‘osprey’
A new nest to call home
BEACON FALLS — Connecticut Light & Power has given a pair of ospreys a new home in Beacon Falls to call their own. On Friday morning, CL&P crews erected a 50-feet-pole with a specially designed 3-feet-by-3-feet platform at the top for the ospreys to build their nest at the intersection of Cold Spring Road... »
Environmentalists cry fowl over nest removal
BEACON FALLS — On his way to an Audubon Society fundraiser called “Return of the Osprey” on Saturday, Keith Thomas noticed that a prominent osprey nest, visible from Route 8, had disappeared. “Boy, was I upset,” said Thomas, 45, of Naugatuck. Local environmentalists had been observing the nest, atop a high utility pole overlooking... »






