Tag Archives: Cheshire

Made to Measure

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

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Experience a different kind of cabin fever with this story from 2017. (more…)

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Foot Falls

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If you want to see Connecticut’s highest waterfall, you can drive an hour and a half to Kent Falls State Park. Hopefully, the parking lot won’t be full, and you can picnic at the base of the falls. On weekends, out-of-staters have to pay an entry fee before 6 p.m. If (more…)

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Stop Motion

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The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail bike path now reaches, without interruption, more than 24 miles from downtown New Haven all the way to Southington. (more…)

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Take Your Pick

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As summer stretches its limbs toward fall, fruit is heavy on the branches, practically begging to be plucked. (more…)

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Tick Tock

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At first, Hamdenite Lisa Maloney thought she had tendonitis in her wrists. But when the pain spread to her right knee and then her ankle, she realized something was terribly wrong. (more…)

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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 (more…)

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You can find them in New Haven on Alden Avenue and Cleveland Road, on Chapel Street and Vista Terrace. There are dozens in Hamden, but you’ll find a handful as well in Cheshire and North Haven, Woodbridge and Orange.  (more…)

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Cheshire Catches (pt. 2)

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We left off yesterday at the Cheshire Historical Society, starting to feel our stomachs growl. Good thing it’s just a few minutes’ walk to a pair of memorable restaurants, both residing atop a grassy rise (more…)

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Cheshire Catches (pt. 1)

Welcome to Cheshire

Incorporated in 1780, the town of Cheshire actually traces back to 1695, when it was a section of Wallingford named “West Farms.” A small agrarian community then, it’s not so small today, with a healthy (more…)

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