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Hamden Memorial Town Hall is located in central eastern Hamden, near the center of a commercial district at the junction of Dixwell and Whitney Avenues, major arteries passing through the town. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of load-bearing brick, cast stone, and concrete, with some steel reinforcement.
Across Dixwell Avenue from the town hall is the Miller Memorial Library complex, which houses the main Hamden library, [14] Thornton Wilder Hall auditorium, [15] and the Miller Senior Center. [ 16 ] Centerville is located in Connecticut's 3rd congressional district , the 11th state senate district, and the 88th state house district. [ 17 ]
Whitney Avenue is a principal arterial connecting Downtown New Haven with the town center of Hamden in the U.S. state of Connecticut.Most of the road within the city of New Haven is included in the Whitney Avenue Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hamden is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with a 15-member legislative council. Six councilors are elected at large while the other nine are elected by district. Town elections are held biennially during odd years in November. Other elected positions in the town government are the Town Clerk and members of the Board of Education.
The Town of Hamden provides all municipal services for the neighborhood. It is located in Connecticut's 3rd congressional district.Most of the neighborhood is in the 11th state senate district, with a small western portion in the 17th, and most of it is in the 91st state house district, with a small western portion in the 94th.
The land that is now Brooksvale Park was once part of a farm owned by the Brooks family, who settled in the area in the early 18th century. In the early 20th century, the Brooks family began selling off parts of their land, and in 1958, the Town of Hamden purchased the remaining 54 acres to create a public park.
Map of Connecticut showing major highways. The Interstate highways in the state are I-95 (the majority of the Connecticut Turnpike) traveling southwest to northeast along the coast, I-84 traveling southwest to northeast in the center of the state, I-91 traveling south to north in the center of the state, and I-395 (the rest of the Connecticut Turnpike) traveling south to north near the eastern ...
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.The E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG) consists of member agencies in several states, which use the same technology and allow travelers to use the same transponder on toll roads throughout the network.