New London – Two months after leading the referendum defeat of the Coast Guard Academy’s proposal to purchase and develop half of Riverside Park, organizers of the Friends of Riverside Park political action committee have formed a conservancy to continue efforts to preserve, maintain and improve the park. For more on this story, visit: The

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The agreement defines how Connecticut and the Coast Guard will work together to oversee recreational boating safety programs. These programs include mutual enforcement of laws relating to recreational boating safety on waters within concurrent jurisdiction of the state of Connecticut and the United States. These waters include Long Island Sound, coastal embayments and Connecticut’s major rivers.

The Coast Guard is working with Connecticut to clean an oil spill. The Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound’s pollution response team and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection are investing the source of an oil spill and conducting clean up operations. Read more here: Coast Guard aids in oil spill | WTNH.com Connecticut.