Judy Rondeau, natural resource specialist with the Eastern Conservation district has been leading a study of Baker Cove and the watershed of Birch Plain Creek and two other watersheds that feed it. Syma Ebbin, research coordinator at Connecticut Sea Grant, assistant professor at UConn-Avery Point and GOSA board member, served as the project’s local guide. [...]
GROTON — The scheduled Aug. 3, 2011 Zoning Commission meeting has been canceled because the planning staff said it needed more time to work on the proposed changes to special permit regulations that were to have been discussed at the meeting. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the commission takes place Sept. 7.
GROTON — The town’s Office of Planning and Development Services expects to unveil Aug. 3, 2011, proposals for revising zoning regulations on special permits and site plans, Planning Manager Matthew J. Davis told the July 6 meeting of the Zoning Commission. In another disclosure, Planning Director Michael J. Murphy told the commission that work on [...]
GROTON — The Inland Wetlands Agency unanimously approved on June 8, 2011, regulation amendments that widen the areas of official regulation around watercourses and wetlands. The action came immediately after a public hearing at which no one opposed the amendments. GOSA welcomed the changes as a step in the right direction, though it said the [...]
GROTON — The Inland Wetlands Agency plans to hold a public hearing June 8, 2011, on regulation amendments that would extend regulatory oversight of the town’s wetlands and watercourses. The changes had been endorsed by the IWA Nov. 10, 2010, and the amendments to be presented at the hearing appear to contain no significant changes [...]
GROTON — The most controversial points at the April 6, 2011, Zoning Commission meeting centered on matters that didn’t appear on the agenda. The commission made quick work of the main official business, unanimously granting special permits for an expansion of the New England Cycle Works on Buddington Road and construction work on a building [...]
HARTFORD — The Day reported April 5, 2011, on the preceding day’s legislative hearing in Hartford on a bill to afford legal protection to municipalities that allow recreational use of land they own. The New London-based newspaper’s article, written by Day Staff Writer JC Reindl, is reprinted below. A Groton open-space advocate joined a coalition [...]
HARTFORD — Following is a statement that Groton Open Space Association Vice President Sidney F. Van Zandt delivered to a Connecticut House Judiciary Committee hearing April 4, 2011 on a bill to protect municipalities against lawsuits for accidents on their recreational lands. The slightly condensed text: I would urge you to support H.B. # 6557 that [...]
GROTON–The following article by reporter Judy Benson was published March 17, 2011, in The Day: The Town Council isn’t about to rush to act on something as significant as how the town should respond to the challenges of climate change. On Tuesday, the council unanimously accepted a report with four recommendations from a task force [...]
GROTON–The Avalonia Land Conservancy’s Groton Town Committee and members of the Groton Open Space Association plan to hold a two-part workshop on invasive plants in May. Following is the announcement of the workshop. – – – - ALIEN INVADERS A Two-Part Introduction for Land Stewards Outlining Practical and Effective Invasive Species Removal Techniques Inside: Wednesday, May 4, [...]
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