The annual Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, which is organized to stoke fervor for outdoor sports, comes to several Connecticut locations this week, hosted by North Cove Outfitters. via Banff Mountain Film Festival At Four Area Sites This Weekend – Courant.com. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on
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Coyotes feed primarily on small rodents, but will kill cats and lap dogs, so be aware, especially if you live in rural areas. These mid-sized dogs are secretive, extremely smart and wary predators that are seldom seen. Their kills and howls at night are all that give away their constant presence in our woodlands. via
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The Connecticut Post lists five sites clustered near the banks of the Pequonnock River as it runs through downtown Bridgeport that were studied in a “Renew Bridgeport” workshop — a workshop that brought 21 students from the ClimateDesign program at Technische Universtat Munich (TUM) in Germany to the city to design concepts for redeveloping the
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Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust (BNT) received the 2010 Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement Award for its successful work with the City of Bridgeport and the Bridgeport Housing Authority in completing the Pequonnock Replacement Housing Program, providing affordable housing to replace the former Pequonnock Housing Apartment complex. via Bridgeport Neighborhood trust receives national recognition for Pequonnock project
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Bloom Energy, a Sunnyvale startup that has been working for years on a fuel cell that would allow homes and businesses to generate their own electricity, officially unveiled its so-called Bloom Box at a highly orchestrated media event Wednesday morning. Tech journalists joined Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bloom cofounder and CEO K.R. Sridhar, venture capitalist John
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Friday, Feb. 26, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., in Room 210 of Blaustein Hall, Tom Condon, editorial page editor for the Hartford Courant and editor for the weekly feature page “Place,” and Bruce Becker of Becker & Becker, one of the most important architects and developers in the urban revitalization movement, will discuss new
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WASHINGTON – The Conservation Commission has delivered a memo to the Board of Selectmen regarding the possibility of siting a telecommunications tower on the Blackville Road town garage property. First Selectman Mark Lyon reported at the January 21 Board of Selectmen meeting that the town has been approached by Verizon for permission to investigate the
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NEWTOWN — After months of site visits, soil tests, testimonies and letters to and from local, state and federal government officials, Newtown’s Inland Wetlands Commission is expected to rule Wednesday night on the Housatonic Railroad’s application to fix the damage caused by its wetlands violations. via Newtown Wetlands Commission to rule on railroad’s application Wednesday
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BERLIN — The Town Council voted to authorize Town Manager Denise McNair to contract for a detailed study of the town’s sewer system where infiltration and inflow problems have been identified. The sewer rehabilitation fee with Cardinal Engineering Associates of Meriden is not to exceed $249,000. The initial purchase order will be for $50,000 to
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The Torrington Development Corporation took one step closer to achieving its goal of revitalizing downtown Torrington. The TDC was awarded a final payment of $50,000 from the city for the implementation of phase one of their redevelopment plan. via $50,000 OK’d for downtown redevelopment – The Register Citizen. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this
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Environmental coalition calls for full-time position UConn is considering a full-time sustainability coordinator on campus after Eco-Coalition representatives came up with the idea, according to Lisa Troyer, President Michael Hogan’s chief of staff. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about
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A group of senators is “moving very rapidly” to craft climate-change legislation this year, Senator John Kerry said. The Massachusetts Democrat said he met to discuss legislation with Senators Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, and Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, as well as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Carol Browner, Obama’s adviser on energy
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Like a decayed flotilla of rickety steamers, at least 27 of America’s 104 aging atomic reactors are known to be leaking radioactive tritium, which is linked to cancer. The fallout has been fiercest at Vermont Yankee, where a flood of cover-ups has infuriated and terrified near neighbors who say the reactor was never meant to
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HARTFORD — – Stung by Connecticut’s embarrassing shutout in the competition for $1.5 billion in federal transportation grants, the state’s congressional delegation Tuesday pressed Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to make it up when he hands out the next round of money in October. LaHood reportedly stopped short of a guarantee, but his response prompted several
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Beginning this month, the Middletown Public Works Department is expanding its curbside recycling services to now include numbers three to seven plastics in addition to numbers one and two. via Middletown Expands Recycling Program — The Wesleyan Argus. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit
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People who are hungry to learn more about the local and sustainable food movement may want to check out a screening of the 2009 documentary “Fresh” Saturday afternoon at Audubon Greenwich. The snow date is Sunday. via ‘Fresh’ screened in Greenwich – NewsTimes. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share
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Knight said the idea for the petition started over concern about his grandchildren playing in the yard or in parks. This got him thinking about the precautions that have to be taken to guard against ticks. via Westport petitioner seeks measures to curb deer population – Westport News. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this
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As incongruous as it might seem, with snow shovels still the primary outdoor tool, the dead of winter is the perfect time to talk about that dead-of-summer phenomenon known as the CSA. CSA stands for community supported agriculture — a farming model in which consumers buy shares in return for weekly allotments of food during
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Veteran state Rep. Terry Backer, D-Stratford, citing a possible conflict, has resigned as chairman of a legislative subcommittee within the budget-setting Appropriations Committee. via Rep. Terry Backer Resigns From Approps Subcommittee Over Possible Conflict – Ken Dixon’s Blog-O-Rama – Connecticut News. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin
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KILLINGWORTH — The town has joined the Connecticut Clean Energies Program, committing in its first step to spending 20 percent of its electricity on clean, renewable energy and eliminating 10 percent of its total energy consumption. via Killingworth joins clean energy program – The Middletown Press. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend
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