Kathleen Holland, director of the town’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Department, has now become a familiar face in the state of Connecticut, after being named the 2009 “Wetlands Director of the Year” by the Connecticut Association of Conservation & Inland Wetlands Commissions. via Wetlands director earns top honor. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this
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Natalie Johnson, an environmental sciences student focusing on Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut, and a Marine Corps veteran, has focused her efforts on improving the environment on a smaller scale. Johnson is one of 30 applicants accepted to the Greenpeace Organizing Term next semester out of 200 who applied. The training breaks down
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Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced today he is suing to stop a New York group from illegally seizing Litchfield property owned by the Connecticut Junior Republic and possibly transforming it into a facility for youthful sex offenders and severely troubled children. Connecticut Junior Republic currently uses the property for educational and vocational programs to assist
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In Stony Creek, the citizenry is up in arms over the probable arrival of a 75-foot cell pole tower designed to provide better mobile and wi-fi service for Amtrak passengers and possibly enhance cell phone coverage in the neighborhood. via New Haven Independent | Creekers Fight Cell Tower. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this
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The Open Space Preservation and Acquisition Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 7:30 pm at the Library/Community Center. Please click here to view the agenda. via Open Space Preservation and Acquisition Meeting | Collinsville CT.org. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via
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Simple composting system enables a dairy farm to diversify operations. Laurelbrook Farm is a third-generation dairy farm in East Cannan, Connecticut. via Building A Business With Nutrient Management :: BioCycle, Advancing Composting, Organics Recycling & Renewable Energy. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share
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STRATFORD — A federal agency has settled on two options, both rated environmentally sound and cost effective, to remove vacant cottages and other structures from Long Beach West as the sweeping barrier beach is transformed into a nature preserve. via Plans to remove Long Beach cottages take shape – The Connecticut Post Online. Blog this!
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BOLTON — – Environmental activist Rodney Parlee has been appointed to the newly established Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Board by state Sen. President Donald Williams and Gov. M. Jodi Rell. via Bolton Activist Appointed To Bike Advisory Board — Courant.com. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via
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By Scott Livingston:  Yesterday, my Horst Engineering colleague, Art Roti, joined me and a host of other folks to hear T. Boone Pickens speak at Goodwin College. Pickens was in town as a guest of US Representative John Larson. Congressman Larson, and Goodwin College President, Mark Scheinberg, hosted Pickens during his brief visit to East
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The Board of Selectmen unanimously accepted the donation of 8.3 acres off Route 7 by three Ridgefield property owners to the town of Redding. The triangle-shaped parcel is across from the Ridgefield Motor Inn. The Norwalk River runs deep through the center of it. The land was donated by Margaret Bard Gair, Sarah Moore and
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The Town Council Monday gave the committee studying extending sewer lines into the Four Corners area a thumbs up to also study water needs. The area currently gets its water from wells. via Group looking at Four Corners development OK’d to study water needs :: Mansfield Today. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post
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Voters and the town council may have approved a $3.8 million price tag for the ongoing fuel conversion project at Mansfield Middle School. But town officials have learned in recent weeks the price tag has increased to $4.6 million. via Costs rising for MMS fuel conversion project :: Mansfield Today. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious
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by: Dawn Pettinelli | UConn Home & Garden Education Center As long as more moderate fall weather persists and the soil is still workable, we can continue to tidy up and even forge ahead in the perennial garden. Gone is the more frantic pace at which we must work during the growing season, replaced instead
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The United Illuminating Co. (UI) will present Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo with a check for $70,116 for its participation in the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund’s (CEEF) Energy Conscious Blueprint Program. Through the programs, the Beardsley Zoo installed electric measures administered by The United Illuminating Company and gas measures administered by Southern Connecticut Gas Company to help
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A man walking his two dobermans in his yard on Midland Road in Orange was attacked by a young buck this morning. Deer attack in Orange. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this
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AT 100, Adele Erisman is still living the life of an exemplary conservationist. “My friends get angry at me for staying out here by myself,” she said the day before her 100th birthday. “They want me to go into one of those assisted living places. But I won’t. This is what keeps me alive, being
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Lead is not found in detectable amounts in water taken from two monitoring wells long in existence at Clinton Nurseries, Town Health Agent Dick Leighton told the Board of Selectmen this month. via Zip06 – More Water Sleuthing in Westbrook | News from Westbrook, CT. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on
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A self-guided hike of Mine Hill Preserve will be offered Saturday starting at 1 p.m. by the Roxbury Land Trust. The 360-acre nature preserve, which is enrolled on the National Register of Historic Places, is the site of a 19th century iron-making complex and features nearly four miles of hiking trails that offer glimpses of
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The future of Route 25, specifically how it will shape Newtown and Monroe, was the subject of a community forum held by state officials Monday. The contentious topic was discussed at length at Monroe Town Hall, to inform residents of the project’s status and to get public feedback. via Future of Route 25 expansion remains
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Should private Darien golf courses be considered open space? Right now, the town does not have an open space ordinance, making the answer unclear. But that might change. via Darien considers open space law that would include golf courses. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via
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