Summer reading challenge underway

From the North Haven Memorial Library: sioner Garrett Eucalitto. “Each year we’re identifying additional conservation areas that we can add to this program as part of our broader goals to create a more sustainable environment. However, our rights of way cannot provide the pollinators with everything they need. I encourage the public to join our efforts to help pollinators flourish in Connecticut.”

Teens entering grades 6 through 12 in the fall are invited to participate in the 2023 North Haven Memorial Library Teen Summer Reading Challenge. Complete fun activities on a digital, pirate-themed, BINGO card to win books, treasures, and tickets that you can put toward our grand prize drawings. Register through the Beanstack Tracker App or sign up online at northhavenlibrary.beanstack.org. The challenge began Tuesday, June 20.

All you have to do is read for 20 minutes a day to earn coins that you can redeem for prizes at the end of the challenge. Plus, visit the library about once a week to play our giant game board to win mini prizes. We also have an extra special Rubber Ducky Club for our littlest friends, who are not in school yet.

The CTDOT pollinator corridors are marked with conservation area signage and consist of warm season grasses, native wildflowers and low-growing vegetation.

They bloom in late June and continue through the summer months.

Some examples of plants found in conservation areas include milkweed, goldenrod, joe pye weed and aster.

Varying species with staggered bloom time promotes biodiversity, healthy habitats, and increases the survival rate of pollinators in the area. These corridors along the highways provide an extensive network for pollinators.

Motorists traveling throughout Connecticut can see these corridors near highway ramps, medians, and along roadside shoulders. While the blooms are beautiful to see, motorists are asked not to stop on the highway to take photos or videos of the conservation areas.

For more information about National Pollinator Week and the importance of pollinators, visit pollinator.org.

Ramon

North Haven-based

Construction, uses a long-handled scraper on the steeple of First United Methodist Church on East Main Street in Meriden, June 19. The church is undergoing extensive exterior renovations. Workers will continue scraping, priming and painting the steeple over the next few weeks. A new roof was completed in December 2022 as part of the project.