Both the Connecticut River Museum and Connecticut Audubon society will continue their eagle watch tours this month. Both organizations feature vessels with heated cabins and large outdoor decks to accomodate eagle watchers.
Connecticut Audubon EcoTravel and CT River Expeditions – RiverQuest tours run through March 21st, departing from Haddam’s Eagle Landing State Park. Tours are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 9:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:30PM, and 3:30PM. Complimentary coffee and tea included and binoculars are available for use during the cruise. For information, scheduling and prices visit Connecticut Audubon Society at ecotravel.ctaudubon.org, phone 860-767-0660 or RiverQuest at ctriverquest.com, phone 860-662-0577.
The Connecticut River Museum’s tours depart from Essex Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through March 14th. Coffee and binoculars are provided, and each $40 ticket includes admission to the Museum. Departure times are 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 1:00 p.m. Fridays. Call (860) 767-8269 for more information and ticket purchases.
Links:
Connecticut Autobon Society Eco Travel
Connecticut River Museum
By Charles Stannard
ESSEX— The zoning commission has deferred discussion of the permit applications for a large Rite Aid pharmacy on Westbrook Road to its Jan. 25 meeting.
Commission Chairman Al Wolfgram announced at Monday’s meeting that all discussion of the controversial proposal for a 14,763 square-foot pharmacy would be held at the Jan. 25 meeting. The commission closed a four-part public hearing on the permit applications on Nov. 30, and now has 65 days, or until the first week of February, to vote on the applications.
The panel Monday also continued to Jan. 25 the public hearing on a permit application for a Snap Fitness 24-hour fitness center at the Bokum Center Shopping Plaza. The fitness center would be located on a vacant 4,050 square-foot space formerly occupied by the Essex Paint and Wallpaper store.
Michele Rossignoll, a representative of the Minnesota-based fitness franchise, said club members would access the center through a key card system. The center would be monitored by surveilance cameras.
Rossignoll said Snap Fitness clubs, which are now operated in Newtown and Ridgefield with one planned for Old Lyme, each have an average of 400 members. But she said the peak occupancy for the centers at any given time would be 10 to 12 people.
Wolfgram asked Rossignoll to provide documentation of the peak occupancy because of limited parking at the shopping center. “That will help us justify where we are in the parking situation,” he said.
The shopping plaza, built in the mid 1980s, has a total of 147 parking spaces. It also houses an IGA grocery store, a liquor store, and a Rite Aid pharmacy that would relocate if the plan for a larger pharmacy is approved. No one spoke in support, or in opposition, to the fitness center during Monday’s hearing.
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