Newburgh (town), New York
New York
An Ice Age boulder that county officials twice promised to protect was jackhammered into rubble one June morning, and nobody had been told.
The boulder in Algonquin Park had sat there since at least the Ice Age. Children climbed it. Adults used it for shade, and as a place to meet.
This is the first of 3 parts. The rest runs about 2 minutes and is read to you as you drive past. Hear the whole piece.
A centerpiece of Algonquin Park had long been a huge boulder which had been in place at least since the Ice Age.
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