By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hubbard Farm Part II See part 1 Acquisition and Establishment Miles Merwin came to the fledgling Colonies as a seven year old boy in 1630. Upon his arrival, he and his family first … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hubbard Farm Part I See part 2 Prequel As tradition has it, the people called Quinnipiac arrived in the Long Island Sound region about 10,000 years ago, during the closing years of the last … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Gifts of Christmas The holly in the windy hedgeAnd round the Manor House the yewWill soon be stripped to deck the ledge,The altar, font and arch and pew,So that the villagers can say'The church looks nice' … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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Is there somehow a link between the battle of Gettysburg and our most American of holidays? Indeed there is! “How so?” you might ask. Well, it’s like this… In the midst of all the terrible strife of the Civil War, Abraham … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist The Hurricane of 1950 (The Great Appalachian Storm of November1950) Note: This week, your Historian defers to a past First Church Historian, Marjorie Phelps, and part of a narrative she gave to the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Yankee Division Encampment at Yale Field By Loretta Bontempo Forte I grew up in a house on Derby Avenue across the road from the Yale fields, so I was aware of football games and Yale sports events from … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Away to the Football FieldFrom 1922 By Loretta Bontempo Forte Autumn in Allingtown, especially at our home on Derby Avenue, meant three things: the back-to -Forest school routine, the harvest … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Autumn on Derby Avenue, 1913 - 1923 By Loretta BonTempo Forte Loretta grew up in a large brick and stone house on Derby Ave in Allingtown. Although the area seemed rural, and most of the … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later Part III See part 1 | part 2 (Originally written 2010.) "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." Longfellow … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner
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By Dan Shine Voice Columnist Campbell Avenue, Fifty Years Later (as written, 2010) Part II See part 1 | part 3 Campbell Avenue is the only main thoroughfare in the United States which is named to honor an enemy … [Read more...] about Historian’s Corner