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READER SUBMITTED: Common Grounds Rotary Garden Of Enfield
EnfieldCommon Grounds Rotary Garden of Enfield has officially begun its eighth year. The season kicked off on Earth Day weekend with an open event to get the garden ready for growing. A big thank you is extended to all the volunteers who came out to help on...Tags: Human Interest
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READER SUBMITTED: Earth Day Campaign Generates $1,100 For Connecticut Forest And Park Association
StatewideThere was a lot to celebrate on Earth Day at Best Cleaners this year as the environmentally-friendly drycleaning business rang up donations for the Connecticut Forest and Park Association (CFPA), the first non-profit conservation organization in the... -
READER SUBMITTED: East Catholic High School Students Win Local ACS Illustrated Poem Contest
ManchesterEast Catholic High School in Manchester, is pleased to announce that Junior Melissa DeBella and Sophomore Alex Wing placed first and second place respectively in the Connecticut Valley section of the ACS (America Chemistry Society) Illustrated Poem...Tags: Science and Technology
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LETTER: Why Landscape Butchery Along Highways?
For months now, I have watched the edges of roads and highways become more and more depleted of the beautiful trees that line them. While I understand that, in some cases, branches hanging too low over roads or select old trees perhaps leaning too...Tags: Middletown, John James Audubon
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Homer Glen plans Earth Day~Arbor Day celebration
Homer Glen is planning to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day in style with entertainment and demonstrations that showcase the importance of nature and animals. The event — the village's sixth annual Earth Day~Arbor Day celebration — will take...Tags: Entertainment, Nicor Incorporated, Waste Management Incorporated, Will County, Lockport
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Tamarac student bags winning design
What does South Florida nature look like? For 12-year-old Jordan Hessler, it's a canvas of clouds, the sun, palm trees and a bobbing boat. His vision is emblazoned on tote bags now for sale at Whole Foods Market in Coral Springs. The boy won a contest...
Tags: Coral Springs, Tamarac, Whole Foods Market
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Green Wheels: Start Your (Electric) Motors
If electric cars are to succeed, they need to be more visible. Only approximately 50,000 were sold nationwide last year, and that means that, everywhere but California, they're still pretty much under the radar. I've long believed that car buyers are...
Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), New York City, Ford, Prius, Manhattan (New York City)
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Whitehall Township preserves history with Prydun Farm
I would like to thank the Whitehall Township mayor and commissioners for having vision to procure the Prydun Farm and to keep it for perpetuity as an undeveloped green space. Preliminary research has astonishingly revealed a historic past that touches...Tags: Coplay, Allentown, Whitehall, Human Interest, Liberty Bell
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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: HIV, Lois Capps, Ecosystems, Carolyn B. Maloney, Betty McCollum
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Column: Signs of grown-ups in charge
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. President Barack Obama used a recess...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Dave Camp, Manufacturing and Engineering, Richard Cordray, U.S. Congress
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Where 'green' began
MONTELLO, Wis. — When walking in the footsteps of greatness, it is of equal importance to follow where they lead and to discover where they began. In celebration of the life of the fervent conservationist John Muir in the year of his 175th...
Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, National Parks, Farms, Yosemite National Park, Memorial Day
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