CONNECTICUT HISTORY.ORG — Once a common sight in Connecticut’s towns, itinerant Indian crafters walked miles across the state, selling all sorts of brooms, baskets, herbs, and other Native goods. In the late 18th century, several such vendors were known to the people of Guilford as town residents.
Author: Carolyn Christmann
The Resilient River: What It’s Like To Paddle Down The Quinnipiac
CONNECTICUT PUBLIC RADIO — The Quinnipiac River was, historically, one of Connecticut’s most polluted. For decades, nineteenth-century factories and densely populated towns poured sewage and industrial waste into the river.
Quinnipiac River ready for more fish — and recreation
CT POST – For the first time in 150 years, American shad and other fish can travel to the upper reaches of the Quinnipiac River, thanks to the removal of two old dams and a water line over the last three years.
Marking Time On The Quinnipiac River: One Bridge Opening At A Time
Connecticut Public Radio — When a boat needs to pass under a low bridge on a river, that bridge needs to move out of the way. A drawbridge lifts up so a boat can pass under. A swing bridge pivots out of the way so a boat can pass by. But these decades-old bridges don’t operate on their own. They rely on a small group of “bridge tenders” who specialize in a peculiar and slow-moving job.
No more duck hunting on Quinnipiac River in New Haven, for now
FOX61 — Residents have been complaining for years, but it took a letter from New Haven’s police chief to convince state officials that waterfowl hunting along the Quinnipiac River, isn’t all that it’s quacked up to be.
Chemical spill cleanup continues in Southington, DEEP warns not to eat fish from parts of Quinnipiac River
FOX61 — Crews spent most of Thursday cleaning up a chemical spill near metal plating company, Light Metal Coloring, Inc., located off of Spring Street inside the Graham Place industrial plaza in Southington.
Mud Minnow Is Safe — For Now
NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT — It lives in a river with a history of abuse and pollution. It swims in waters filled with hard-to-filter chemicals. Despite that discouraging environment, an expert told a riverine gathering, the male mummichog is in OK shape, for the time being.
Concerns raised about Wallingford company’s modified plan to discharge in Quinnipiac River
NEW HAVEN REGISTER — The public comment period on modifications to a waste discharge permit that would allow another chemical to make its way into the Quinnipiac River ends early next week, and some local river advocates are speaking up.
Q River Pollution Mystery Solved
NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT — Crews working the dashing Rock & Roll and other small boats from the several fleets that berth along Quinnipiac River in Fair Haven will not have to worry about a discharge upriver near Wallingford.
The mystery about what was in an effluent, or discharge, from a pipe up at Toelles Road, near the North Haven Wallingford border, has been solved.
QU to continue investigation of pollution in the Quinnipiac River
NEW HAVEN REGISTER — Quinnipiac University has received an $18,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to continue its investigation of pollution in the Quinnipiac River.