News
Clean Water Festival: Windham Water Works to hold event
12+ hour, 29+ min ago (606+ words) Natchaugh Healthy Watershed Advisory Board members Maura Robie, Michael Callahan, Kathy Demers, Tyler Johnson, Megan Trujillo, Ashley Lorinsky, Roger Wolfe, Delia Fey, Sonya Carrizales and Cassidy Plaud. MANSFIELD " Windham Water Works will hold a family fun day to help people…...
Mansfield offering Earth Day exhibits, tours
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (478+ words) Members of the Mansfield Garden Club participate each year in the Mansfield Earth Day Celebration, offering the opportunity for visitors to transplant plants or flowers to take home. Students who are part of the Mansfield Elementary School Eco-Action Team are…...
Environmental, animal welfare grants awarded
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (263+ words) Camp Laurel, the property in Lebanon that The Trust for Public Land is seeking to preserve. LEBANON " To celebrate Earth Day, the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut awarded $1. 1 million in environmental and animal welfare grants to several organizations across the…...
ECSU's Earth Day Market returns on Wednesday
1+ week, 6+ day ago (435+ words) The campus of Eastern Connecticut State University. WILLIMANTIC " With Earth Day just around the corner, many organizations are kicking it into high gear with ways to celebrate. Eastern Connecticut State University for one will bring back its annual market. The…...
Local towns receive grants to control aquatic invasive species
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (342+ words) WINDHAM " The towns of Windham, Mansfield and Coventry were among those in eastern Connecticut to receive DEEP Grants for aquatic invasive species control on lakes, ponds and rivers. The grants in this round totaled $450, 000 and were awarded to 10 projects focused…...
Upper Woodland Terrace Oil Spill and Response meeting
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (553+ words) Yeomans Hall in Columbia. COLUMBIA " The Town of Columbia will hold a public informational meeting about the Upper Woodland Terrace Oil Spill and Response. Originally scheduled for March 19, the informational meeting was moved to Wednesday at 7 p. m. in Yeomans Hall. Back…...
ECSU to host conference on artificial intelligence
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (169+ words) The belltower on the campus of Eastern Connecticut State University. WILLIMANTIC " Topics on artificial intelligence that are changing the way the world works will be discussed during a campus-wide conference of "Liberal Arts Education in the Age of AI." The…...
Roots for Tomorrow: Windham program awarded $107 K grant
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (373+ words) Project Imo participants at a preserve in North Windham in 2024. WINDHAM " Roots for Tomorrow was awarded a grant from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Roots for Tomorrow in Windham will receive $107, 214. The organization, which partners with universities…...
E. O. Smith student raises money for 3 D printer at library
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (398+ words) WILLINGTON " A student from E. O. Smith High School has raised enough money with community support to purchase a 3 D printer for the Willington Public Library. The effort was first made known in October by Abdurahman Pelletier, who is a senior at…...
Free online climate risk mapping tool launches
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (336+ words) Governor Ned Lamont announced the launch of a new online tool that helps Connecticut residents and businesses assess the climate risks facing their properties, including flooding, wildfires, strong winds and extreme heat. "This is an important piece in our statewide…...