Connecticut River

Romney is staying a step ahead

2012-01-05 17:33:00

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Monster Mash: More skepticism in Ansel Adams controversy; Andrew Lloyd Webber coming to Xbox

2010-08-13 16:32:53

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New Hampshire's missing Yankees

2007-12-17 00:00:00

Every four years, critics from across the country grouse about this tiny state's disproportionate influence on the presidential election. And it's hard to ignore the fact that New Hampshire, whose population is 96% white, does not look like a lot of the...

Images in stone

2008-06-10 11:10:25

It was mid-April, and the Connecticut River as it passes by Bellows Falls, Vt., was raging with snowmelt, flooding its banks in places. I had come to see petroglyphs, rock carvings made by Native Americans centuries ago. Would I even be able to see them?...

Attempts to bring salmon back to the Connecticut River aren't doing much

2012-05-08 13:20:00

Every year, hatchery trucks dump hundreds of thousands of little salmon "fry" into Connecticut River system streams. It's part of a four-decade-long attempt to bring back an iconic fish that disappeared from these waters in the early 1800s. It isn't...

It's Shad Season, And Chefs Are Adding This Favorite To Menus

2012-05-02 00:00:00

Spring's delicacies are fleeting. Tulips and daffodils, fiddlehead ferns and native asparagus make their appearance for a few weeks, then fade away until the next year. The same can be said for Alosa sapidissima, better known as shad, the herring...

Real estate market finally kills the Great Haddam Land Swap Controversy

2012-04-04 11:00:00

The Great Haddam Land Swap Controversy has reached a conclusion at last, and all because of changing land values. The Swap involved a proposed trade of 87 acres of land next to a state forest, which was owned by a developer, for 17 acres of state-owned...

Best Breakfast Spot (Middletown)

2012-04-13 09:11:00

1) O'Rourke's Diner O'Rourke's is a legendary diner in Middletown. (Part of the building burned down a few years back, but the community basically couldn't allow the place to not be rebuilt.) Each year a new crop of Wesleyan students learns the joys of...

Vampires of the sea: Lampreys are Connecticut's most disrespected fish

2012-04-23 10:44:00

They are, according to one expert, the “most wrongly disrespected fish” in the whole Connecticut River system. Another says he’s had run-ins with fishermen “beating them to death with golf clubs or anything else they can find.&...

Take a ride on the Connecticut River with RiverQuest

2012-03-06 14:15:00

Get out and enjoy the last of the crisp winter air on one of the Connecticut Audubon Society EcoTravel's eagle-viewing boat rides. The tours take place aboard the RiverQuest, which has a bathroom, a heated cabin, and two open viewing decks for checking...

Dining Destinations For Lovers

2012-02-02 00:00:00

About 80 Attend First Meeting On Revising Wethersfield's Plan Of Development

2012-02-01 07:46:52

The ferry Hollister and tug Cumberland await the start of the season in the Rocky Hill ferry slip Monday. The ferry service, the nation's oldest continuously operating ferry service in the U.S.

2012-04-30 00:00:00

Take a ride on the Connecticut River

2012-03-06 14:22:18

Get an early start on the fun. The third annual Eagle Flyer departs from Essex Station, 1 Railroad Ave.,Feb. 18 and 19. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., observe winter views of wildlife and nature as the Eagle Flyer goes on a two and a half hour trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

2012-02-15 06:36:42