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Shoreline shortchanged

By Sabrina Garone
Published July 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM EDT
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Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford is Connecticut's longest stretch of salt marsh.
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Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford is Connecticut's longest stretch of salt marsh.

A federal program to protect and restore waterways, including Long Island Sound, is losing $8 million. Local lawmakers say changes to Medicaid are bad for seniors. A long-standing plan for affordable housing on eastern Long Island gets a boost from the state. Plus, did you know the oldest public ferry in the U.S. still runs in Connecticut?

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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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