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Connecticut River a highway through time
At 410 miles, the Connecticut is New England's longest river. It has a long cultural history, rich flora and fauna, and scenery that has appealed to artists for centuries.
It is one of 14 federally designated American Heritage Rivers. The marshes at...Tags: Connecticut, Politics, East Windsor, Trips and Vacations, Environmental Pollution
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Hartford
The Hartford CourantORIGINS: Settled in 1633 as a Dutch trading post called House of Hope. Founded in 1635 by a group of settlers from Massachusetts led by the Rev. Thomas Hooker. NAME: Originally called Newtown, it was named Hartford in 1637 after Hertford, England. DID...Tags: Katharine Hepburn, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Mark Twain, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Haddam
The Hartford CourantHOW IT GOT ITS NAME: After Much Hadham in Hertfordshire, England. ORIGINS: Settled in 1662 when representatives of the Connecticut Colonial Legislature bought “Thirty Mile Island,” on the Connecticut River between Haddam and Haddam Neck, from the Wangunk...Tags: Connecticut, Haddam
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Union
The Hartford CourantORIGINS: Land sold in 1720 by the Connecticut General Assembly to 12 proprietors to raise money for Yale College. It was settled in 1727 by Presbyterians from Ireland. Union was incorporated as a town in 1734. NAME: Once called "Union lands" or "Union...Tags: Union (Tolland, Connecticut), Forestry and Timber, Connecticut, Gardens and Parks, Salisbury (Litchfield, Connecticut)
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After Feds Put Connecticut Rail Plan On Slow Track, State Will Seek More Funds
The Hartford CourantNow that other states have grabbed most of the federal stimulus money for high-speed rail systems, does Connecticut still have a chance of building a New Haven-to-Springfield line? Connecticut congressional leaders and policy planners say the vision of...Tags: New York, California, North Carolina, Justice System, Boston
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Middletown Power Plant Explosion Kills 5, Injures Many More
The Hartford CourantA devastating explosion that was heard and felt for miles destroyed a power plant Sunday morning as workers purged a natural gas piping system, killing at least five and injuring many more, emergency response officers said. Homeowners miles away said the...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Plant Openings, Earthquakes, Energy Resources, Disasters
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Middletown Power Plant Was To Be Among Biggest In Region
The Hartford CourantThe Kleen Energy Systems power plant that was rocked by a deadly explosion Sunday sits on a moonscape of rock and cliff at a former feldspar mine overlooking the Connecticut River. Proposed in 2001, and funded by hundreds of millions of dollars from...Tags: Middletown, Connecticut Light & Power Company, Emergency Incidents, Natural Gas, Connecticut
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Hartford's Connecticut River Plaza Complex On The Auction Block
kgosselin@courant.comPrime commercial real estate along the Connecticut River in downtown Hartford is for sale. And the owners are extremely motivated. The two-building Connecticut River Plaza at 450 Columbus Blvd. is up for auction by the limited partnership that has owned...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Connecticut, Auction Service, Real Estate Sellers, Richard Gordon
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Book review: 'Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food' by Paul Greenberg
Four Fish
The Future of the Last Wild Food
Paul Greenberg
The Penguin Press: 286 pp., $25.95
Didactic — however worthy — is not much fun. Ecological and planet-saving literature tends to argue for the essential. The discoveries, the...Tags: Nature, Alaska, Sea Bass, Maine, Los Angeles Times
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Essex Home Evokes A 19th-Century Packet Boat
Swans and boats drift peacefully in the nearby cove. At night, the Connecticut River and nearby boat yard twinkle with lights. The site itself, part of a former dairy farm, had been near shipbuilding and rope-making businesses.
And so, when it came...Tags: Washington, DC, Old Lyme, Architecture, Furniture, Texas
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473 Hamburg Road, Lyme, CT 06371
On April 29th 2010, Bill and Priscilla Munro sold their home at 473 Hamburg Road in Lyme, CT, to Stefanie Gottesman. Ms. Gottesman purchased the residence for $649,000. Bill Munro is the owner of Munro Hospitality Services and was previously the Regional...Tags: Waterford, Lyme, Connecticut, Real Estate Sellers, New London (New London, Connecticut)
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Visit To 96-Acre Sheepskin Hollow Showcases Roaring Brook
Roaring Brook is a short but spectacular waterway traveling from its headwaters in the highlands of East Haddam to Whalebone Cove along the Connecticut River in Hadlyme. And a visit to the East Haddam Land Trust's 96-acre Sheepskin Hollow showcases...Tags: Rivers, Bodies of Water, Lakes and Ponds, Trips and Vacations, Wetlands
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