The plan to remediate the complex, available on the department’s site, calls for a series of steps, including removing storage tanks, contaminated soil and asbestos. The project will begin May 15 and is scheduled to conclude precisely six months later.
The owner of a farm in Easton says in order to stay in business he needs the revenue a cell tower would bring.
“It’s heartening to see the President up his commitment to land conservation when many other programs take hits in the budget,” said Jesse Young, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy.
State Rep. Jonathan Steinberg testified in favor of legislation that would amend the state’s affordable housing law to allow towns to expand the criteria they use to contest projects brought by predatory developers.
The Redding Land Trust announced that it has earned accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance.
The winter woods were quiet as walkers made their way through fields and woodlands newly acquired by the Branford Land Trust.
The town and Alpine still have more than 90 days to hammer out the final agreement.
A bill that would allow municipalities to reject the proliferation of cell towers in the state under certain circumstances was opposed by telecommunication companies and the Connecticut Siting Council Monday.
The plan will protect 360 acres abutting Crystal Lake and the Algonquin State Forest, as well as small parcels along Highland Lake.
The organization is asking people to sign their online petition to “let the Old Saybrook Planning Commission know that Connecticut’s last unfragmented coastal forest must be protected.”
If Windsor accepts a proposal by town manager Peter Souza, the dream of Riverfront Recapture’s trails extending into other towns, may become a reality.
Weantinoge, the oldest and largest pure land trust in the state is regrouping after a summer that saw the organization in danger of implosion when six members resigned from the board of directors, the Litchfield County Times reports.
Even though it is nestled under blankets of white and lies quiet during the long winter chill, talk about the Cedar Mountain range is starting to heat up among citizens in the towns of Newington and Wethersfield, the Newington Town Crier reports. Click the headline to read more.
The town of New Hartford has formed a study group comprised of representatives from several town organizations to determine the best course of action for the future of the 150 acres of land at Brodie South. The story is inside.
WINSTED — The Winchester Land Trust must revise its proposal for protecting 360 acres of town-owned land. Click above for more on this story.
A report on a proposed cell tower in Greenwich is due at the end of the month, but an open space advocate is troubled by the report’s guidelines.
A Monroe farmer is pushing the town to adopt a “right to farm” ordinance that would protect farmers from neighbors who might deem them a nuisance.
The public hearing portion was a continuation from Dec. 1, and has been further continued to Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m., Old Saybrook Middle School.
“From a New England perspective, I would say Connecticut has been the most aggressive in the last couple of years in terms of the farmland perspective, which has been wonderful,” said Cris Coffin, New England director of the American Farmland Trust. The money spent represents a tiny fraction of Connecticut’s budget, which is $19 billion
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Public interest in development plans for The Preserve, which includes 114 acres of wetlands, hasn’t waned despite the project’s lengthy tangles in court.
