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Hog River Journal Re: the new issue's "A Hip Road Trip," a reader writes: "I grew up in Wethersfield ...when the Berlin Turnpike was in its heyday. I remember the excitement when McDonald's opened (12 cent burgers!).... And ...if I'm not mistaken gas was as low as 18 cents a gallon--great for my '57 Chevy. ...I wouldn't even want to... guess how many of my classmates were "smuggled" into the Loew's [drive-in] in a buddy's trunk.
Hog River Journal Ct Explored team member Mary Donohue reports: Great small exhibit on Jewish farmers at the Otis Library in Norwich-lots of family photos not seen anywhere else.
Hog River Journal Ct Explored now has 9 high school history lesson plans based on Hog River Journal and CT Explored articles up on our site. One-stop-shopping for spicing up your high school history curriculum.
Hog River Journal COMING SOON: Connecticut Explored's winter issue is on press! Its theme: modernism in CT. Stories on CT's star turn in film, a hip road trip down the Berlin Turnpike, CT's modern architecture masterpieces, the story of prefab metal Lustron houses, and more!
Hog River Journal Ct Explored partner The CCT announces "Living Modern in Connecticut" by Diane Smith premiers on CPTV, Nov 12, 9 pm. The show captures the stunning beauty of Connecticut’s groundbreaking Modern architecture in photos, film and vintage film clips. Interviews with architects, homeowners, and community leaders present the... challenges as well as the virtues of preserving our post-war heritage.
Hog River Journal CT Explored partner The Hartford History Center at Hartford Public Library is offering a program on the WPA, 10/24, 11-1, with Cynthia Koch of the FDR Library and our own Mark Jones, state archivist. http://connecticutexplored.org/?p=1014
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FDR, NATIONAL POLICY - LOCAL IMPACT Saturday, October 24, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library,500 Main Street,
Hog River Journal Ct Explored partner The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center's Salon series is starting up again this week. And they have a new Web site. Check it out!
www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org
Salons at Stowe are an intimate community conversation designed to inspire thought and action
Hog River Journal Two of our partners are having Farm to Table Dinners soon: Hill-Stead's Dinner on the Hill is this Sunday and CT Landmarks' Dinner at the Homestead is 9/26. Go to their websites to sign up. $150 pp, great fresh local food and wine!
Hog River Journal Connecticut Landmarks is offering CTExplored subscribers a free CTL membership with the purchase of tickets to their Dinner at the Homestead event at the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry on September 26, 2009. This is a VERY special dinner by Jonathan Rapp of Chester's River Tavern. His series of farm-to-table dinne...rs have been selling out. Find out more and purchase tickets at www.ctexplored.org. I hope to
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A Football Rivalry Still on After 134 Years. Detail. The Norwich Free Academy 1898 team. Courtesy of Norwich Free Academy.
See MoreHog River Journal We've added a bookstore page to our web site with links through to Amazon.com. Buy a CT history book through our site!
Hog River Journal Manny Leibert, longtime boxing promoter, quoted in our fall issue story on boxer Louis "Kid" Kaplan, called yesterday to offer his compliments to David Kluczwski on a well-done article. Thanks, Manny!
Hog River Journal Our new Web site, www.ctexplored.org, just went live. We've added new features such as a Readers Forum where you can post comments, a page of recently-published Connecticut history books with links through to Amazon.com, and are planning to update the content more often. Let us know what you think and if you see anything that needs fixing.
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Here’s what our readers have shared about their experiences with the Hog River, beginning with CTExplored’s publisher’s own experience...
Thomas Elliott A good magazine about Connecticut history.
