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David Cash, New England Regional Administrator, EPA, along with Sen. Richard Blumenthal removing a sign advising passerby from entering the creek due to chemical contamination in Stratford, Connecticut on May 13, 2024. The creek is now deemed remediated even as other parts of the former Raymark industrial site continue to be cleaned up in a project that will last at least another four years.
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After decades of pollution, a sign of progress in Stratford: A creek is no longer contaminated
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It’s taken around four years of work to get Ferry Creek cleared of chemical contamination, the result of a former automotive parts factory dumping industrial waste. But signs of plant growth are a welcome sign as clean-up efforts continue at the former Raymark site.
“Hate crimes have been on the rise across this country targeting minority groups of every background,” David Waren said. “The Jewish community, the Muslim community, the LGBTQ community, the Hindu and Sikh communities, have all been targeted. Black churches have been targeted throughout the South.”
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Nearly 50 people were involved in the rescue of two horses trapped in mud this past weekend in Lebanon, Ct.
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Rescuers free 2 horses stuck in several feet of mud in Connecticut
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FILE, 2020: The Connecticut Department of Corrections created a preventative program to reduce colorectal cancer deaths among the formerly incarcerated. Connecticut was the first state to implement such a program; and six other states have now followed suit.
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A program to screen for colon cancers in CT prisons is attracting national attention
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The legislative session opens in Hartford with a speech from Governor Lamont on the state of the state and upcoming budget priorities.
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