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Stormy Hammonasset

2012-05-30T12:02:00.001-04:00

The worst of the storm was over, but there were still lingering signs as I approached the Meigs Point section of Hammonasset State Park. Sand spilled out into the roadway, and low-lying stretches...

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Harkness State Park

2012-03-09T05:27:00.001-05:00

I've often thought the estate at Harkness State Park seems a bit out of place with its surroundings. It's as if this 42-room, Roman Revival mansion drifted down from Newport or Sands Points,...

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Old Harbor

2011-09-30T06:00:00.003-04:00

Sometime around Labor Day the light begins to noticeably change. It's subtle at first; only recognizable in the hours surrounding dawn and dusk. By the middle of September, however, it...

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The Cos Cob Pelican

2011-09-26T19:06:00.000-04:00

Mianus River, Greenwich, September 26

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Merit

2011-09-16T09:45:00.002-04:00

My days in Greenport often include numerous visits to the commercial fishing dock. I never plan it that way, but after an early morning walk up Front Street for coffee and a newspaper, a short detour...

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Phragmites Park

2011-09-07T09:42:00.001-04:00

At the southern tip of Northport Harbor is the eleven-acre Phragmites Park. Wedged between some residential neighborhoods, the entrance to the preserve is easy to miss when traveling along Route 25A....

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Beached Sailboat

2011-09-03T08:51:00.000-04:00

Beached Sailboat; Early Street, City Island

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The Summer House At City Island Yacht Club

2011-09-02T10:17:00.005-04:00

Much of the destruction from Tropical Storm Irene has been well documented this week, but some damage has gone largely unreported. The pier at the City Island Yacht Club is one such...

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Starfish.... And Other Threats

2011-08-08T10:43:00.003-04:00

"The fishermen are gone; the lobsters are gone..... Shellfishing's the one thing that remains" Wherever oysters thrive, starfish are likely to follow. When Bren hoisted the cage on board,...

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Hauling The Cage

2011-08-03T11:26:00.001-04:00

Unlike the oysters growing in beds on the bottom of the Sound, Bren's are cultivated in cages which he tends to on a daily basis. These are rectangular, wire mesh contraptions resembling a large...

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Just Your Local Oysterman

2011-08-01T15:24:00.004-04:00

Bren wasn't kidding when he said he never learned to swim. Raised along the shores of Newfoundland, the short summers and biting temperatures of the Labrador Current didn't provide many swimming...

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Stony Creek, 6 a.m.

2011-07-31T17:28:00.005-04:00

Oystering on Long Island Sound is not always a large enterprise. Early Thursday morning, I arrived at the Stony Creek docks to meet Brendan Smith of the Thimble Island Oyster Company. This is an...

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Thimble Island Oysters

2011-07-28T12:50:00.000-04:00

This morning, I had the opportunity to spend a few hours aboard with Brendan Smith of the Thimble Island Oyster Company. The next several posts will discuss Brendan's work, along with the challenges...

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Dead Calm

2011-07-25T11:31:00.004-04:00

When Long Island Sound is jokingly referred to as the Dead Sea, it is not because of its high salt content or lack of marine life. The Dead Sea remark pokes fun at the lack of wind here during the...

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Watch Hill Lighthouse

2011-07-21T07:59:00.001-04:00

Watch Hill Lighthouse Built: 1856Automated: 1986New England Lighthouses: Watch Hill LightLighthouse Friends (map included)Panoramio: Schooner Passing Watch Hill Light

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Restless Farewell

2011-07-18T19:53:00.094-04:00

Others will enter the gates of the ferry, and cross from shore to shore.......The others that are to follow me, the ties between me and...

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Bright Sky, Big Erratics

2011-07-14T08:39:00.003-04:00

I have a love-hate relationship with rocks. As they say on Facebook...."it's complicated". Aboard Carina, I don't want to see them, yet I find myself thinking of them all the time. And when I...

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Working The Ledge

2011-07-08T09:28:00.011-04:00

Something wasn't right! After motoring clear of some ferry traffic near the entrance to New London Harbor, I was about to hoist the mainsail when I spotted Escape circling east of the channel....

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Miss Patty

2011-07-06T08:11:00.001-04:00

Returning home, the lobster boat Miss Patty navigates the Mattituck Creek. Soundbounder: Phyllis AnnMap

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A Case Of Gansett

2011-06-28T20:01:00.003-04:00

Good ideas on the drafting table don't always succeed in actuality.Gansett, a converted and restored 50 foot lobster hull, plied the waters last summer between the harbors of Stonington and Watch...

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Mystic Drawbridge 7:45 A.M.

2011-06-27T10:56:00.005-04:00

The lobsters will have to wait! At 20-minutes before-the-hour, a whistle blows in downtown Mystic, and a pair of crossing gates stop traffic on Route 1. Moments later, the Mystic Drawbridge begins...

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Beach Scene, New London

2011-06-24T09:33:00.000-04:00

Beach Scene, New London, 1918William J Glackens Artchive: William Glackens (1870-1938)About.com: Bathing At Bellport 1912Wikipedia: William K Glackens

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Mill Dam Bridge in Centerport

2011-06-23T16:02:00.006-04:00

Spanning the tidal-flats of Centerport Harbor, the Mill Dam Bridge has a history as old as our country itself. A tide-mill and dam were constructed here in 1774, which replaced an earlier mill...

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Quinnipiac River Park

2011-06-19T11:04:00.003-04:00

North of Interstate-95, above the Ferry Street Bridge, the decaying industry along New Haven's Quinnipiac River gives way to this historic stretch of waterfront. With a high concentration of...

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Connecticut River Shad

2011-06-16T10:04:00.003-04:00

Did you know there is a commercial fishery for shad on the Connecticut River? Seasonal, small-scale, and often hidden from view, the fishery goes largely unnoticed with the exception of a random shad...

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