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Published April 15. 2021 11:15AM | Updated April 15. 2021 10:03PM Stonington — State Rep. Greg Howard, R-Stonington, will host an Earth Day cleanup of the Pawcatuck River on Saturday, April 24. The cleanup will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. with parking on Stillman Avenue Extension. Howard asks anyone interested in participating to register at repgreghoward.com/earthday.  All necessary personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves, as well as garbage bags will be p...

The move falls short of demands by a citizens climate convention set up by Macron, which had called for flights to be banned if trains could cover the same distance in under four hours. The government already told Air France it had to cut short-haul flights in return for a public aid package to help it weather a downturn caused by Covid-19 restrictions. The draft law means that competitors cannot lay a claim to those routes either. The bill ran into fierce resistance from MPs from south-western...

A number of companies say it disenfranchises some voters. Some, such as Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola, are based in Georgia, where state lawmakers have the power to raise state taxes. Delta chief executive Ed Bastian said in a public memo that his decision to speak out was informed by discussions with leaders and employees in the Black community. The companies criticising the law so far represent a sliver of the US business landscape. Yet they are part of a growing group of companies shedding t...

Groton — Two sailboats that were blown ashore on a beach at Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve during a storm last October remain abandoned months later. The vessels, named Waypoint and Motivation, on the sandy shore have piqued the interest of passersby, such as Stephanie Belser, who walks the Bluff Point trails every two or three days. Belser said she first noticed the boats, located pretty far down what is officially called Bushy Point Beach, a day or two after a noreaster i...

Stonington — The proposed Mystic River Boathouse Park project, which has made little progress since residents approved a $2.2 million bond to buy and develop the Route 27 site in 2016, has now taken two major steps forward. On Wednesday, the Board of Selectmen voted to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Stonington Community Rowing Center that delineates the obligations of both parties in the development and operation of the public park. The agreement is expected to help...

North Stonington — A Tennessee company is seeking approval from the Connecticut Siting Council to install 28,971 solar panels on one-third of the 157 acres of forested land it owns off Route 184 west of Boombridge Road. A subsidiary of Silicon Ranch Corp., which is based in Nashville and operates 135 solar facilities in 15 states, plans to clear 47 of the 157 residential zoned acres for the panels, which would measure 6 feet, 10 inches by 3 feet, 5 inches. The site comprises ...

In the fall of 1517, theologian Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation in part based on his critique of indulgences offered by the Catholic Church. At the time, a friar named Johann Tetzel had been encouraging the faithful to buy indulgences, which entitled the purchaser to forgiveness for sins. Tetzel had been selling the indulgences to raise money to build St. Peters Basilica. On Oct. 31, 1517, in the formal tradition of proposing a debate, Luther nailed to the door of the cathedral i...

Gary Storm was working in the water Wednesday while looking for objects with a metal detector at Ocean Beach Park.

Stonington — The Board of Finance voted unanimously Wednesday night to contribute up to $300,000 to help preserve 220 acres of land off Al Harvey Road. The tentative funding model calls for the town to contribute the money from its $375,000 Open Space Fund to the $1.15 million purchase price for the land. It also calls for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to contribute $580,000 and the Aquarion Water Co. another $230,000 for as conservation easement. None of the other funding has ...

Published February 24. 2021 8:48PM | Updated February 24. 2021 9:03PM A competitive research grant program has chosen eight projects that will study the water quality and other aspects of the Long Island Sound. The program, Long Island Sound Study, is funded by federal and state dollars through a joint effort from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Connecticut Sea Grant and New York Sea Grant. The total cost of the eight projects is $2.8 million. Researchers from the University of Conne...