Topic: Simsbury

Deadline approaches for full power restoration in Connecticut

BOSTON (Reuters) - Nearly 4,000 residents remained without power in Connecticut on Wednesday as crews worked to meet a midnight deadline for full power restoration statewide, 11 days after a monster snowstorm slammed the Northeast."We expect to have everyone restored today ...

Beware E. coli when drinking raw milk: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A government investigation published this month has tied raw milk consumption to a 2008 outbreak of E. coli in Connecticut, which landed four people in the hospital with life-threatening illnesses.It also puts a price tag on the ...
The first human inhabitants of Burlington belonged to the Tunxis Tribe. In 1636, the first English settlers arrived in Connecticut and began the plantations of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield. The first cattle branding in the U.S. originated in Connecticut after laws ...

Copper mining

In 1737 Dr. Samuel Higley, a Yale Graduate, owned the Copper Hill Mine presently located in East Granby Connecticut on Newgate Rd. Aside from owning a copper mine Dr. Higley also knew how to mint coins from that copper even if it ...
Simsbury, Connecticut, is rich with colonial American history and was recently named by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as the only Connecticut town to make the list of Dozen Distinctive Destinations. Simsbury was established in 1670 and along with its historic ...
The town of Simsbury is a sleepy suburb roughly 14 miles northwest of Connecticut's capital city of Hartford. Zagat calls the restaurant Simsbury's "epicurean star," and the New York Times calls chef and co-owner Christopher Prosperi "a technical master, an ...
National Trust for Historic Preservation names 12 Distinctive Destinations, offers fan contest St. Louis, the city of red-brick, 19th century architectural jewels and diverse neighborhoods, has been named one of this year's Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic ...