Our Stony Creek, Connecticut - Now and Then
The Creek - a Maine village in disguise
Jerry Shaw, September 7, 2023 It’s been said that revising the Branford town charter is the third rail of local politics. The Branford town charter hasn’t been revised since 1960. There...
Branford needs a plan now https://www.zip06.com/letters/20230524/needs-a-plan-now/ Needs a Plan Now BY JERRY SHAW • 05/24/2023 08:10 AM EST • 05/24/2023 08:10 AM EST I’ve learned a lot during the past few months about...
Managing an urban forest isn’t rocket science, but it does utilize some of the interdisciplinary trappings of horticulture and botany. It also requires attention to managerial detail and the needs of...
It’s been over six months since a tree fell on my wife’s car and the town has not conducted an investigation into the cause. We drive by on our way to...
As stated in a previous post, on September 6, 2022, my 85th birthday, my wife miraculously survived an encounter with a falling tree as she traveled south on Leetes Island Road...
Schooner Tom Beattie
Schooner Tom Beattie. Built in 1884 in Bath, Maine by the Beattie quarry family. Pictured here, probably in the late 1890s, sailing near Wheeler Island in the Thimble Islands.
Our Stony Creek, Connecticut - Now and Then 