Connecticut

CT Shellfisherman May Sue Town Over Spill CT Shellfisherman May Sue Town Over Spill

GreenwhichTime: A Cos Cob-based businessman is pondering suing the town after a 50,000-gallon sewage spill left his aquaculture business drydocked. Jardar Nygaard, owner of Fjord Fisheries and operator of an oyster aquaculture business in the waters...

» November 17th, 2011
New London Residents Vote Down Riverside Park Sale New London Residents Vote Down Riverside Park Sale

TheDay.com: Today’s recount has determined that voters chose to vote down the sale of nine acres of Riverside Park to the Coast Guard Academy. The final vote was 2,098 to 2,079 against the sale of a portion of the...

» November 17th, 2011
Pete Seeger’s Sloop Clearwater Repaired in Norwalk, CT Pete Seeger’s Sloop Clearwater Repaired in Norwalk, CT

TheHour.com: Clearwater, a historic environmental education sailboat, is spending a few days in Norwalk as it gets patched up for next season. The 106’ sloop was built in the 1960s by folk singer Pete Seeger as he despaired over...

» November 16th, 2011
Sponsor News: Great Deals for 2012 from Three Belles Marina Sponsor News: Great Deals for 2012 from Three Belles Marina

Three Belles Marina in Niantic, Connecticut, is all about flexibility, starting with its full complement of in-water and onshore accommodations. These include: Shallow-water moorings on protected Smith Cove Floating docks with electric, water, WiFi and cable Fixed pier slips...

» November 16th, 2011
CT Chef Makes Sushi from Invasive Crab CT Chef Makes Sushi from Invasive Crab

StumbleUpon.com: Sushi chef Bun Lai has a taste for the beach. He grew up exploring the craggy shore and rocky isles of coastal Connecticut, a passion he’s carried with him into adulthood. A few years ago, Lai and a...

» November 15th, 2011
Sewage Spill in Greenwich Harbor, CT Sewage Spill in Greenwich Harbor, CT

GreenwichTime: As much as 60,000 gallons of untreated sewage was released into the waters off Old Greenwich on Friday after a problem with the town’s sewer system was detected. Dennis Schain, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Energy...

» November 14th, 2011
Good News for CT Plovers, Least Terns Good News for CT Plovers, Least Terns

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced the results from the 2011 piping plover and least tern nesting season. Fifty-two pairs of piping plovers nested along the Connecticut coastline during the 2011 breeding season; 9 more...

» November 14th, 2011
Vote on New London’s Riverside Park Sale Recounted Vote on New London’s Riverside Park Sale Recounted

TheDay.com: Those eager to know whether voters have approved the sale of a portion of Riverside Park to the U.S. Coast Guard will have to wait a week to find out. According to state law, automatic recounts must take...

» November 13th, 2011
Annual SoundWaters Meeting this Wednesday Annual SoundWaters Meeting this Wednesday

The non-profit group SoundWaters, which is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the waters of Long Island Sound through hands-on education, will hold its annual meeting on November 16 at the SoundWaters Coastal Center at Cove Island Park, Stamford, Connecticut....

» November 12th, 2011
Norwalk Aquarium Launches Festival of Lights Norwalk Aquarium Launches Festival of Lights

TheHour.com: This holiday season, walk a trail illuminated by 24 lighthouses—built using everything from cookies and gingerbread to stone and tin in the 10th annual Festival of Lighthouses at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Connecticut. From November 12 (today)...

» November 12th, 2011