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An up-close photo of Japanese knotweed. Photo by Erwin, Pixabay
In late October I received from a few friends and social media acquaintances a link to a BBC article about Japanese knotweed and the near impossibility of ridding it in the United Kingdom, where the herbicides we rely on here to help control knotweed cannot legally be purchased.
Adult-use marijuana sales in Connecticut will begin on Jan. 10, 2023.
Nearly 18 months since Gov. Ned Lamont signed the state’s law legalizing recreational pot, officials on Friday gave a required 30-day public notice of the market’s official opening date.
Julia Rogers of the Housatonic Valley Association recently gave a presentation to the Warren Land Trust on strategic land protection priorities. Photo by Connie Manes
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series focusing on how land trusts in Northwest Connecticut are working in concert to tackle conservation challenges.
The nearly two dozen land trusts in rural Northwest Connecticut may be small, but they are mighty when it comes to collaborative conservation efforts.
Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration didn’t solve the entire financial puzzle Wednesday, Dec. 7, that heating assistance advocates have been working on for months.
But it connected a big piece.
POUGHKEEPSIE — The Dutchess County Legislature prioritized investments in recreation and municipal services as well as grant opportunities for youth programs when it passed the 2023 county budget on Thursday, Dec. 8, by a vote of 18-7.
The General Assembly adopted an omnibus measure in a special session Monday, Nov. 28 that extends Connecticut’s gasoline tax holiday, bolsters funding for winter heating assistance, discounts previously advertised pandemic bonuses for essential workers and makes a technical change to the bottle deposit program.
The 2022-2023 flu season in Connecticut is off to a fast and furious start, with more than 6,000 influenza cases, 102 hospitalizations and the first flu-related death reported last month, according to Dr. Manisha Juthani, commissioner for the Department of Public Health.
DOVER — Many people who check in on social networks may have seen recently that Concerned Citizens of Dover (CCD) invited neighbors, including specifically Millbrook and Millerton/North East, to attend the Town of Dover Planning Board meeting on Monday, Nov. 21.
Children at the Housatonic Child Care Center in Salisbury played outside during the sunny weather on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Photo by Janet Manko
Early child care centers across the Northwest Corner and in eastern Dutchess County tell a common story: An emerging staffing shortage underscores challenges both old and new in the industry.
Grown in a greenhouse at The Pass, in Sheffield, Mass., Papaya Punch is apopular product. Photo by Hunter O. Lyle
Since Connecticut approved recreational pot over a year ago, the process of licensing and building out the state’s market has been a slow burn.
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