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Jun. 2—STONINGTON — A solar energy company outlined its conceptual plans to construct solar energy farms on Jeremy Hill and Lantern Hill roads for the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday. The commission, though, would have no jurisdiction over the projects being proposed by Greenskies Clean Energy LLC, as review and approval is through the Connecticut Siting Council. Once Greenskies ...
Avoid the crowds along these 25 secret hiking trails around CT Peter Marteka FacebookTwitterEmail While popular state park hiking areas filled up fast during the pandemic, forcing the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to close them, nearby land trusts and municipal open spaces sat relatively empty and unused. To enjoy our natural beauty without the crowds, skip the overused trails and visit these paths less traveled. Hidden Valley Preserve Location: Washington Total distance: 17 miles Must-see: The “Pinnacle” and “Lookout” overlooks Hidden Valley Preserve is home...
While the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes have been administering the COVID-19 vaccine to tribal members — and now, on a limited basis, to some of their casino employees — the Eastern Pequot Tribe has been struggling to get its elderly members vaccinated. The Easterns’ chairwoman, Katherine Sebastian Dring, believes it’s another consequence of her tribe’s lack of federal recognition, a status the Mashantuckets and Mohegans have long enjoyed. “Here we are, a state-recognized tribe with a reservation established in 1683, scientists have said we need to get vaccinated and we h...
Did English Puritans Commit Genocide in New England? A nineteenth-century engraving depicting the burning of a Pequot Nation Fort, believed to be the Mystic massacre in 1637 WASHINGTON – Sometime before dawn on May 27, 1637, English militia from Massachusetts and Connecticut, backed by several hundred Narragansett and Mohegan allies, launched a surprise attack on the fortified Pequot village of Mystic, one of about 20 Pequot tribal villages in southeastern Connecticut. By now, Plymouth Colony, established by the Pilgrims in 1620, was a self-sufficient settlement. After a rocky first winter...
Source: gasworld Many talented former and current gases industry employees worked in the building over the years and its demolition will put to rest one of the final remnants of Airco Industrial Gases, early leaders and pioneers in the industrial gas industry. The above photo will surely give rise to a feeling of nostalgia for many who passed through this building during their careers. Airco Industrial Gases moved to the building as its new US headquarters in November 1978. Earlier that year, Airco had been acquired by The BOC Group, plc, but the Airco name was retained for a number of years.