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$410M plan to transform Connecticut power plant into waterfront park

For decades, a stretch of Norwalk’s waterfront was defined by smokestacks, industrial machinery and the imposing presence of a coal- and oil-burning power plant. Now, the same 125-acre peninsula overlooking Long Island Sound is poised for a radically different future. A $410 million investment from Connecticut couple Austin and Allison…

The Times of India · Oct 29

Long Island Sound's water quality improves; Western Narrows passes since 2008

Save the Sound released its 2026 Long Island Sound Report Card, showing that water quality improved or remained stable across all five open-water regions of the Sound. The biennial report, based on 2025 monitoring data and detailed on Save the Sound's own Report Card project page, grades the open Sound…

The Times of India · Sep 25

Report shows steady improvement in Long Island Sound water quality

A report from Save the Sound highlights improvements in Long Island Sound’s water quality due to infrastructure upgrades in Connecticut and New York

The Independent UK · Sep 24

400-pound stingray makes rare showing in Long Island Sound

A fish and wildlife survey crew made a surprise catch, proving they never know what they might see on a given day on the sound.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Sep 29, 2023

Home on Long Island Sound in Greenwich, Connecticut sells for almost $139 million

Copper Beech Farm, with 50 acres of waterfront property in the tony New York suburb of Greenwich, has sold for just under $139 million

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

US Supreme Court clears way for dredging disposal site in Long Island Sound

The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated a challenge to billions of dollars of Connecticut military and commercial shipping interests by clearing the way for a new disposal site in eastern Long Island Sound for potentially hazardous materials dredged from state harbors to maintain them for navigation.

Tribune News Service · Apr 19, 2023

Wreckage of submarine found by divers in Long Island Sound

A group of Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

VIDEO: Broken Sails: U.S. Coast Guard Medevac 4 Men From Broken Boat

The U.S. Coast Guard went into action to save the crew of the 39-foot sailing yacht Calypso after it encountered a rogue wave that toppled its mast in rough seas some 80 nautical miles from New York’s Long Island Sound.

Zenger · May 24, 2022

Abandoned lobster traps in Long Island Sound to be removed

Federal funding has been approved to begin removing some of the hundreds of thousands of derelict lobster traps left behind on the floor of the Long Island Sound, a “ghost fishery” that continues to trap and kill marine life to this day

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022