Newspaper Articles
Different Views on the Use of Waterfront Land
Cottage No. 31 goes down, Long Beach West, Stratford, Connecticut, Oct. 22, 2010 The Connecticut Mirror It’s not often that civilization is demolished to make way for wild birds, especially within sight of Connecticut’s largest city. That’s what’s happening on a long...
Paying a Price to Conserve Energy
written for The New York Times MARGARET DEEGAN SLYWKA knows painfully well what happened 33 years ago, the last time the clocks changed to daylight saving time in the winter. Then a 14-year-old sophomore living in Seymour, Conn., she was hit by a car while walking to...
Does a Bit of Africa Sit in Deep River?
written for The New York Times WHEN it comes to geographical lessons, Connecticut has two that it doesn't share with just anybody. Tourists often visit Dinosaur State Park, a spot where fossilized dinosaur footprints are surrounded by an arena. And they know about the...
Pushcart Flop: The Cold Reality of My Short, Unsuccessful Stint as Vendor
written for The Hartford Courant Each summer for one afternoon, a giant fife-and-drum parade comes to my quiet town. Thousands of people come to watch the bands. Selling ice cream at the Deep River Ancient Muster had always seemed like a sure way to make a bundle....
A Frenzy for Glass Eels
Glass eels, or elvers, from a seafood retailer's website written for The Day In the middle of the night in Millville, N.J., someone stole a vanÛÓnot for the van, but for the tanks stashed in back, which were set up to hold thousands of baby American eels. When the...
A 1998 Warning About Polar Bears
written for The Day Mystic—The top polar bear expert in North America told an audience of scientists that global warming is hurting polar bears in western Hudson Bay. The 1,000-pound bears rely on a window of several weeks in the early spring to lumber across the ice...
