Save the Environment & Reduce Home Heating Costs 
Most of the winter still lies ahead, and there are low-cost or no-cost ways to tighten up your home and reduce your home energy costs. If you are concerned about climate change, this is one of the best things you can do. To learn more about state programs to seal drafts and improve insulation, click here.
Air Line Trail License-Signing Ceremony & Hike
You are invited to a special celebration of the Air Line Trail license agreement between the Town of Portland and Eversource on Wednesday, January 20, at 7 p.m. at the Waverly Center, 7 Waverly Avenue in Portland. There will also be a celebratory hike on Sat. Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. Read more here.
Should Middletown Ban Fracking Waste?
Local residents opposed to fracking (hydraulic fracturing) for natural gas, and Food and Water Watch, invite the public to an informational presentation on Thursday, January 28 at 7:00 p.m. in the Hubbard Room at Russell Library. Read more here.
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Imagine the East Coast Greenway Coming Through Your Town!
The Jonah Center is advocating a 50 mile Connecticut shortcut for the Florida-Maine ECG Bikeway that would depart from the Farmington Canal Trail in Cheshire, follow mostly off-road trails through Meriden and Middletown, connect with the Air Line Trail in Portland, and rejoin the main ECG route in Willimantic. To learn more about the East Coast Greenway and this exciting plan for an alternature route and loop trail, click here.
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