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Town planners push back

By Sabrina Garone
Published March 6, 2023 at 4:34 PM EST
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Fairfield, Connecticut
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Some city and town planners in Connecticut are critical of the proposed Fair Share bill. A grant will help Shinnecock Kelp Farmers expand on eastern Long Island. Lawmakers in Connecticut consider a bill to crack down on repeat gun violence offenders. And what would Connecticut look like with fewer towns?

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Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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