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Google Doodle Honors Connecticut Native Who 'Planted Seed' Of Climate Change Awareness
Search engine giant Google paid homage to Eunice Newton Foote, a scientist, inventor, and women's rights advocate, on what would have been her 204th birthday Monday, July 17 with a Google Doodle.
Foote, who was born in Connecticut (in the town of Goshen in Litchfield County), and died in Lenox, Massachusetts, was the first person to document what we now call the "greenhouse effect." Google said Foote "planted the seed" for climate change awareness more than 160 years ago.
According to NewScientist, Foote described how different gases, such as oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon di…
Family Of Woman Charged In Missing Mom Case Says She Has Been 'Treated As Guilty'
Two years to the day that a Fairfield County mother, Jennifer Farber Dulos, went missing, the family of a woman charged in connection with her death says they are seeking justice.
In a statement released on Monday, May 24, the family of Michelle Troconis said it has suffered two years of injustice toward Michelle.
"Michelle is an amazing woman, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, who has been treated unfairly, contrary to what the American justice system is supposed to be about: With freedom and justice for all!" they said.
Troconis, who has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder …
