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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.
It was based in New Haven from 1932-1945, at which time it was relocated to suburban Hamden, CT, where it continued to manufacture firearms from 1946 through 1977, at which time it moved to East Hartford, CT, from 1977-1984. [1]
The top four major employers are the Town government and school district, Quinnipiac University, Harborside Health Care, and Area Cooperative Education Services (ACES). Shaw's Supermarket was one of the top five major employers, but the Hamden Shaw's was sold to ShopRite in a sale of Shaw's Connecticut stores announced on February 13, 2010. [14]
A massive fire broke out at a housing facility for homeless U.S. military veterans in the 900 block of North Pennsylvania Avenue late Saturday, displacing dozens of people who were being sheltered ...
On Wednesday morning, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont directed U.S. and state flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Sharkevich. Flags will remained lowered throughout the state until sunset on ...
Hamden: New Haven: Art: Art related to the Irish Great Hunger of 1845–1852 Imagine Nation Museum: Bristol: Hartford: Children's: website, hands-on, interactive children's museum for ages 2 to 10 Institute For American Indian Studies: Washington: Litchfield: Native American: History and culture of Connecticut's Native American peoples Isham ...
Veterans Stadium (full name Veterans Memorial Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in New Britain, Connecticut. Opened in 1982, it is dedicated to the soldiers of the city who died in various U.S. wars, particularly Vietnam. The stadium now Houses CT United FC of the American Soccer League.
Veterans for Peace logo. Veterans for Peace is an organization founded in 1985. Initially made up of US military veterans of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War - later including veterans of the Gulf War, the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War - as well as peacetime veterans and non-veterans, it has since spread overseas and has an active offshoot in the United Kingdom (which has ...