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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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Developing story: Crash closes Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue NW
WASHINGTON (7News) — A Park Police chase ends with a moped rider getting hit and killed on the Taft Bridge in Northwest D.C.
7News’ Washington, D.C. reporter, Phylicia Ashley, went to the scene moments after it happened Saturday evening and spoke to multiple witnesses.
Ximen DeFillippes was riding her bike near Woodley Road when she saw the chase.
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“The Park Police passed me. We were on Woodley Road. And then I saw the car they were pursuing,” said DeFillippes. “It was going very fast on the sidewalk. It drove up on the sidewalk up Woodley Road.”
DeFilippes was on one side of the Taft Bridge.
“I’d never seen anything that crazy,” said DeFillippes. “It was, it was like really like homicidal. It was just insane. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
7News also saw the aftermath of the chase and found Lamont Penry on the other side of the bridge. He also saw the chase. It ended on the steps of the Chinese Embassy staff housing.
“The car crashed into the diplomatic car,” Penry said. “A young man jumps out, takes off running down the street. The other three guys came out kind of dizzy. They apprehended one who was on the bench. One was at the rear. Tire of the vehicle, looked to be a Camry, and the other was on the other side of the diplomatic car.”
In the middle of the bridge, 7News saw the victim’s body covered by a white sheet. Witnesses said that when the chase reached the Taft Bridge, one of the vehicles involved struck someone riding a scooter.
“Once the gentleman on the bridge was hit. We realized that no one stopped,” said Penry. “Police continued the pursuit until here, and then they turned around.”
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Penry said all the alleged suspects involved looked young. While on scene, 7News saw one person get arrested and placed in an ambulance.
DeFilippes was riding her bike when she said two cars blocked her from getting caught in the midst of the chase.
“I’m feeling lucky that for those few seconds of my path being kind of blocked,” said DeFillippes. “I’m just so glad that happened. Or else I would have been right there. I’m not at all surprised that someone was hurt. Just. Just from the way everything was unfolding, I could just tell it was going to be bad.
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WNBA photo gallery: Toronto Tempo @ Connecticut Sun – 6/19/26
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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Diesel fuel spill shuts two lanes on I-91 north in Wethersfield
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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