By Joe Wojtas The Times • 8/22/2013 For decades anyone aboard a boat on the Mystic River or driving along Route 27 has seen a large rotting coal barge behind what was Kitchen Little and is now Twisters Ice Cream. While it may have been an interesting topic of conversation, more recently it has begun […]
Dedicated Volunteers Create Storehouse Of Valuable Data By Leslie Rovetti The Westerly Sun • 8/18/2013 On water-testing day, it’s good to be the coastkeeper. Twice a month between May and October, Save the Bay coastkeeper David Prescott goes out on the Pawcatuck River and Little Narragansett Bay to take water samples. If the rain and […]
The Newport Daily News • 8/12/2013 The nonprofit organization, Clean Up Sound and Harbors, which seems to be growing at an exponential rate, is doing something to keep our waterways busy and clean. Group Helps To Protect Our Greatest Asset (PDF)
By Phil Butta Mystic River Press • 7/31/2013 MYSTIC — Two new visitors to Mystic were bicycling down Isham Street one day last week, and as the man and woman rounded the corner to Bay Street, the woman came to a stop. “Such a beautiful harbor!” she exclaimed as she found herself face-to-face with the […]
The New London Day 4/30/2013 Stonington – As part of its “Sound Friendly Gardening” program, CUSH, Clean Up Sound and Harbors, is bringing Charles “Chip” Osborne to Stonington to conduct a third round of workshops on May 14 on transitioning from chemical gardening products to natural lawn and turf management. Admission is free. The workshop schedule […]
The New London Day 3/7/2013 Stonington – The group Clean Up Sound and Harbors will continue its series of workshops March 14 on transitioning from chemical gardening products to natural lawn and turf management practices. The workshop is free and will be conducted by Charles Osborne of Osborne Organics, who focuses on taking the mystery out […]
The New London Day 1/21/2013 Stonington – Want to keep your grass green while being environmentally sensitive? On Feb. 7 and 8, Clean Up Sound and Harbors will sponsor four natural lawn and turf management workshops that are free and open to the public. The workshops will be conducted by Charles Osborne of Osborne Organics, LC. […]
The New London Day • 1/17/2013 Stonington – Clean Up Sound and Harbors, CUSH, will conduct two days of natural lawn and turf management workshops on Feb. 7 and 8. Admission is free. The workshops will be led by Charles “Chip” Osborne, founder and president of Osborne Organics. Among his clients are Grant Park in […]
The New London Day 9/24/2012 The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have awarded $261,534 in grants to statewide and southeastern Connecticut groups to fund projects to clean up Long Island Sound, improve water quality and for habitat restoration and education programs, Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, announced Monday. The grant […]
By Judy BensonThe New London Day 8/13/2012 Stonington – As thick fog hung over Wequetequock Cove Thursday morning, Richard Chamberlain and his 17-year-old daughter, Katherine, reached over the side of their Boston Whaler idling in the shallow gray water to fill and quickly cap several small bottles, then place them in a cooler. The process has been […]
