Connecticut
Biden to Speak at Coast Guard Academy Commencement
TheDay.com: Vice President Joe Biden is returning to Connecticut this week to speak at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation in New London. Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the academy’s 132nd commencement on Wednesday [May...
Final Plank of Morgan Whaling Ship Installed
TheDay.com: The 4-year effort to restore the whaling ship Charles W. Morgan reached a milestone Friday afternoon as the last plank was wedged into the hull of the 172-year-old vessel. More than 200 Mystic Seaport employees and...
Plan to Buy Schooner for At-Risk Kids on Hold
TheDay.com: The organization trying to buy the schooner Mystic for use as an educational vessel for at-risk urban children announced Monday that it will not be able to raise the $100,000 needed to qualify for $400,000 in...
New Niantic Bridge a Boon to Boaters
Amtrak is close to wrapping up its 3-year project to replace the old Niantic River railbridge (aka “Old Nan”). The new bridge is currently functional and has a backup power system. It can be raised in about a minute...
Free Fishing Day in CT this Sunday
The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection has designated Sunday, May 12, 2013, as a “Free Fishing Day”, which means that no license is required to fish the state’s fresh and salt waters. Note that other rules and...
New Haven Coast Guard Open House This Weekend
Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound is scheduled to host their annual Open House event from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 11, at 120 Woodward Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. The public is invited to this free,...
Christmas Trees Bolster CT Beaches
TheDay.com: This time of year, when the remaining needles are brittle and brown and the colored lights have been packed in the attic for months, most once-live Christmas trees are buried in the compost heap or long since ground...
Body Found in Norwalk Harbor
TheHour.com: Norwalk Police are labeling the death of a 73-year-old city man whose body washed up Saturday morning at Veterans Memorial Park as “accidental.” Michael Cusick drowned Saturday morning after somehow falling in Norwalk Harbor while taking...
New Hallville, CT, Fishway Dedicated
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Deputy Commissioner Macky McCleary joined representatives of the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District (ECCD) and other partners on May 3, 2013, to dedicate the new Hallville Fishway, which will allow alewives and...
Final Plank to be Installed on Morgan Whaleship
The final plank will be installed on the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut. This plank is known as the “shutter” plank, as it “shuts...
