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Garbage, grievance and groundwater

By Sabrina Garone
Published February 27, 2026 at 4:01 PM EST
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Monique Fitzgerald, co-founder of Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group.
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Monique Fitzgerald, co-founder of Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group.

Brookhaven residents are sick of the town landfill. Could Connecticut get rid of taxes on tips? A new documentary about the late U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut drops this weekend. Plus, for the bird nerds – it’s the latest WSHU’s Birdsong Break. 

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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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