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Made to Measure

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“There is a lure about milestoning, similar to that of fishing,” wrote Henry P. Sage in his essay “Ye Mylestones of Connecticut,” published by the New Haven Colony Historical Society in 1951. “One never knows just what he will find. …

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Opened House

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Three years ago came a tornado. Two years after that, a pandemic. But those are just the most recent trials for Hamden’s 1792 Jonathan Dickerman House. …

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Made to Measure

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From a city quieted by COVID-19, here’s a tale of some not so desperate measures.

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Taken by Storm

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The cloud was monstrous. Some saw it as a cone spiraling into itself like a massive spin of cotton candy. Others saw a giant layered bowl on a dense pedestal of rain. The National Weather Service later identified it as …

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Made to Measure

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“There is a lure about milestoning, similar to that of fishing,” wrote Henry P. Sage…

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