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CTSG-supported artists inspired by flyway, LIS shellfish
A visual storyteller of natural history and an artist who paints Long Island Sound shellfish are recipients of the 2024 Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Award. The awards will support the completion of a photo book to complement a documentary about the Atlantic flyway created by Tomas Koeck of Fairfield, and a series of 30 paintings of oysters, clams, whelks and scallops and the environments they inhabit by Edith Reynolds of West Haven.
AG sues solar companies for deceptive sales tactics
Connecticut’s Attorney General, William Tong, announced a lawsuit against solar panel company SunRun Inc., as well as several subcontracted companies and two of its salespeople, Dakota Grumet and Sierra Howes, for allegedly engaging in deceptive, unfair and unlawful sales practices. “SunRun, Bright Planet, and Elevate locked Connecticut homeowners into long-term solar panel contracts without their […] The post AG sues solar companies for deceptive sales tactics appeared first on Connecticut Inside Investigator.
City Will Match State Bonding With $4.2 Million For Allen Street Flooding
Council To Review Recommendations On Late Audit Reports July 22. An infrastructure improvement plan to address longstanding stormwater and sewer main problems in the neighborhood between Allen Street and Roxbury Road near CCSU is taking shape in a cooperative effort by state legislators and the Stewart Administration. In recent months...
Burkett softball all-stars excited to play in regionals
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Jesse Burkett 11-12-year-old Little League Softball All-Stars won the state championship and are headed to the regionals in Bristol, Conn. The Burkett All-Stars have rolled in the post season. They are 10-0, and have outscored their opponents 110-11. For some of the players, it's the...
Fatal Crash: 44-Year-Old ID'd As Victim After Being Ejected From Car On I-91 In Rocky Hill
It happened just before 3 a.m. Saturday, July 20, in Hartford County on northbound I-91 in Rocky Hill. According to Connecticut State Police, a 2008 Nissan Versa was traveling near Exit 24 when it veered into the right shoulder and hit a guardrail. The driver, Middlesex County resident Marcos Benitez...
UConn men’s hockey announces regular season schedule
STORRS, Conn. (WFSB) - The UConn men’s hockey team announced their 2024-25 season schedule on Friday. Season tickets are now available and include all regular season games in Storrs and Hartford. They can be purchased at UConnTickets.com or by calling 877-AT-UCONN. Twelve games are played at the XL Center...
Hartford braces for busy weekend; police warn of traffic impacts
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - The City of Hartford prepared for a busy weekend when multiple popular events were planned. Police warned that traffic would be impacted in the downtown district starting on Friday. ConnectiCon is back at the Connecticut Convention Center this weekend!. “Just walking around, just being another person....
CT’s public higher ed system approves general education requirements to ease transfers
Students at Connecticut State Community College (CT State) will soon have an easier path to the state’s four-year universities. The Board of Regents has approved a standard general education requirement for the system. Officials said they made the change in an attempt to be more transparent about how community...
The Need for a Regional Food Supply in New England
Greenwich’s Ali Ghiorse is a noted food activist. She describes herself as “seeing society’s most pressing issues through a food justice lens.” Thus, she is founder of the Foodshed Network and serves on the Greenwich Sustainability Committee as Food Systems-Sector Chair. She’s also a member of the Representative Town Meeting. And a week ago Tuesday Ghiorse kicked off an explanatory meeting at Greenwich Audubon on “New England Feeding New England: Connecting regional approaches to resilience, conservation, ranching and the protection of bird and ecosystem habitat.”
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