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The lingering warm weather earlier this month had brought the garlic mustards back to life and I was happy for the opportunity to get ahead of what is usually one of my first spring chores: pulling them out with that long white taproot intact.
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday, Nov. 17 he will call the General Assembly into special session by month’s end to increase funding for pandemic worker bonuses and heating oil assistance and to extend the gas-tax holiday and free bus service.
MORRIS — Luminaries and environmentalists turned out en masse on Sunday, Nov. 20 to support the Housatonic Valley Association’s (HVA) 30th Auction for the Environment, raising an estimated $171,000, which is a record breaker, during the gala affair at South Farms in Morris.
On a balmy Thursday evening in November, staying indoors to attend the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies’ virtual talk, “Predicting the Next Pandemic with AI and Ecology” featuring Barbara Han, a disease ecologist, proved interesting and informative — even as the science discussed spelled out a difficult road ahead.
NORFOLK — An informational meeting was held Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Botelle Elementary School to address residents’ questions regarding the Nov. 5 rollover of a tanker truck that spilled more than 8,000 gallons of gasoline into the town’s drainage system.
The results from the state and local elections on Tuesday, Nov. 8 revealed a few surprises and some close races in Dutchess County.
Michelle Hinchey (D, WF) beat long-time State Senator Sue Serino (R,C,I) in the 41st Senate District race, 72,149 votes to Serino’s 65,557.
Crews were at work in Norfolk last week removing contaminated soil along Route 44 after a tanker truck spilled more than 8,000 gallons of gasoline into the town’s drainage system on Saturday, Nov. 5. Photo by Jonathan Barbagallo
NORFOLK — Emergency response efforts continued this week in the wake of the Saturday, Nov. 5, rollover of a gasoline tanker truck on Route 44, spilling more than 8,000 gallons of gasoline into the town’s storm drainage system.
Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
Students across the Northwest Corner met with military veterans to commemorate Veterans Day and learn about the experience of serving in the military. Click here to see stories and more photos.
A leaf of the invasive plant tree-of-heaven (Ailthanthus altissima), the host plant of the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula). Photo by Alison Robey
Every one of us is familiar with invasive species. They are the bright yellow dandelions dotting our lawns, the startlingly green honeysuckles spilling over our roadsides, and the swarming spongy moth caterpillars prematurely emptying our forest’s canopy last summer. But what is it that makes these organisms so invasive in the first place?
Ethan Arsenault, center, purchased the dairy cows at Freund’s Farm in East Canaan and leased the barn from Matthew Freund, left, and Ben Freund. Arsenault is in partnership with Lo Nan Farms in Pine Plains. Photo by John Coston
EAST CANAAN – Eugene and Esther Freund started the family dairy farm more than seven decades ago, and when the time came to hand it down to the next generation, Eugene looked to his sons, Ben and Matthew.
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