The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection has announced that more than $1 million in federal funds are available for boat-sewage disposal facilities, or pumpout stations, on Long Island Sound for the 2012 boating season. “The success of pumpout programs...

The Westport Patch reports: The summer of 2010, among the hottest on record, warmed Long Island Sound enough to create life-threatening conditions to marine life, state environmental officials say. Specifically, according to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, a...