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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 five lots, one of which is north of Route 184 and the other four to the south of the road. The pane...

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. Peter's Basilica. On Oct. 31, 1517, in the formal tradition of proposing a debate, Luther nailed to the door of the cathedral in Wittenberg, Germany, his now-famous 95 theses. The act slowly began the Reformation. "Why does no...

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 yet been committed and the $230,000 could end up being a combination of other funding sources, a...

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 Connecticut, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and other entities “will attem...