Volume 16, Number 34
Volunteers needed for Q River cleanup
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WHARTON BROOK STATE PARK
Volunteers of all ages are sought for a Quinnipiac River Watershed Association cleanup scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Volunteers will meet at QRWA Headquarters, 540 Oregon Road, Meriden. QRWA will provide trash bags, gloves and refreshments, and guides will be on-site with instructions and a list of key locations that need cleaning. Regularly-held QRWA cleanups began in the 1990s and became semi-annual in the early 2000s. In a positive sign, cleanups have pulled in smaller hauls in recent years. "In the early years we estimated about a ton at each event because of a lot of metal that was pulled out of the river, and now we estimate about 500 to 1,000 pounds per event," David James, longtime watershed association president, said back in April. Some odd items that volunteers have plucked out of the See Cleanup, A2
Christine Laskowski and daughter Eleanor, 10, keep watch while babysitting for Edith Skora, 3, and her brother Sam, 7, on a rainy day at Wharton Brook State Park on June 22. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Swimming area reopens following bacteria concerns Wharton Brook State Park, which is located off Route 5 on the border with North Haven, was closed to swimmers Tuesday due to high bacteria levels.
send the samples for analysis at the Department of Public Health Lab for the presence of a “certain indicator of bacteria,” according to the statement.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection monitors swimming areas and beaches and collects samples on a weekly basis. DEEP staff
The DEEP announced Wednesday morning that swimming could commence at Wharton Brook.
Friday, August 20, 2021
GOP unveils juvenile justice reforms State Rep. Dave Yaccarino joined his Republican colleagues on Tuesday, Aug. 10 in backing a list of legislative proposals to reform the state's juvenile justice laws and seek accountability Yaccarino for the victims of Connecticut's recent crime wave. During a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol, House Republicans listed over a dozen statutory and policy changes they sought to make that focused on the following main concepts: prevention, accountability, and rehabilitation. The proposed reforms include: Implementing victim See Crime, A2
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