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Crackdown on ATV riders in Shelton

Sep 2nd, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
Crackdown on ATV riders in Shelton

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.



Celebrate the champions of Long Wharf Preserve, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 15

Aug 31st, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
Celebrate the champions of Long Wharf Preserve, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 15

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.



AG, DEP Win Injunction To Stop Illegal Logging

Aug 30th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
AG, DEP Win Injunction To Stop Illegal Logging

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.



Bridgeport Community Land Trust Annual Garden Contest 2010

Aug 30th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
Bridgeport Community Land Trust Annual Garden Contest 2010

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 Withdraws OS Affordable Housing Plan

Aug 30th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

Developer Cogent Management has withdrawn its application for “Marina Village,” a mixed-use project at 142 Ferry Road that was to include 27 units of affordable
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Dinner At The Farm: Heavenly

Aug 30th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
Dinner At The Farm: Heavenly

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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Water fowl thriving in Fairfield coastal preserve – Fairfield Citizen

Aug 28th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
Water fowl thriving in Fairfield coastal preserve – Fairfield Citizen

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 Selectmen sign off on POCD draft

Aug 26th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Cell Tower: Avon, Company Reach Accord On Cell Tower Location

Aug 26th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Tolland Officials Consider Preserving Properties For Farming

Aug 26th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Kent Land Trust Gets 28-Acre Vagts Parcel

Aug 26th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Editorial: Housing Vs. Green Space — Courant.com

Aug 24th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Saving New Haven’s Stevens Street: Coalition aims to stop foreclosure cycle ruining urban neighborhoods

Aug 24th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Branford, Guilford won’t share trail funds

Aug 24th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Poisoned Hamden neighborhood braces for epic cleanup | Link to Register video inside

Aug 24th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
Poisoned Hamden neighborhood braces for epic cleanup | Link to Register video inside

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 council members look to preserve Lee Farm

Aug 24th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Simsbury: Two mixed-use projects underway

Aug 24th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Public Access To Glastonbury’s Minnechaug Farms Open Space

Aug 24th, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Woman finds Greenway good for the soul

Aug 23rd, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher

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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Save Plum Island — Sign CFE’s Petition

Aug 23rd, 2010 | By Christopher Zurcher
Save Plum Island — Sign CFE’s Petition

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.