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Nov. 4—EAST HARTFORD — Voters will decide a number of referendum questions on Tuesday, Election Day, covering charter revisions and $18 million in spending for roadwork and fire equipment.
Two years after the Connecticut Charter was granted, Charles II granted his brother, James-Duke of York, a Patent for a New York Colony. It extended from the Delaware River to the Connecticut River, thus creating a conflict with the Connecticut Charter. Edmund Andros was appointed the third governor of the English Colony of New York in 1674 ...
The colonists generally viewed the charter as a continuation and surety for their Fundamental Orders. Later on, the Charter Oak got its name when that charter was taken from Jeremy Adams 's tavern and supposedly hidden in an oak tree, rather than it be surrendered to the agents of James II , who intended to annex Connecticut to the more ...
Charter Oak Street, Highland Street — — SR 535: 0.21: 0.34 Route 71 in West Hartford: I-84 / US 6 in West Hartford: Ridgewood Road — — SR 536: 1.53: 2.46 Route 372 in Plainville: Route 372 in Plainville: Pine Street, Woodford Avenue, Crooked Street — — SR 539: 3.70: 5.95 Route 20 in Hartland: Route 189 in Granby: Mountain Road ...
Oct. 31—EAST LYME — Voters at the polls on Nov. 7 will find 11 questions on the back side of the ballot that mark the first proposed changes to the town charter since 2009. Each question will ...
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Shelton was settled by the English as part of the town of Stratford in 1639. On May 15, 1656, the Court of the Colony of Connecticut in Hartford affirmed that the town of Stratford included all of the territory 12 miles (19 km) inland from Long Island Sound, between the Housatonic River and the Fairfield town line.
Since the early 1990s, rural and southern portions of the Naugatuck Valley have evolved into sprawling commuter towns. Communities like Shelton and Oxford have become popular bedroom communities for residents working in New York City and lower Fairfield County. Vast sections of farmland up and down the Naugatuck Valley have also been developed ...