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Volume 18, Number 28
Friday, July 14, 2023
DEEP closes swimming areas Record-Journal staff
The state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection closed three state park swimming areas on Monday including Wharton Brook State Park, which is located on the North HavenWallingford line. The other closures were Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middlefield and Cockaponset State Forest in Chester.
Each week DEEP collects samples of water from a number of swimming areas and beaches. The samples are tested and analyzed at the Department of Public Health Lab for the presence of certain indicator bacteria.
Indicator bacteria are one of the tools used by public health and environmental protection authorities to evaluate the potential for
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contamination of water bodies, but they do not necessarily mean disease-causing pathogens are present. As of Wednesday morning, eight Connecticut swimming areas were closed by the DEEP, one due to flooding. Wharton Brook remained on the list. Wadsworth Falls and Cockaponset were listed as open.
MUSIC UNDER THE STARS
Steely Dan act to hit the stage Citizen report
North Haven's free concert series, Music Under the Stars, continues next week with the Steely Dan tribute band Beau Bolero taking the stage on the town green. With its distincitive jazzrock style, Steely Dan reached great heights in the 70s, churning out such classics as Reelin’ in the Years, Hey Nineteen and Deacon Blues. Formed in 1980, Beau Bolero is regarded by many as the top Steely Dan act out there.
North Haven Rotary Club president Sue Pace and Fred Samoskevich of Camp Rising Sun.
Rotary presentation This week, the North Haven Rotary Club presented a check to Fred Samoskevich of Camp Rising Sun, which provides a safe environment for youngsters diagnosed with cancer to experience camp, at no cost.
in March, the seasoned band played a soldout show at The Kate – The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook.
“Camp Rising Sun welcomes any child aged 5-17 who has faced a diagnosis of cancer to a week of fun and friendship,” the camp states on its website. “Campers can be in treatment, in remission, or anywhere in between. Camp is held in the beautiful hills of Colebrook, Connecticut at the facilities of Camp Jewell, a YMCA campground. Campers stay in heated cabins with other children in their age group along with a dedicated staff. Thanks to our generous supporters there is no cost to attend camp.”
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Steely Dan tribute band Beau Bolero returns to North Haven on Tuesday, July 18. Beau Bolero, Facebook
After disbanding in 1984, Beau Bolero reunited in 2010, and has been carrying the Steely Dan torch ever since. This past fall, Beau Bolero performed at Infinity Hall in Hartford, and
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