It was a sunny, hot September morning. Experts combed the Lordship Bluffs for hours, walking in a grid pattern from the Bluffs edge to high water mark on Russian Beach, in search of an elusive plant that was spotted there years ago. ​   On a peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound, Stratford’s nearly 10-acre Lordship Bluffs is acclaimed by conservationists and botanists as a treasure trove of native plants to preserve.   Continue ... https://www.lordshipct.org/rare-search-on

BOO!  The Holiday Showroom is now open at the Mellow Monkey (360 Sniffens Lane, Stratford) with “all new décor and gifts,” reports owner Howard Aspinwall . Also at the store of course, is the LIA’s popular 2026 ‘Lordship by the Sea’ fundraising calendar. Thank you, Howard and staff for your annual hosting of calendar sales in-store and online. This fun place to shop offers the largest selection of truly unique ornaments in the state, Howard notes. And indeed, it has won numer

Lordship’s Russian Beach is traditionally cleared for the winter, as the Lordship Improvement Association (LIA) requires boats to be removed by October 31. To keep the beach free of clutter, boats left on the beach after October 31 will be subject to removal and donation to a local charity or disposed of.   Please spread the word about this to boat owners you know. (This is the LIA’s third online notice about the removal deadline.)   The property that the LIA manages through