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10 Energy Saving Tips for Energy Awareness Month
By Linda Poppenheimer. This October, fulfill the promise you made to yourself earlier in the year to get serious about saving energy and reducing your carbon footprint. October is an ideal time to address your energy use for a number of reasons. First, you still have plenty of time to… SEE MORE
The Maine Boat Show - Maine's Newest Boat Show
Debuting this fall at Thompson’s Point in Portland, The Maine Boat Show will feature dozens of Maine’s finest boat dealers, builders, services and marine related vendors. The October 4-6 event is produced by the Maine Marine Trades Association, a nonprofit industry association. A fall boat show is new for the organization according… SEE MORE
Connecticut Fishing Report Week of September 19th, 2019
ATLANTIC BONITO & LITTLE TUNNY fishing is very good. Atlantic Bonito and Little Tunny (False Albacore, Albies) have been reported at The Race, Niantic Bay, Jordan Cove, Sunken Island, Middleground, Norwalk Islands, South Benson Pier, Stratford Shoal and Sasco Beach. These lightning fast fish are so quick and schools move… SEE MORE
America's Great Loop: "The Last Great Adventure."
The Great Loop has been called “the last great adventure in North America”, and it’s gaining in popularity as hundreds of boats follow the 6,000-mile continuous waterway route every year. The Great Loop takes boaters up the Atlantic seaboard, through historic canals, across the Great Lakes, down the inland rivers… SEE MORE
Mayflower II Launched Into Water After 3-Year Restoration
By Jackie Bruno and Kaitlin McKinley Becker. A restored replica of the ship that pilgrims sailed to Plymouth in 1620 was launched into the water in Mystic, Connecticut, on Saturday for the first time in three years. On a sunny day in Mystic, with just enough wind to fill the… SEE MORE
Connecticut Recreational Fisheries Regulations for 2019
Striped Bass Minimum length: 28 inches Daily creel limit: 1 fish per angler Open Season: Open Year Round Bonus Striped Bass Fishing Program Summer Flounder (Fluke) Minimum length: 19 inches Daily creel limit: 4 fish per angler Open Season: May 4 - September 30 Enhanced Opportunity Shore Fishing Sites the Minimum Length… SEE MORE
Upcoming Food Festivals Across the US
Here in the Northeast we are savoring the remaining days of summer while avoiding thoughts of the cold months just around the corner. As we move into the height of food festival season we wanted to share a few of our favorites from across the US. Don't miss out on… SEE MORE
US Precipitation Record Hits All-time High in 2019
Rain – and plenty of it – was the big weather story in June, adding to a record-breaking 12 months of precipitation for the contiguous U.S. It's the third consecutive time in 2019 (April, May and June) the past 12-month precipitation record has hit an all-time high. Here’s a snapshot of… SEE MORE
AAA Anticipates Savings at the Gas Pump this Summer
Nearly every state’s gas price average is cheaper than a week ago, a month ago and a year ago. Today’s national average is $2.74, which is seven-cents cheaper than last week, 13-cents less than a month ago and 18 cents cheaper than a year ago. “Refinery utilization in the United… SEE MORE
Casting About the Connecticut River
By Captain Tom Migdalski. The Native Algonquins called it “Quinnehtukqut,” or “Long Tidal River,” and were the first to appreciate the estuary’s incredible diversity of life. Flowing 410 miles from its origin at the Canadian border, the Connecticut River dumps 10 billion gallons of fresh water into Long Island Sound… SEE MORE
Spring 2019 Tides Expected to be Higher than Average
The rising and falling of the sea is a phenomenon upon which we can always depend. Tides are the regular rise and fall of the sea surface caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun and their position relative to the earth. There are some factors that cause… SEE MORE
Submarine Force Museum: Visiting the USS NAUTILUS
In 1951, Congress authorized the building of the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Given the name NAUTILUS, the revolutionary propulsion system was only the first of the ship's many records. Over her 26 years of service, she sailed over half a million nautical miles, including the first ship to cross the… SEE MORE