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Canaan is Home to the Coolest Looking Quarry in All of Connecticut
Every once in a while I take a wrong turn and find something that I’ve never seen before, it happened up in the Northwest corner of Connecticut over the weekend, I took a wrong turn and somehow ended up looking at the coolest looking quarry in all of Connecticut.
Connecticut is not Alaska, Nevada, or even Pennsylvania, where vast stretches of virgin ground have sat undisturbed for millions of years. We do live upon one of the world’s finest selections of garnets, but Connecticut is not oil or gold rich. Global companies have tapped into our natural resources over time, and the one that I found operating in Canaan is called Specialty Minerals by Minerals Technologies. According to the company website, Specialty Minerals operates in 32 countries across the globe, generates $2.2 billion in annual sales, and has over 4,000 employees. Their operation is located right below the intersection of Routes 44 and 7, not far from the Massachusetts/Connecticut border. What a striking sight among the winter browns and grays, it’s a blindingly white stone quarry, with shockingly blue water at the bottom.
I know I’ve been watching too many years of Gold Rush on the Discovery Channel, but every time I drive by a ragtag group of laborers in heavy equipment moving the earth around, I have to stop and see what they’re doing. The Minerals Technologies quarry is located off of Lower Road in Canaan, and I drove by after taking a wrong turn. Everything is fenced off, with no trespassing signs posted at every turn, but it’s quite a sight to see instead of the giant wind turbines.
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Marina Mabrey torched her former team for 37 points as the Toronto Tempo came back from 14 down to beat the Connecticut Sun, 101-97, at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Former UConn women’s basketball star Olivia Nelson-Ododa had 13 points and three rebounds while Aaliyah Edwards had six points and two rebounds for the Sun. Kia Nurse did not score in just five minutes for the Tempo.
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WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WFSB) – A tractor trailer’s diesel fuel saddle tank ruptured on I-91 north between exits 25 and 27, state police said.
Approximately 25 to 30 gallons of fuel was released to the road surface, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. No ground soil or waterways were involved, DEEP said.
The two right lanes were closed, according to the state Department of Transportation.
No other vehicles were involved and no injuries were reported, state police said.
Wethersfield Fire Department solidified the diesel fuel on the ground surface with Speedy Dry, DEEP said. An environmental cleanup contractor was en route for cleanup.
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WESTPORT — A two-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 caused a traffic slowdown stretching for miles into Fairfield Friday afternoon, according to state officials.
The crash scene has since been cleared.
Connecticut State Police said the two-car crash was reported near Exit 17 in the southbound lanes at 3:03 p.m.
One driver was taken to the hospital for reported injuries, the agency said.
The crash closed the right lane of the highway, causing cars and trucks to be backed up for miles along I-95 into Fairfield, traffic cameras showed.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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