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Horseshoe harvest halted

By Sabrina Garone
Published December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM EST
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Horseshoe crabs are a species of concern in Long Island Sound. Connecticut banned their harvest in 2023.
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Horseshoe crabs are a species of concern in Long Island Sound. Connecticut banned their harvest in 2023.

New York bans the harvest of horseshoe crabs. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik drops out of the race for governor of New York. The Houston Rockets are in talks to buy the Connecticut Sun. The results are in from a series of town halls on bear encounters in Connecticut. Plus, the luge athletes from around the world were in upstate New York this weekend. 

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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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