Sandspit Covered by Associated Press and Channel 12 The Associated Press has picked up the article, which means it is being distributed to newspapers across the United States and online through blogs and news feeds. The article begins… FAIRFIELD, Conn.…
Due to COVID-19 concerns, the UWS was delayed from its May start date to June 12 while protocols and indemnification forms were adapted to meet the new safety standards. Last year we used the Aquaculture School boat, captains, teacher, and students…
A group of citizen scientist volunteers has been formed to document the community work with regard to cleaning up Black Rock Harbor. Pete Spain, Kevin Blagys, and Jon Fatigate are leading the way starting with a Facebook page, which they created on February…
Save the Sound Website Coverage of First Annual Black Rock Water Quality Summit Was it really just a few months ago that nearly 100 of us gathered together at the Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School on February 26, 2020? Seems like…
Journalist Christine Woodside recently won an Excellence in Journalism Award for her investigative series “Sewage Overflows: Legal But Tainted” from the CT Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. We previously posted her articles in our newsletter last year about the serious sewage problems in…
Park Restoration at the Preserve at St. Mary’s COVID-19 changed our plans to organize volunteers to plant the meadow with clover and maintain the park by pulling out the invasive plants. There will be no organized group events this year, therefore…
Update on the Ash Creek Pedestrian Bridge At a recent public meeting with State Representative Steve Stafstrom, we learned that the Ash Creek Pedestrian Bridge is finally moving ahead. The hold up had been with the developer of the Fairfield…
The First Annual Black Rock Harbor Water Summit Wednesday, February 26, 2020 from 5:00 to 7:30 PM Regional Vocational Aquaculture School, 60 St Stephens Rd, Bridgeport PUBLIC WELCOME! 5:00-5:30 Meet & Greet 5:30-7:30 Program including Public Q&A (Agenda below) Brought…
Save the Date – Water Quality Summit – Feb. 26 The First Annual Black Rock Harbor Water Quality Summit will be held on February 26 (note date has changed from earlier announced date of February 12) from 5 pm – 7:30 pm at Bridgeport Regional…
ACCA Joins Bridgeport Waterfront Advisory Board – Meetings Open to the Public We want to thank our Board Member, Maxine Greenberg, for representing ACCA on the Bridgeport Waterfront Advisory Board. The Bridgeport Waterfront Advisory Board is a group of community members and…