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Most Long Island beaches have restricted swimming today due to strong rip currents. The Trump administration cuts $60 million for Connecticut clean energy projects. Riverhead officials debate a new controversial water pipeline. Plus, fair season is here -- a look at what fairgoers can expect in New York state.

Events around the region will celebrate 40 years of conservation efforts in Long Island Sound. A large protest of ICE arrests took place in Stamford yesterday. Plus, it’s the latest from WSHU’s Off the Path.

He composed music for plays, crafted lyrics for songs, and wrote letters — lots of letters — to his friends, family, and colleagues. His vast correspondence is now a book, The Letters of Frank Loesser. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum says the book offers readers a rare look into the life, mind, and work of one of America’s most renowned songwriters.

Senator Murphy says Connecticut should ban private equity ownership of hospitals. How many kids are really taking advantage of New York’s free lunch program? That infamous smokestack in Bridgeport will come down in phases. Plus, New York Democrats talk redistricting.

Long Island safety officials say they’re ready for hurricane season. ICE arrests 65 undocumented immigrants in Connecticut as part of a four-day sweep. Connecticut could reverse an affordable housing requirement. Plus, kids in the region head back to school over the next few weeks.

The Appalachian Trail stretches more than 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia. It was the brainchild of an idealistic forester who drew inspiration from a mountain top in Vermont.

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein has many loves – her family, her hometown, her musical collaborators, and Johann Sebastian Bach’s music, to name just a few.

Commentator David Bouchier is not looking forward to winter.

Waterfront businesses in Suffolk County just got a big boost. The MTA has withdrawn a controversial proposal to reduce railroad ticket validity. Governor Lamont signs a law that establishes November as Veteran’s month in Connecticut. Plus, the looming government shutdown explained.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Shahrzad Rasekh to discuss her article, “This Ukrainian family fled war in Odesa and found a foothold in CT,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.