Thank you, Gail and Gary Koripsky  at Breezy Point Auto Repairs  (609 Main Street, Stratford), for once again hosting sales of the LIA’s annual fundraising calendar – and congratulations on now celebrating your 65 th  anniversary year of service to the community! A celebration day earlier this year drew town officials and of course, the Breezy Point staff (pictured). Founded in 1960, the company offers a full range of auto repairs and engine services for domestic and foreign

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