy, má delší a kratší trasu a začíná nedaleko autobusového nádraží. Okolní krajina je protkána sítí turistických značených stezek a vedou odtud cyklostezky směrem na Mšeno, Doksy, Štětí či Holany. Dostupnost většiny okolních vesnic a osad veřejnou dopravou je o víkendu či o letních prázdninách velmi problematická, ve městě nenabízí své služby ani taxi.

V létě 2014 se začalo se stavbou přeložky silnice I/9 z Prahy na Českou Lípu, vedoucí dosud středem města (zhruba 5000 vozidel za den, z toho tisíc nákladních). Přeložka je dlouhá 2922 metrů, se třemi mosty, náklady byly plánovány ve výši 440 milionů Kč bez DPH.

Společenský život

V Dubé funguje několik spolků a občanských sdružení:

 TJ Slavoj Dubá – organizuje především kopanou a tenis. Fotbalový tým mužů zakončil sezonu 2010/2011 na 13 místě ve čtrnáctičlenné tabulce I.B třídy Libereckého kraje. O rok později skončili fotbalisté v II. třídě okresního přeboru čtvrtí.

 Sbor dobrovolných hasičů
 Rybáři
 Zahrádkáři
 Chovatelé
 Podbezdězský spolek intelektuální, poetický a okrašlovací pořádá výstavy a příležitostně jiné kulturní akce
 Bodlinky je název dětské skupiny, která podniká především ekologicky zaměřené akce

Ve městě jsou k dispozici dva sály pro společenské akce – diskotéka v bývalém kině a sálek bývalého Svazarmu. Chátrající budovu hotelu Slavie s divadelním sálem muselo město vykoupit od správce konkurzní podstaty a od roku 2015 je objekt v rekonstrukci. Od roku 2006 funguje Galerie Pošta a příležitostně výstavní prostor v bývalé šatlavě. V autokempu Nedamov se každoročně v polovině srpna pořádá jazzový festival. Město vydává svůj měsíčník Dubáček a na internetu je jeho obdoba. V rámci Dnů evropského dědictví je každoročně zpřístupněna historická sušárna chmele, kterou město rekonstruuje od roku 2017, a v jejím areálu se odehrává pestrý kulturní program.

Partnerská města
  Mirsk, Polsko

Odkazy

Reference

Související články
 Seznam kulturních památek v Dubé
 Seznam kulturních památek ve vesnicích města Dubá

Externí odkazy

 Diskusní a informační server města Dubá
 Nedvězí na Kokořínsku (Dubá) - www stránky o Nedvězí a jeho historii, přírodě a pamětihodnostech

Města v Čechách
Sídla v Dokeské pahorkatině
Městské památkové zóny v Česku
Máchův kraj
Podralsko
Bývalá okresní města v Česku
Obce v okrese Česká Lípa
Města v okrese Česká Lípa
Sídla v CHKO Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj

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