Manatee rescued off Cape Cod swims to another unusual spot
The pregnant manatee rescued off Massachusetts' Cape Cod and released off Florida's Atlantic coast is now in another unusual place—the Bahamas.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2016
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Connecticut becoming a hub for new bioscience companies
Connecticut hasn't become the Silicon Valley of bioscience quite yet, but five years after lawmakers made a massive investment to support the development of that industry, there is a thriving hub in Farmington.
Business
Sep 24, 2016
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How citizen scientists are creating an atlas of turtles in Connecticut
Nothing quite says summer like a stroll along the water's edge and finding a turn of turtles basking on a log or witnessing the slow and deliberate pace of an eastern box turtle. Before these ancient creatures retire to ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2015
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Compensating for low wages
A proposal to redefine low wage employers' obligations to their workers could raise up to $190 million a year in new revenue for Connecticut to help pay for public assistance programs, according to a new study by a group ...
Economics & Business
May 18, 2015
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Survey finds most coastal Connecticut residents underestimate storm threat
Most residents living along the Connecticut coast underestimate the physical and economic threats posed by major coastal storms, sometimes despite advanced notice and exceptionally accurate weather forecasts, according to ...
Mar 27, 2015
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Major storm threatens Northeast with up to 2 feet of snow
Cities across the Northeast mobilized snowplows and airlines canceled thousands of flights Monday as a potentially historic storm pushed its way up the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor with what forecasters said could be up ...
Environment
Jan 26, 2015
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Preserving crucial tern habitat in Long Island Sound
Great Gull Island is home to one of the most important nesting habitats for Roseate and Common terns in the world. The estimated 1,300 pairs of Roseate terns that summer on the 17-acre island at the eastern end of Long Island ...
Ecology
Sep 23, 2014
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Colonial-era dams trigger parallel evolution of Connecticut fish
Decisions made by Colonial era settlers to dam Connecticut waterways triggered sudden and parallel evolutionary changes in two species of fish competing for food, a new Yale University study shows.
Evolution
Jun 10, 2014
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Mutated white pine rust threatens Northeast trees
A white pine-decimating fungus has mutated, allowing it to infect immune and resistant plants, which is alarming researchers, growers, loggers and forest managers.
Ecology
Nov 19, 2013
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UTX may furlough 5K workers due to gov't shutdown
United Technologies Corp. says it may furlough more than 5,000 workers if the U.S. government shutdown continues into next month.
Business
Oct 3, 2013
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