Plum Island Hearing May 7: Zoning Island Could Save It from Development

While we wait for the federal government to release the final Environmental Impact Statement on Plum Island, we at Save the Sound are working hard looking at other ways to prevent the island from being sold to the highest bidder. On May 7, there will be a chance for the public to speak in support […]

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Proposed Pipe to UConn is Bad Water Policy

The University of Connecticut is seeking an additional source of drinking water at its campus in Storrs to supply a potential technology park. UConn and the Metropolitan District Commission (the body that manages the public water supply in the greater Hartford area) are proposing to run a pipe across central Connecticut–from the Farmington River Watershed […]

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Connecticut Appellate Court Upholds CFE Position in Eureka Case

Yesterday, the Connecticut Appellate Court officially released its decision in Eureka V, LLC v. Planning and Zoning Commission of Ridgefield et al., upholding CFE’s position that the development must be subject to the one unit per two acres limitation in a drinking water watershed.

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Guest Post: Save “The Last Mile” in East Lyme

The best way to see “The Hills” is from the upper reaches of the Niantic River in East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut.  The “Last Mile” is, as far as we can tell, the last undeveloped mile of salt water frontage on the Connecticut coast.  The Hills rise from the river to nearly 100 feet elevation […]

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NU Land Trust Incorporates

Last week, we attended the Northeast Utilities Land Trust’s Incorporation Reception at the King’s Island Wildlife Management Area in Enfield. The location of the reception was across the Connecticut River from King’s Island, one of the four parcels of land that NU is donating into the newly-formed Northeast Utilities Land Trust.

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Last week’s Plum Island Hearing in Greenport

In addition to attending the Plum Island hearing in Old Saybrook last week, Save the Sound staff traveled across the Sound to check out the New York public hearing in Greenport on October 18. On the ferry over from New London, we got to see Little Gull Island and Plum Island from the sea and […]

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Save the Sound Reports Back from Plum Island Public Hearing

Last night at the Saybrook Point Inn & Spa, the U.S. General Services Administration held its Connecticut public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the sale of Plum Island.

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