The Connecticut River has come a long way since the first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. Over 55 years ago, it was legal, and actually common, for toxic waste to be dumped in the river.

As Connecticut has untold numbers of rivers, brooks, streams, lakes and ponds, it doesn’t take long for a trickling stream to become a torrent, a meandering river to become a raging malevolence, a ...

A section of an overflow tunnel being installed in Hartford's South Meadows to store sewage and wastewater during storms to prevent the mixture from being released into the Connecticut River. The four ...