Beaches

All Connecticut residents should be able to take advantage of this week’s sales tax holiday on clothing.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Keith Phaneuf to discuss his article, “Beach access advocates ready to take their fight into CT election season,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

The issue is so divisive that some lawmakers don’t even want to study it.

A decade-long feud over public access to the Trunk Beach in Amagansett has been settled. The beach is now privately owned.The 110 homeowners with property…

Swimming is prohibited at several Suffolk County beaches through the weekend because of high levels of bacteria. Most of the beaches are on the Great…

A new app allows Long Island residents to monitor the safety and quality of the water at local beaches.The Long Island Beach and Water Quality App was…

Sharks near Long Island beaches have impacted people's ability to swim safely.Robert Moses State Park, Jones Beach State Park, and Hempstead had to halt…

The Piping Plovers are back and they’re stopping traffic at Smith Point Outer Beach on Long Island.Plovers are small sand-colored wading birds with…

High levels of bacteria have led local beaches in New Haven and West Haven to close temporarily. Health officials said Tropical Storm Elsa caused the…

A new report from Save the Sound says towns should make beaches more accessible to the public. The environmental group said doing so would foster personal…