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Suffolk voters are a step closer to a ballot referendum to fund water quality efforts. New London County farmers want to expand a new technology to cut down on waste. A Long Island teen sues the Town of Brookhaven over her cancer diagnosis. And everything we know about the arrest of Kosta Diamantis.

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine delivered his first State of the County address today. New Haven residents rallied last night in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. Bridgeport’s Perry Arch is getting a multi-million dollar makeover. Federal dollars will offset the cost of the I-95 bridge replacement in Norwalk. And a group of New York seniors are fighting for aid in dying legislation.

More than 100,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil have been removed from an old Raymark Industries plant in Stratford. A new FAA plan would relocate Long Island air traffic controllers to Pennsylvania. The state of Connecticut is suing Altice. Acres of Suffolk farmland are now protected from residential development. And parents of Connecticut students with disabilities struggle to meet with school leaders.

Connecticut Republicans nominate Gerry Smith, the first selectman of Beacon Falls, to challenge U.S. Senator Chris Murphy this November. Stony Brook faculty vote not to censure the school’s president over the handling of campus protests. An old movie theater in New Haven will transform into a childcare center. Oyster Bay could put more limits on shellfish harvesting. And sex trafficking in Connecticut has spiked since the pandemic.

At least 11 people were executed for witchcraft in Connecticut. And they’re far less remembered than the victims of Salem.

A group singalong has hopped from bar to bar in New York City for years — and in the age of the pandemic, it lives on Zoom. It’s called Exceedingly Good Song Night.

There’s a camp in the woods of Massachusetts where traditional styles of folk music and dance from around the world are kept alive. It’s the oldest continuously operated folk dance camp in the United States. It’s called the Pinewoods Camp.

Take a look through your medicine cabinet — from skin cream to body wash and deodorant. Many of these products share an ingredient: witch hazel. And the witch hazel industry has deep roots in the Connecticut River Valley.

The first colonial governor of Massachusetts planted a pear tree in the 1600s. It’s now believed to be the oldest cultivated fruit tree in the Americas.

Most New Yorkers might be a little skeptical about eating something they found on the street — if it’s not from a food cart. But one New Yorker has made it his life’s work to convince his neighbors that nature’s bounty is accessible even in the heart of the city.