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The following are feature articles taken from "Connecticut Preservation News", a publication that is available to Connecticut Trust members. To receive "Connecticut Preservation News" please visit our Become A Member! page.
Around the State: Historic Commission Rejects Demolition
 Around the State: Harwinton House to Go Home Again
 New London: A Street with a View
 Court Blocks Demolition in Wallingford
 People in Preservation: Christopher Bergstrom Becomes Executive Director of Commission on Culture & Tourism
 People in Preservation: Roger Clarke, Historical Architect (January 31, 1936 - January 8, 2011)
 Energy-Saving Rehab in New Haven
 Preservation is in the Details: The Eli Whitney Barn, Hamden
 There’s Always Something New to Learn: Seven Hearths, Kent
 Great Preservation Opportunities – Updated: New Haven
 Around the State: Connecticut Freedom Trail
 Connecticut Trust Awards Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grants: Fall 2010
 Modern Houses Added to National Register
 Community Renaissance: Three Cities Make Plans to Build on Historic Assets
 The 1827 Eli Whitney Boarding House gets a new roof!
 State Grants to Fund New and Expanded Projects
 Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT recently celebrated the dedication of new walkways on the Pope Quadrangle of the historic camp
 Norwalk Preservation Trust Presents Awards to Senator Duff and Representative Cafero
 Connecticut’s Archaeological Heritage: Preserving the Battlefields of the Pequot War
 Connecticut’s Archaeological Heritage: The Search for Lt. Eugene Bradley’s Plane Crash
 Northwest District School Listed on National Register
Hartford. Community leaders and preservationists met in September to celebrate the inclusion of the Northwest District School on the National Register of Historic Places.  Resident Curator Program
A Resident Curator is a private individual, a private not-for-profit organization or a for profit company who is interested in historic preservation, who wishes to live in or, reuse a historic structure on state park or forest land.  New Canaan: The 134-year-old Maples Inn collapsed in a gust of wind on Wednesday afternoon.
 Connecticut’s Archaeological Heritage: The Archaeology of the Isaac Camp House and Shop, Washington, Connecticut
 National Trust Studies Federal Preservation Policy
 New National Trust Advisor
 Connecticut’s Archaeological Heritage: Giving Back - Disseminating Archaeological Study Information to the Public
 Fire Destroys Weeks Hall, at Connecticut Valley Hospital
 Over 50,000 National Register properties in Connecticut!
 Stolen Cemetery Statue Recovered
 Study Confirms Economic Benefits of Historic Tax Credits
 2010 Barns Grant Recipients
 UPDATED SEPTEBER 22, 2010: Rules Govern Lead in Older Buildings
 Bridgeport’s Wheeler Fountain Restored
 Buildings of Connecticut
Buildings of Connecticut is a statewide architectural guidebook which will focus on a wide range of periods and building types, as well as landscape and engineering sites that go beyond the usual idea of “architecture.”  www.historicdistrictsCT.org
Introducing a new website dedicated to Connecticut's local historic district commissioners.  Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Make Coltsville a National Park
 Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grants Awarded June 2010
June 2010 HPTAG Recipients Announced  Historic Preservation Guides Disaster Relief
 For the Merritt Parkway, the Biggest Threat is Traffic
The National Trust for Historic Preservation included the Merritt Parkway on its annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.  State Launches Resident Curator Program
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced a new way to care for some of its historic but underused properties.  Floods and Winds Damage Historic Sites
North Stonington. The flooding that ravaged eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island at the end of March caused damage to a number of historic properties.  Developer Announced (Again) for Seaside Hospital
Waterford. After a long and unnecessary delay it appears that Mark S. Steiner is back on track to redevelop the Seaside Hospital site overlooking Long Island Sound.  Connecticut River Museum fire
 Preservation Opportunities 2010
What are the opportunities for historic preservation this year? What great buildings are available for reuse, what new ideas or tools are available for preservationists, what challenges are waiting to awaken our ingeniuty?  The Gubernatorial Candidates on Preservation
In preparation for the upcoming gubernatorial election, the Conencticut Trust asked the major party candidates for their thoughts on preservation issues facing the state.  The Connecticut Humanities Council Announces Big Changes to the Heritage Revitalization Fund
Good News for Heritage Organizations! In response to the tough financial challenges that cultural institutions continue to face, we are pleased to announce new, streamlined guidelines for all grant programs.  Strategic Plan
 Settlement to Preserve Norwalk House
 House and Garden: New Listings on the National Register
 Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation Presents Awards
 Connecticut Modern: New Listings on the National Register
 Connecticut Snapshots: Boothe Memorial Park, Stratford
 Simsbury Designated a Distinctive Destination
 Technical Assistance Grants Awarded
 Bridgeport Arcade Reopens
 Cemeteries at Risk
 Westport Modern: When Cool Was Hot
 Update: What Is Preservation Worth?
 From Stone House to Glass House: Connecticut’s House Museums
 Connecticut Snapshots: Salt Meadow, Westbrook
 Town Hall Becomes Theater
 Book Notes: Hidden in Plain Sight: The Whittemore Collection and the French Impressionists
 Archaeology at the Ebenezer Story Site, Preston
 Hartford Preservation Ordinance Made Permanent
 Lawsuit Filed over Saint Andrew’s Rectory
 Energy Audits and Historic Windows
 What Is Preservation Worth? Some Results from Other Places
 What Is Preservation Worth? The Need for Studying Economic Impacts
 Litchfield: Lawsuit Filed over Synagogue Proposal
 Berlin: New Life for Former Factory
 John Leeke's Historic HomeWorks(tm)
 New Haven: Once-Threatened House Restored
 Industries and Industrialists: New Listings on the State and National Registers
 Westport: Micheels House Recorded in Digital Images
 Visit the New Heritage Resource Center Web Site
 Merritt Parkway Named to World Monuments Watch List
 Community Renaissance: Towns and Cities Look to Historic Assets
 Community Renaissance: Additional Projects
 Hartford: Historic Park System Threatened
 New Canaan’s Modern Houses on New Website
 John Leeke's Historic HomeWorks(tm)
 Great Preservation Opportunities for Tobacco Sheds
Feasibility studies for adaptive re-use options of tobacco sheds  Great Preservation Opportunities: 2009
 Recycling and Preservation: Making It Work
 O’Rourke House Demolished in Bridgeport
 CT Trust Awards $111,000 to Three Cities for Preservation Planning
 Portland Update: Town approves demolition of Brainerd house
 Stimulating Preservation
 “Ancient and Ordinary” Archaeology and Changing Perceptions of Connecticut’s 18th-Century Architecture
 Book Notes
 John Leeke's Historic HomeWorks(tm)
 Around the State: New Haven
 New Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
 Around the State: Portland
 Unsung Heroes: Environmental Review Teams Aid Municipalities
 Searching out Connecticut’s Barns
 Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven and Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance Receive Griswold Award
 Around the State: New London
 “Living Modern in New Canaan: Celebrating and Preserving Our Modern Past” at the CCT Gallery, April – June 2009
 Elms on the Rebound
 AIA Connecticut Gives Awards for Preservation Projects
 The Most Important Threatened Historic Places -- Updates
Downtown Torrington (2006).  John Leeke's Historic HomeWorks(tm)
 Alsop House Is Connecticut’s Newest National Historic Landmark
 New Listings on the National Register: Apartments and Textile Mills
 The Most Important Threatened Historic Places – Updates Grumman-St. John house, Norwalk (2006).
 The Most Important Threatened Historic Places – Updates Coltsville, Hartford (2001).
 Archaeological Perspectives
Welcome to Negrotown
African Diaspora Archaeology in Western Connecticut
 John Leeke's Historic HomeWorks(tm)
 Around the State: Fairfield County
Celebration of the Merritt Parkway’s 70th birthday (see CPN, September/October 2008) continued in December with the unveiling of a new film about the historic road.  Around the State: Bridgeport
 Around the State: Norwich
 Around the State: Sharon
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