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Greenwich Scouting Offers “Sea Scouts” Program

The program will meet twice a month for 10 months and is just $165. Participants will learn everything from knot tying to chart reading from great instructors and guest speakers. The program will be held at IHYC on Steamboat Road; participants do not have to be members of the club. Continue Reading →

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PHOTOS: Live Like Luke Beach Cleanup Features New GHS Club Dedicated to Sharks

Barrels categorized for styrofoam, sports balls, plastic containers, glass bottles, straws, and more filled up quickly on Saturday morning. There were also tables and tents set up for environmental groups to share information. Continue Reading →

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Drainage in Cos Cob: What’s the Cost of Doing Nothing?

And like the previous meetings for the Pemberwick and Brothers Brook drainage area neighbors responded with frustration that the town wasn’t doing more to mitigate flooding and the emphasis on action items was for residents to do their own flood mitigation. Continue Reading →

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LETTER: Mead Point Development Blocks Access to Public Waters

The proposed property is built on an island knoll surrounded by a mile and a quarter of shoreline that includes two tidal ponds. Through the review and discovery process DEEP has reported that the larger tidal pond was created by a causeway and a bridge, which were illegally constructed as neither has ever been permitted. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Land Trust Announces Waterfront Land Acquisition in Riverside

Though small, the conservation value of Willowmere Parmelee Allen Preserve is mighty. With the amount of development along the coast of Greenwich and Connecticut as a whole, conserving more than a half-acre of intertidal salt marsh habitat is vital to the ecological health of our coastal areas. Continue Reading →

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