Authorities in Shelton want people out enjoying the great outdoors to use their cell phones and cameras to help them crack down on illegal ATV use. via Crackdown on ATV riders in Shelton | WTNH.com Connecticut.
The New Haven Land Trust invites you to celebrate the champions of Long Wharf Preserve and view its new long-range preserve plan at a celebration taking place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Leon’s Restaurant, 501 Long Wharf Drive, New Haven 06511.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal won a court injunction today that stops illegal logging in multiple Connecticut towns where extensive unpermitted tree harvesting – enough timber to build about 75 houses – has already caused significant environmental damage.
Judging to take place 9 am-11 am on Thursday, Sept. 2, by members of the Greater Bridgeport Men’s Garden Club. Please have a representative available to open your garden gate and to give a presentation.
Awards Ceremony at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the picnic grove opposite the main bathhouse at Seaside Park.
Developer Cogent Management has withdrawn its application for “Marina Village,” a mixed-use project at 142 Ferry Road that was to include 27 units of affordable
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It was the second-to-last of this year’s Dinners At The Farm, a series of 12 summertime repasts, which chef Jonathan Rapp, at left, owner of River Tavern in Chester, introduced in Connecticut four years ago to celebrate local produce, cheeses, meat and seafood and to benefit local farming interests. via Dinner At The Farm: Heavenly
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A swath of Fairfield marshland, preserved from development five years ago, paid off on that investment last week when a group of bird enthusiasts gathered to marvel at the water fowl that make their home in the coastal enclave. Great Salt Marsh Island, purchased by the Aspetuck Land Trust and the town of Fairfield in
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WINSTED — The town’s Plan of Conservation and Development took one fairly sizable step towards being enacted Wednesday night, as the Board of Selectmen and
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As of the latest hearing in the process to place a controversial AT&T cell tower on the St. Matthew Lutheran Church property, both the company and the town have reached an agreement on the design and location of the proposed tower. However, that agreement is pending approval by the Connecticut Siting Council, which has jurisdiction
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Officials are considering whether the town should forever reserve certain properties for farming use only. The land acquisition advisory committee recently discussed whether the town should create a “farmland in perpetuity” designation. Council Chairman Frederick Daniels said at Tuesday’s council meeting that he and other members of the committee consider that a policy discussion for
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An 18-month-long dream has been realized with the acquisition of a significant parcel of land on South Kent Road by the Kent Land Trust. Twenty-eight acres adjacent to the land trust’s great blue heron rookery have been donated by Detleve Vagts, whose family for many years owned a more than 220-acre South Kent farm. In
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Once again, a private developer, Albert Gary, wants to buy part of what is known as Brackett Park in Hartford’s North End and build housing on it. He should leave open space open. Luckily, prior attempts to grab the 7.4 acres of precious open space in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods failed. A group
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Stevens Street is in the Hill section of the city, one of three neighborhoods where the Annie E. Casey Foundation is investing $500,000 to help
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The Shoreline Greenway Trail creators have run into a few speed bumps in creating a multi-town nature trail, and the road to completion may be getting a bit bumpier. Guilford First Selectman Joseph Mazza and Branford First Selectman Anthony “Unk” DaRos said Tuesday they will keep their portions of grant money for the trail, though
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HAMDEN — Think of it as the big scrape. An entire neighborhood, poisoned for decades by industrial waste buried beneath homes, yards, schools and playgrounds, is poised for the largest residential cleanup in state history. Evidence of contaminated soil surfaced a decade ago when the Board of Education, intent on renovating the former Hamden Middle
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DANBURY — Several City Council members are requesting that the full council explore ways to preserve the Lee Farm property as open space. The issue of preserving the land, which lies near Wooster Heights and Starrs Plain roads, came to the forefront recently when military officials announced that a portion of the Lee Farm property
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This fall, in the first major building project that Simsbury has had in three years, a developer plans to break ground on the first phase
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GLASTONBURY – Town crews are planning to build an access road and parking area at the former 152-acre Longo property, now known as Minnechaug Farm — the town’s last operating dairy farm. The property abuts another 62 acres donated to the town by Harry and Butch James. Several miles of trails run through the properties.
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ELIOT, Maine — Some walk for pleasure, some walk for exercise, and some walk for their spirit. Karen Terzano is walking for all the above and so much more on her 740-mile pilgrimage that recently took her through southern Maine and the Seacoast. Terzano, 59, of Ellsworth, Maine, came walking through the Berwicks and Eliot
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The online petition from the Connecticut Fund for the Environment is targeting the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
The aim is to keep the federal government from selling Plum Island — an 843-acre island at the eastern end of Long Island Sound — to the highest bidder.
Plum Island has long been the home of a federal research facility and it has been recognized as an important sanctuary for wildlife and native plants.
