MARCH 12, 2010 -- Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that $5 million, which will allow the state to add hundreds of acres of working farmland to ongoing preservation efforts, is expected to be approved when the state Bond Commission meets March 16.

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MARCH 11, 2010 -- The leader of a New London County farm group is supporting fines on people who misuse outdoor wood-burning furnaces after a lengthy hearing Monday in Hartford. Wayne Budney, president of the New London County Farm Bureau, said financial penalties are necessary to discourage trash burning and other misuse of the furnaces.

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MARCH 10, 2010 -- At a Sunday news conference National Grange President Ed Luttrell scolded the Federal Government on its approach to broadband deployment in rural America. He described a recent Grange letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski expressing deep concerns that the Commission's policy focus is shifting.

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MARCH 10, 2010 -- Meriden Grange, 540 Broad Street, is planning a pancake breakfast on the morning of Saturday, March 20th. The breakfast will be open to the public from 8:00 to 11:00 AM. Admission is $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for children.

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MARCH 9, 2010 -- The Northeast Connecticut Farmer's Market will make its Brooklyn debut in June with the opening of a farmers market on Wednesday evenings. Betsy Molodich, president of the farmers market, and a member of Ekonk Community Grange, said the group voted Friday to move its Danielson Farmer's Market.

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MARCH 9, 2010 -- The Connecticut State Grange family extends it's deepest condolences to State Grange Overseer Jody Cameron, State Pomona Jodi Ann Cameron, and their family on the passing of devoted Granger, Barbara Cameron.

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