Reminder: Transportation Funding Forum This Monday
On Monday, CFE’s Transit for Connecticut program is holding its transportation funding forum on where the state is now and what is next.
Category: Land
Connecticut Representatives Travel to New Jersey to See Successful Community Development Around Rail Stations
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.
Transportation Funding Forum: December 10, 2012
On December 10, 2012, Transit for Connecticut, a workgroup of CFE, is holding a transportation funding forum to discuss where we are now and what’s next to move the state forward.
A Story of Fire, Water and Dunes: Chalker Beach in Old Saybrook
Today, three weeks since Hurricane Sandy, Chalker Beach in Old Saybrook is busy with activity. I notice trucks with logos that contain the words “Septic”, “Contractor”, “Demolition”, and “Electrical” motor past as they head to the shoreline area.
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 […]
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.
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 […]