By New Haven Register, Conn. Jul. 20--EAST HADDAM -- "Half a Sixpence," Goodspeed Musical's antidote for gas-price depression, is taking Connecticut audiences on its own ride almost to the end of the summer at Goodspeed Opera House. Based on the H.G.

By Peter Marteka, The Hartford Courant, Conn. May 15--EAST HAMPTON -- -- Colchester First Selectwoman Linda Hodge used to picnic along the banks of the Salmon River and swim in its waters. She would read a book while the river babbled nearby.

By David Funkhouser, The Hartford Courant, Conn. May 9--LYME -- -- Nathan Frohling stood next to the Eightmile River near the East Haddam-Lyme border and pointed to a shrubby clearing in the woods. "This was going to be a six-lot subdivision," he said.

By Jesse A. Hamilton, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Apr. 30--WASHINGTON -- -- In what has been the most significant legislative victory in his first term, Rep. Joe Courtney's effort to give Connecticut's Eightmile River greater federal protection now only awaits a presidential signature.