On the Road in Litchfield County: Goshen, CT

On the Road in Litchfield County: Goshen, CT

Goshen is a small town in Litchfield County that was incorporated before the Revolutionary War. Goshen has attracted newcomers over the years because, as locals say, it’s a nice place to raise a family and it’s also a destination on the Connecticut Wine...
On the Road in Litchfield County Overview

On the Road in Litchfield County Overview

Litchfield County, CT is the state’s largest county by land mass at about 920 square miles, however it has the lowest population density. Litchfield County is often thought of as an affluent region of the state, but as we discovered, it also has its challenges with...
Unique Museums: Submarine Force Museum

Unique Museums: Submarine Force Museum

Connecting Point’s Unique Museums series begins with a visit to the submarine capitol of the world: Groton, Connecticut, home to the Submarine Force Museum. The Museum maintains the world’s finest collection of submarine artifacts and is the only submarine...
On the Road in Northern Connecticut: Tobacco History

On the Road in Northern Connecticut: Tobacco History

Early New England settlers found the Windsor, CT area’s sandy loam the perfect soil for growing tobacco and by the mid-19th century the “Tobacco Valley,” ran from Hadley, Massachusetts, to Hartford, Connecticut. In 1988, aware of the disappearing tobacco culture in...
S. Prestley Blake’s Monticello

S. Prestley Blake’s Monticello

A full-sized $6 million replica of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia plantation home is rapidly nearing completion on a hillside in Somers, CT. Friendly’s co-founder S. Prestley Blake, who is nearing 100 years old, is working with Laplante Construction Inc., of...

K-9 Vests

Connecting Point visits the Connecticut Department of Correction’s K9 Unit and meets the officers and their canines. We learn about what the dogs are trained for and also, how recently they were given 9 bullet and stab protective vests for the canines to keep them...

Fuel Cell Energy

Fuel Cell Energy is a company in Torrington, CT working on developing new, cutting edge energy technologies for the 21st century. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151226065163693&l=6bf0e5a0b4...