All Posts Tagged With: "connecticut"

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Jack-O’Lantern Spectacular moves to Norwalk, Connecticut for 2008

After a successful run of 6 seasons at Rhode Island’s Roger Williams Zoo and McCoy Stadium, New England’s biggest Jack-O’Lantern lighted display will be hosted at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut during October 2008.
If you’ve never been to one of these before then you’re in for a treat. You’ll find thousands of [...]

6Oct2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 5 comments | Continued
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“Lather Man” Strikes in South Windsor, Connecticut

There’s a new attraction in South Windsor, Connecticut. You won’t find it in any attractions brochure or on a site-seeing map, and it’ll be in town for only a day or two, but if you’re a suds fan, you might want to visit the Evergreen Walk area of town as soon as possible.
According to [...]

5Sep2008 | James H. Hyde | 1 comment | Continued
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7 New England Museums to Experience

New England Living Museums are special destinations depicting times and a way of life from America’s past.
It’s an opportunity for current generations to experience what it was like at different moments and locations in America’s history.
These are not your average city museum with neat rows of glass enclosed artifacts.
The living museums of New England [...]

14Mar2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 2 comments | Continued
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Connecticut Sugarhouses are Boiling up a Steam

While the ski slopes of northern New England are greeting families on winter vacation with abundant snow, Connecticut Sugarhouses are preparing for the start of their maple sugaring season.
And this is what makes New England so fascinating and diverse.
While one part is still locked in ice and snow and the grip of winter, [...]

23Feb2008 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Haunted Headquarters for Halloween Adventures

If Massachusetts has Salem for its Halloween headquarters then surely Connecticut can point to Litchfield Hills as its main contender for the title.
For the next month the region hosts returning Halloween favorites and a cauldron of new suprises. Dracula, Frankenstein and other heroes of the horrors will be on hand and ghouls and goblins [...]

9Oct2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Spring Fly Fishing in Connecticut

While many parts of northern New England are still locked in snow and ice, places in Southern New England are enjoying the spring thaw.
While officially spring came to the northern hemisphere nearly two weeks ago, April is when I feel it’s really arrived for trout fishing in Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills.
The Cornwall area on the Housatonic [...]

5Apr2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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Don’t Miss these Daring Feats at Salisbury in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut

There’s a few activities I’ve come across in my life that suggest you’ve gotta be a little crazy to do them. In this list I include “climbing Mt. Everest”, “Bungee Jumping”, and “Bobsleigh Competition.”
Now don’t get me wrong I admire anybody that does those things but it’s not likely you’ll catch me doing them. Although [...]

31Jan2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued
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The Annual American Bald Eagle Watch in Connecticut is in Full Swing Here…

As the skiing season activities get into full swing in New England other more serine pastimes also become available to offer a break from the “cabin fever” season.
One such pastime is the American bald eagle watch. When lakes and rivers freeze in New England the bald eagle has to travel to spots where the rivers [...]

8Jan2007 | Cliff Calderwood | 0 comments | Continued