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The Little Historic Chapel That Could

Ann Nyberg — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:53:55 +0000

If you don’t know bout this wonderfully historic chapel on the shoreline in Branford, Connecticut, you will after reading this. This is one of those gems that I love uncovering for you. I attended a wedding here a few years back and never forgot it, small, intimate, just lovely on a warm summer’s night. Quaint? [...]

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Davey Love Does Radio His Way

Ann Nyberg — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:11:14 +0000

Davie Love does radio his way, his style, on the internet. He has a three shows going some on the “irreverent” side, not my cup of tea at all, but one is more mainstream. He interviews a lot of musical guests on his Route 1 Radio Show (Route 1 is for Route 1 in Connecticut, [...]

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Books & Company Where Refills Are Free!

Ann Nyberg — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:07:59 +0000

Linder Mooser is passionate about her like-new used book store in the Whitneyville section of Hamden, Connecticut called Books & Company. She’s been in business for 17 years and she’s bound and determined to see 18 and 19 and so on and so forth. She loves the people that have come into her life through [...]

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Summer Fashion Camp In Sono

Ann Nyberg — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:32:09 +0000

Irina Simeonova of Bulgaria started as a fashion designer when she was 18 years old. By 19 she had won her first fashion contest and became a head designer in one of the biggest companies in Bulgaria. A When things became dicey politically in her country she moved to the United States looking for a [...]

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CT Charity Rides

Ann Nyberg — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:09:18 +0000

CT Charity Rides is just a little over a year old now and it has been, and continues to be the “ride” of James Bortnick’s life. James is just awesome in his desire to help all kinds of people and he does it through his charity rides one trip at a time. He told me [...]

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Charles Santarpia~ Realist Oil Painter

Ann Nyberg — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:41:30 +0000

Do you know this place to the left? It’s The Anchor, a landmark 1940′s restaurant in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. It looks like a photo doesn’t it, but it’s not, it’s an oil painting done by Charles Santarpia of Branford, Connecticut. Charles got laid off when the economy bottomed out in the fall of 2008 [...]

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She’s One In A Million

Ann Nyberg — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:05:48 +0000

Grace Wohlberg of Darien, Connecticut is one in a million, one in a million children who was diagnosed with a very rare disease called Rasmussen Encephalitis. Until now I had never heard of it. There are only about 200 cases of RE in the world. Grace’s Dad, Seth Wohlberg and his wife Debbie have seen [...]

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Headed For New Haven On The RMS Titanic

Ann Nyberg — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:16:34 +0000

One hundred years ago, late at night on April 14th, 1912, the unthinkable happened, the RMS Titanic, the most luxurious ship ever made, hit an iceberg and started to sink into the Atlantic. Fifteen hundred-fourteen would perish on the luxury ocean liner including 44-year old James Kelly of County Kildaire. Kelly’s daughter, Margaret proceeded him to [...]

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Things Are Buzzin In Watertown

Ann Nyberg — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:04:59 +0000

Catherine Wolko of Watertown, Connecticut is passionate about all things bees, in this case honey bees, Russian and Italian honey bees. Her father was a bee keeper so she grew up around those little flying buzzing things and was not afraid of them. A few years back she decided to follow in his footsteps and [...]

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The House That Duo Built

Ann Nyberg — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:46:40 +0000

This is one of architect Duo Dickinson‘s latest coastal Connecticut projects, an empty nester home that is four stories high along Long Island Sound. Full disclosure here, I have known Duo for years, our kids went to school together, and he serves on the board of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center with me. We’re [...]

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