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Post-Sandy, State Parks Ready For Memorial Day Weekend
The Hartford CourantThe first summer season since storm Sandy kicks off on Memorial Day weekend, and the state's parks are ready, a state spokesman said Thursday. The trees knocked down by the storm at many of the state's 107 state parks have been cleared, said Dennis...Tags: Simsbury, Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Automotive Equipment, Haddam, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Centennial Celebration Is A Walk In The Park
If you like camping, swimming, hiking, climbing, biking, boating and, of course, history, then you are ready and hopefully eager to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Connecticut's state parks. Their contribution to the quality of life in the state is...Tags: Ceremonies, Gardens and Parks, State Parks, Arts and Culture, Travel
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Connecticut Celebrates 107 Parks, 100 Years
The Hartford CourantIt was 1918, five years after the Connecticut State Park Commission was created and charged with developing a statewide system of parks. Even though the commission was presented within its first year of existence with a grand plan identifying ideal park...Tags: Politics, Tourism and Leisure, Canoeing and Kayaking, Sports, Cross Country Skiing
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Dinosaur State Park
The Hartford CourantWatch your step at Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill. You may be standing where a Dilophosaurus once stood. The Park features one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America as well as interactive displays and life-size dioramas depicting what...Tags: Gardens and Parks, State Parks, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Connecticut
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Connecticut Closeup of Rocky Hill
The Hartford CourantHOW IT GOT ITS NAME: From a ridge in the northeast section of town which is now Rocky Hill Quarry Park. ORIGINS: Settled in 1650 as part of Wethersfield. The "lower community," later known as Stepney Parish, was incorporated as a separate town in 1843....Tags: Wethersfield, Glastonbury, Connecticut River, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
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Hartford/Central Connecticut
Wood Pond PressHARTFORD Lately billed as New England's rising star, the Insurance City – Connecticut's state capital – is making a comeback from its low point in the early 1990s when people, jobs, retailers and the major-league hockey franchise left for greener...Tags: Adults, Politics, Firearms, Georgia O'Keeffe, Cultural Development
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When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth . . .
The Hartford CourantOn a late August day in 1966, bulldozer operator Edward McCarthy was excavating a site for a new state building off West Street in Rocky Hill. Turning over a slab of sandstone, he was taken aback. There in front of him were six large, three-toed fossil...Tags: Simsbury, Education, Science, Science and Technology, Tourism and Leisure
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