Videographer Phil LeMontagne wrote: This video proves that you don’t have to leave the planet to see something that looks truly alien. I took the video on the grounds of the Wadsworth Mansion. I believe that it is a Tawny Garden Slug, (Limax flavus). The long tentacles at the front are for sight and smell. The short ones are for taste and touch. It was probably looking for something to eat, but since it was very exposed, in the middle of a very wide trail, it was more likely to be eaten itself.
Phi LeMontagne captured this video of our Paddle With A Purpose event on July 14, 2024. We invite new volunteers, even if you have never paddled before, to join us this summer. Our partner, The Connecticut River Conservancy, has a limited number of kayak to loan to those who don’t own one. See our 2025 paddle schedule and access our registration form here.
Student composer Emma Mistele (center), with John Hall (left) and Kristen Colombo (right) at the presentation of music written for Noah Baerman’s class at Wesleyan.
Some of the Wesleyan students in Noah Baerman’s course “Experiments in Public Life: Creating and Presenting Socially Conscious Music” met with the Jonah Center, Community Health Center, Gilead Community Services, Oddfellows Playhouse, and Artists for World Peace, to find inspiration for their projects. Our readers can listen to the resulting 5 compositions and 12 others here.
The composition that emerged from the Jonah Center interview, “Vernal Piano” by Emma Mistele, is included in the above album, but its introduction and recording can also be found here
Middletown’s Complete Streets Committee, with support of the Jonah Center, will be conducting a Public Information and Input meeting regarding current projects on Monday, June 9, at 7 PM in the Middletown Common Council Chamber at City Hall, 245 deKoven Drive. This will be a good opportunity to learn more about what’s going on with bike paths, sidewalks and multi-use trails in and around town. Continue reading
Our “Paddle With A Purpose” schedule for 2025 is below. We need volunteer paddlers to help us remove invasive water chestnut plants from local waterways. Scroll down to find the Registration Form. A limited number of loaner kayaks are available from our partner, the Connecticut River Conservancy, for Middletown paddles only. Continue reading