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A local ordinance, which bans the care of such wild animals, prompted a cease-and-desist...

Lifeguard staffing for Connecticut’s state parks are at about 62 percent of its...

Westport officials said they are committed to reducing their carbon footprint and the...

New CT boat registrations nearly doubled in 2020: The docks are completely full Alexander Soule FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 A man shoulders his kayak in August 2020 at Cove Island Marina in Stamford, Conn.Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Echo Bay Marina workers install canopies over boat slips in April 2021 in Brookfield, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of8 4of8 A sailboat positioned to be hoisted in April 2020 at Bridgeport Bo...

Milford police searching for domestic violence suspect near Silver Sands State Park FacebookTwitterEmail File photo— police cruiserContributed / Getty MILFORD — Police have named the suspect in a violent domestic incident that led to a manhunt in Silver Sands State Park Monday afternoon. The suspect was identified as 32-year-old Anthony Sliney. Police spokesman Mike DeVito asked that the public not approach Sliney if they see him, but instead call police. He is described as 6-foot-tall man,...

Milford police searching for domestic violence suspect near Silver Sands State Park FacebookTwitterEmail File photo— police cruiserContributed / Getty MILFORD — Silver Sands State Park has been closed for a “law enforcement investigation” Monday as local police look for a suspect in a violent domestic dispute, officials said. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection confirmed the park’s closure in a tweet sent shortly after noon. Will Healey, a spokesman for DEEP, s...

Officials: No plans to expand testing after elevated chemical levels found in Killingworth wells John Moritz FacebookTwitterEmail Containers used to collect soil and water samples to detect for PFAS are displayed during a New York State Department of Conservation press conference in Cohoes, N.Y.Will Waldron / Albany Times Union KILLINGWORTH — State regulators said this week there are no specific plans to expand the testing of water supplies outside of town after several rounds of examination ...

New London — DRVN Enterprises says it should have the opportunity to operate at State Pier during and after a construction project to upgrade the pier into an offshore wind staging area and is formally objecting to a draft decision on the project. The Connecticut Port Authority, though, is arguing that DVRN does not have legal standing to object because it no longer has an interest at State Pier. DRVN Enterprises, which stored and distributed salt at State Pier until being forced to lea...

Officials identify man pronounced dead on scene in Quinebaug River area FacebookTwitterEmail POMFRET — A man was pronounced dead on scene after being located in the Quinebaug River area Sunday, according to a DEEP spokesperson. Officials identified the man as 58-year-old Putnam resident Michael Lowell, DEEP spokesperson Will Healey said in an email. Police were responding to “a report of a missing kayaker and a submerged kayak with no occupant” Sunday, according to Healey. A man found wit...

A missing kayaker pronounced dead Sunday after being pulled from the Quinebaug River has been identified as a Putnam man. State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officials said Michael Lowell, 58, was the occupant of a submerged kayak found in a Pomfret section of the river. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics and was not wearing a life jacket, DEEP officials said. Agency spokesman Will Healey said his department is continuing to advise anyone heading onto the wate...