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Bury Christmas, And a Happy New Use: Repurposing Christmas Trees to Prevent Coastal Erosion When Christmas is over, those formerly-decorated trees may have a new purpose in protecting Connecticut beaches and marshes from erosion. Discarded Christmas trees help trap sand, stalling erosion, as shown here at Old Black Point Beach in East Lyme (Photo courtesy of David Kozak) Copy Link After they are stripped of festive tinsel and ornaments, most natural Christmas trees find their way out the door and into the dump. But there’s another possibility for these discarded evergree...

Things to do during Christmas week 2020, despite pandemic-year limitations Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 MADISON CAROLING: It won’t look exactly like last year’s event, above, but the First Congregational Church of Madison is inviting the community to join them for an evening of caroling and fellowship at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20. Director for Music Ministry Nathan J. Bayreuther will accompany the caroling on the church’s recently restored 1930 M.P. Moller Pipe Organ, which will be broadcast from the bell tower. The caroling will be done on the outside front lawn of the Fi...

he didn't speak to the police since his arrest. he's been in solitary confinement. if they feel he's not able to assist in his own defense or understand the charges against him, they can, of course, call for a psychiatric examination. and generally the state hospital in pueblo, the state can have its psychiatrist examine him to see if that's, in fact, the case. and after the arraignment, the plea would be entered, and 60 days from there the prosecution would have to make the decision of whether or not to go for the death penalty. those decisions are down the road a bit. >> nbc's mike...

virginia, western maryland, they're in the low 80s. there is some hot air aloft coming in from the midwest. they've been dealing with extreme heat the last number of days. we'll be feeling a bit of that. but our sunrise is just a couple minutes away, already illuminating the high clouds or the clouds up there at 15,000 to 20,000 feet, already glowing gold and orange. and the turquoise waters of the potomac river there beneath this beautiful sky on this tuesday morning. by 9:00, it's going to start getting hot, mid-80s. lots of sun this morning. and by noontime, a few clouds building,...

defending a death penalty case in colorado? and is the possibility of a plea bargain an option as we move further in the legal process? >> like you said, miss chambers is the most likely to pursue the death penalty of any district attorney in the state of colorado. as rarely as it is sought in colorado, and has been over the years, but the factors that she'll look at in whether or not she's going to plea bargain the case have a lot to do with whether or not what they uncover, as his bizarre behaviors is from a mental illness or not. and the plea bargain will be life without parole. i...