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After All Things

A need for trees

By Sabrina Garone
Published October 26, 2023 at 6:37 PM EDT
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The city of New Haven has received a $3 million federal grant to expand their tree canopy coverage. Brookhaven’s town supervisor blames the state for any toxic ash in Brookhaven Landfill. Residents can get help heating their homes this winter through a new assistance program. And why does Connecticut have the second highest breast cancer rate in the country?

Hear more from Tom Kuser on this special episode of The Full Story —available online and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Sabrina Garone
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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