By David Collins The Day • 2/4/2014 When I first heard of plans to remove the remains of a rotting barge from a shore of the Mystic River, I felt a small pang, a loss. No doubt this was from the romantic in me, the one who can let charm and nostalgia trump decay and […]
Gayle Oko MysticThe New London Day 11/9/2013 The Union Baptist Church of Mystic Team partnered with Clean Up Sound and Harbors (CUSH), Stonington to clean up the Mystic River coastal areas. The amount of trash and garbage that 15 people collected in two hours and in only a half-mile area was overwhelming. To think that […]
The Norwich Bulletin 10/14/2013 Clean Up Sound and Harbors collected just under 200 lbs. of trash and debris during International Coastal Clean Up Day on Sept. 21. Members and volunteers cleaned the shoreline around Williams Beach in Mystic. For more information, visit cushinc.org.
By Judy BensonThe New London Day 9/12/2013 Stonington – With the increasing presence of invasive species such as Japanese shrimp and sea squirts and signs of declining water quality, continued monitoring of conditions in the Mystic River has perhaps never been more important. That was one of the messages conveyed by speakers at the annual meeting of […]
By Judy Benson The Day • 9/12/2013 Stonington – With the increasing presence of invasive species such as Japanese shrimp and sea squirts and signs of declining water quality, continued monitoring of conditions in the Mystic River has perhaps never been more important. That was one of the messages conveyed by speakers at the annual […]
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 […]
