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Then-Norwalk Recreation and Parks Department Director Mike Mocciae, center, shows off the second floor of the Fodor Farm main house to Common Council Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs Committee members in 2016. (Archive photo) NORWALK, Conn. — It’s ridiculous to take credit for great things going on in Norwalk parks, developments that were years and even decades in the making, and then claim the Recreation and Parks Department was mismanaged before the latest director came in, Mike Moc...

Credit: Photo by: Helen Norman, Styling by: Rebecca Omweg Patricia had the refrigerator custom paneled in chalkboard—clever and hardworking! “The second I run out of Earl Grey tea, I write it down,” she says, “and there the grocery list is in my face.” The cabinetry color (gray with a slight brown wash) reads differently as the light changes throughout the day, ranging from light gray to green to sky blue. So...

Photos taken by John Flynn recently in Oyster Shell Park. (Contributed) NORWALK, Conn. — Dead fish collecting along Norwalk waters may be connected to climate change, a Save the Sound expert said.  “Basically, we had a gigantic number of Menhaden in Long Island Sound this fall.  One theory is that many of the fish missed a migration cue, which may have been due to warmer temperatures,” wrote Bill Lucey, Long Island Soundkeeper for the environmental watchdog organization. NancyOnNorwalk ...

Shelves, jason french. >> the acidity is there. its awesome. like oyster shell. >> greg has found that creating exclusive blends like this one has a ripple effect. it gives him access to many other key entry points to the premium market, places not interested in featuring ciders from the big brewers. >> that opens doors to the retail trade, bars, restaurants, you know, even the liquor stores. they know him. they know his restaurant and if its good enough for him, its certainly going to be good e...

>> nothing like a louisiana oyster. they are great. >> its impossible to imagine new orleans without all kinds of oysters on the menu. >> this is the grand isle shoreline protection oyster restoration project. >> around the world, oysters have declined 85%. its the most imperil marine ecosystem in the world. >> the goal of the project is to install artificial oyster reefs along particularly vulnerable marsh shorelines. >> the structures of vertical oyster reef, a metal frame with bags filled wit...

The way it works is we get waves coming through this region. eventually the waves eat away the shoreline. >> the reefs actually stop and ab bosh the wave energy. behind the reefs, the water flattens out. >> the wake of our own boat immediately lays down when it hits the reef back here. its amazing. >> in mobile bay, were using a different technique. >> looking good. >> that is we are laying bagged shell down on the floor of the gulf. volunteers formed a human chain and passed painstakingly one b...

See behind the reefs, the water flattens out. >> the wake of our own boat is just immediately lays down when it hits the reef back here. it is amazing. in mobile bay, we are using a different technique. >> looking good. >> and that is that we are laying bag shell down on the floor of the gulf. volunteers formed a human chain. in a task that is painstakingly to put one bag of oyster shell passed to another to create these reefs. we will see the oysters come in on the reefs, and we will see the fi...

Adult oysters have develop shells and grow into adult oysters. eventually well see these cages completely encrusted into oysters. >> these are particularly important. we get wave energy and waves coming through this region. eventually those waves eat away the shore line. >> the reef actually stop and absorb that wave energy. as you can see behind the reef, the water flattens out. >> the wake of our own boat is immediately lays down when it hits the reef back here. its amazing. in mobile bay, wer...

>> this is the grand isle shoreline protection oyster restoration project. >> around the world oysters have declined 85%, and it is the most imperiled ecosystem in the world. >> the goal of the project is to install artificial oyster reefs. along particularly vulnerable marsh shorelines. >> the structures of the vertical oyster reef. it is a metal frame with bags filled with recycled oyster shell. >> baby oysters will settle on adult oysters and develop shells and grow into adult oysters. eventu...