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A waterfront home is a dream turned year-round reality and, increasingly, a way of life in Westchester and Fairfield counties. But it’s not without its financial and architectural challenges.

These violent storms have had far-reaching consequences that altered the course of history in surprising ways.

Virtual programs are being offered this fall through the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ).

Closer to home, lawns and gardens got a gentle soak yesterday, but not enough to end the drought across the metro. A few PM spits will be possible today, but much of the weekend will be dry with a refreshing breeze. Sweater weather returns next week as temps dip into the 40s overnight. Check the blog for more details. -Todd Nelson

Hurricane Katrina was the most expensive hurricane in history, while a 1780 storm killed the most people of any hurricane.

In the 1970s a NC couple found the bones of a whale at West Onslow Beach. They stored them in a garage for decades. See where the bones ended up.

New research shows that in some places, global warming may mean that more severe weather is causing fewer birds to survive their epic migrations over the Gulf of Mexico or up the East Coast of the US. Storms either kill them outright or send them way off course, such as when dead White-tailed Tropicbirds, native to Bermuda, were found in New Hampshire, after Hurricane Irene. Researchers term such mass deaths "bird wrecks."

In the Northeast, September is the peak of hurricane season, so it is fitting that the Sept. 24 Warner Free Lecture Trust program will feature an...

Mindy Todd is the host and producer of The Point on WCAI which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. She brings more than 30 years of experience in radio and television to WCAI. After starting her broadcasting career as a midday DJ at WARE in Ware, Massachusetts, she quickly advanced to host of the morning drive show, which in 1981, made her one of the few women in broadcasting to anchor her own morning show. Her career has covered nearly all aspects of broa...

Wilcox Park, Westerly, Aug. 27-30 Hey, a little live Flock Theatre is better than no live Flock Theatre. The group usually performs often during the summers around here, but COVID limited most of its plays to online this year. Flock did, though, do some performances of Aristophanes’ comedy “The Birds” outdoors at Wilcox Park in Westerly, and it was just what theater fans needed. — Kristina Dorsey Garde Arts Center, New London, Jan. 17 Randy Rainbow is flat-out hilarious. His song paro...