Where's 'Cabot'?: Great White Shark Spotted In Long Island Sound Heads Out East
"Cabot," the great white shark spotted off the coast of Long Island Sound, has headed east.
His latest pings, around 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 21, show he is southwest of Montauk, according to researchers at ocean research group Ocearch.org. It had been tracked off the shore of Fairfield County in Greenwich.
The news Monday, May 20 that a great white had been spotted off the coast of Long Island for the first time ever, was a shock.
So much so that for a while so many people logged onto to the site's tracker that it crashed, the group said on Twitter.
Researchers made light of th…
'Facebook Twins' Awarded State Approval Weeks After $100K Cuomo Donation, Says Report
Weeks before New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration granted approval to an exchange run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss of Fairfield County to trade a new cryptocurrency, the twins donated a combined $100,000 to Cuomo's reelection campaign, according to this report by Sludge.
The Winklevoss twins, made famous by their portrayal in the film “The Social Network,” which focused on the launch of Facebook, donated $50,000 apiece to Cuomo’s campaign in late April, finance records filed with the state Board of Election show. Three weeks later, the state’s Department of Financial Services—cont…