By Brooke ConstanceThe Westerly Sun 10/30/2017 STONINGTON — In 1993, when Gracelyn Guyol received a diagnosis of bipolar II disorder, she started taking an antidepressant and immediately developed rapid-growth breast cysts and tumors. At first, Guyol, a Stonington resident, didn’t see a connection between the medication and the benign tumors, but after having two surgeries […]
By Joe WojtasThe New London Day 8/26/2017 Mystic — Volunteers from local schools and businesses led by Mystic Aquarium will once again spend eight hours cleaning debris from a 10-mile stretch of Mystic River shorefront and surrounding areas on Monday. The Mystic Wide Cleanup and its after party will conclude the aquarium’s Summer Night for 2017, which […]
By Judy BensonThe New London Day 6/30/2017 Stonington — With a sterile glass jar in her gloved hand, Sally Cogan leaned over the side of her small open motor boat Friday morning to scoop some water from the mouth of Wequetequock Cove. “We’ve been doing this for 10 years,” she said, as she capped the jar while […]
The New London Day 5/30/2017 Save the Sound recently announced that it has launched a new water testing program that will dramatically increase available data on the health of Long Island Sound. The bi-state nonprofit organization already issues an annual “report card” on the health of the estuary. Now, it will undertake the Unified Water Study: […]
The New London Day 5/7/2017 Mystic — Clean Up Sound & Harbors will celebrate its 10th anniversary from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 13 at Latitude 41 Restaurant. The organization’s mission is to clean up and protect Fisher’s Island Sound, including its coves, inlets, bays, rivers, and harbors. During the celebration, CUSH Founder Gracelyn Guyol will […]
By CUSH, Inc. 3/27/2017 LISFF awarded $24,000 Grant to Mystic Aquarium and CUSH Stonington Harbors Water Quality Study and Public Engagement Project We are very excited to be collaborating with Mystic Aquarium on this Long Island Sound Futures Fund project! It will allow us to monitor five additional sites in the Mystic River, which will […]
By CUSH, Inc. 3/27/2017 Annual Meeting 2016 At our Annual Meeting in December, CUSH Founding President Gracelyn Guyol expressed her gratitude for all the hard work, dedication, enthusiasm, and generosity that has enabled CUSH to grow, thrive and survive through its first decade as an organization. What she started ten years ago has become a […]
By CUSH, Inc. 3/24/2017 What’s up, or almost up? Dandelions!!!! It’s nearly time for our second annual dandelion dig at the Stonington High School baseball field. Stay posted – we’ll be talking to the coaches and watching for the first few yellow blooms. Then we’ll need you and your favorite dandelion digger to do some […]
By CUSH, Inc. 2/25/2017 DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT Download High Resolution PDF (4.9 MB) > Download Low Resolution PDF (1 MB) > This report adds monitoring results for 2014 to those contained in our previous report,“Water Quality of Four Estuaries in Coastal Stonington and Mystic Connecticut, 2008-2013.” The purpose of our monitoring program is to assess the current and […]
By CUSH, Inc. 2/2/2017 Please support CUSH as we celebrate our 10th year promoting clean healthy water in and around Stonington and Mystic. Please Support CUSH As We Celebrate Our 10th Year! (PDF)
