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READER SUBMITTED: CREC Two Rivers Students Release Salmon Into Farmington River
HartfordOn April 23, students from the CREC Two Rivers Magnet High School in Hartford traveled to West Granby to release their schoolwork into the river. Luckily for the local ecosystem, this particular schoolwork consists of a number of young Atlantic salmon....Tags: Schools, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Students, Granby
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READER SUBMITTED: SImsbury Free Library Announces May Events
SimsburyThe Simsbury Free Library (SFL) announces the following events for May: A. Everett Austin, Jr. House Tour: Due to overwhelming response, the Simsbury Free Library has added a second tour of the A. Everett Austin, Jr. House in Hartford, a pairing with its...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Libraries, Simsbury, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure
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West Suffield Mountain Offers One Of The 'Best Views In State'
The Hartford CourantThree teacher friends "passionately fighting off" the three dreaded words – back to school – can't be wrong. Neither can Farmer Ed and Tippi, who have hiked to the summit of West Suffield Mountain and Chimney Point more than 60 times in 2012....Tags: Suffield, Manchester, Meriden
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Embark On A Brisk Hike To The Heublein Tower
The deep freeze hasn't set in just yet, so take to the trails while the weather holds. Talcott Mountain State Park, on the Bloomfield-Simsbury line, is one of the few parks open year round. Visitors can embark on a brisk 1.25 mile hike to the beautiful...
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Home, Sweet Home: Picking Your Spots
Diana's Pool One of the must-see attractions in eastern Connecticut is Diana's Pool in Chaplin, along the beautiful Natchaug River. This fishing, kayaking and hiking spot is also popular as a destination because of its sheer beauty. An almost rite of...
Tags: University of Connecticut, Jonathan Trumbull, University of Hartford, Fishing, Wallace Stevens
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Nature: From Mine To Mountain Top
The Hartford CourantI haven't been to every corner of the state, but I'm pretty sure there is only one place where visitors can plunge into the bowels of the earth, deep in a old copper mine, and then scale the heights of a nearly 700-foot-high mountain in the span of a...Tags: East Granby, Prisons, Bradley International Airport, Manchester, Meriden
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Group Trying To Save Cedar Mountain
The Hartford CourantLook at a satellite photograph of Cedar Mountain in Newington and you will see a swath of forest surrounded by urban sprawl. Now even that swath is threatened. Through the heart of this open space you will find the Old Cedar Mountain Highway, mere...Tags: Toll Brothers Inc, Travel, Road Transportation, Newington, Wethersfield
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Superman: Ride Of Steel
Superman Ride of Steel is simply the best in New England, period. The first drop is beyond horrifying, the second hill is a monster. Hill number three is a high-speed banked curve, and hills four and five leave you weightless for ... well, it can seem...Tags: Superman (fictional character), Metal and Mineral, Six Flags New England
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Other Foliage Route Options
Paddling Farmington River: North from Farmington to Simsbury (get out here, or face the Tarrifville Gorge rapids). Housatonic River: Put in at the hydroelectric station in Falls Village; get out before the covered bridge in Cornwall to avoid major...Tags: Bigelow Hollow State Park, Housatonic River, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Rivers
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In The Shade Of The Sycamore
The Hartford CourantIf you have any interest in the natural or cultural features that give the state texture and historical context, then spend a couple of hours with the Pinchot Sycamore. Yes, it is a tree; a single tree growing in Simsbury beside the Farmington River,...Tags: Halloween, Forests, Canoeing and Kayaking, Transportation, Forestry and Timber
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The Best Connecticut Foliage Lookouts
The state tourism office recommends these lookouts for some of the best foliage views in New England: Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent: The overlook from white-blazed Cobble Mountain Trail has views across the Harlem Valley to the Taconic and Catskill...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Road Transportation, Oceans, Rivers, Talcott Mountain State Park
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