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Summer of 2021 is officially here and businesses along Connecticut’s shoreline say they are ready for a more normal summer. “We should be happy that we are going to have a good season,” said Jerry Vowles, the co-owner of The Carousel Shop in Old Lyme. Last summer the shop opened in take-out style, selling beach items through a window. Shoppers…

Save the Sound, an environmental non-profit, has issued its 2021 Beach Report. Using water testing data from 2018-2020, the organization gave 200+ beaches around the Long Island Sound a letter grade.

The pandemic has introduced hundreds of people in Connecticut to boating. New boat sales increased statewide last year, as people looked for safe activities. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection anticipates the waterways will be filled with newer boaters again this summer. “We encourage them to take a safe boating class, make sure they have their boating license…

Boat sales have increased during the pandemic. Owner of Boats Incorporated in Niantic said that he has never seen the demand so high.

Several shoreline fire departments teamed up to hold a record-breaking food drive to support families with food insecurity. Old Saybrook, Clinton and Essex were among the fire departments running the single-day food drive. Non-perishable foods were collected at various area firehouses, stores and restaurants. Old Saybrook alone collected 3,809 pounds of non-perishable food and over $1,500 in cash donations. The…

Several area fire departments hosted a one-drive food drive to support families with food insecurity.

Bags full of human remains were discovered along the shoreline in Seattle, police said Friday night.