Ticked Off? Eliminate Life's Little Pests

Mosquitoes, the Olympics and the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway. Bloggers on Patch sites around Long Island take up their favorite topics.

Here are a few of the best this week.

uses his exterminator expertise to recommend ways to cut the mosquito population and protect against disease.

Meanwhile, veterinarian Sarah Alward cites the unusually warm winter as the reason for a and the consequences of having those pests around.

Jim Medler is writing about the , identifying key events and explaining their history.

and the decision of the International Olympics Committee decision not to create a moment of silence to remember the murdered Israeli athletes.

Historian Howard Kroplick tells is reviving the stories of early auto racing and travel on Long Island, including the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway races.

Randy Levin explains the importance of the