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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: 15 foods only New Englanders eat: Fluffernutters, chow mein sandwiches and more

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. 15 foods only New Englanders eat: Fluffernutters, chow mein sandwiches and more. By Nick O'Malley nomalley@masslive.com. If fluffernutters, coffee milk and American chop suey are weird, what's the point of being right? As a follow up to our opening salvo in the cross country food fight vs. our friends down at AL.com, we've rounded up a list of 15 food special to New England that are unknown or a little weird to the rest of the country. 1 American Chop Suey. Chop suey is ...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: Wicked Cool New England Recipes: Recipe exhibit at Maine Historical Society shows s...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. Wicked Cool New England Recipes: Recipe exhibit at Maine Historical Society shows s. Wicked Cool New England Recipes: Recipe exhibit at Maine Historical Society shows s. BY PEGGY GRODINSKY FOOD EDITOR If you’re an avid home cook, you’ve probably got a stash of recipes that you refer to often when you . On sale now on Amazon.Com and all Barnes and Noble Stores. About Short Stories from a Small Town. Etc) and like Joyce I wanted to write about my people, the people I knew ...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: The New England Mafia: Mob enforcer Gerard T. Ouimette dies at 75

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. The New England Mafia: Mob enforcer Gerard T. Ouimette dies at 75. The New England Mafia: Mob enforcer Gerard T. Ouimette dies at 75. PROVIDENCE - A former mob enforcer in Rhode Island with ties to late New England crime boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca has died in a fede. On sale now on Amazon.Com and all Barnes and Noble Stores. About Short Stories from a Small Town. The collected stories are loosely modeled around Joyce’s novel, Dubliners. Etc) and like Joyce I wanted to w...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: Kitty Genovese

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. Kitty Genovese is buried in a family grave at Lakeview Cemetery in New Canaan. Her cry was heard by several neighbors but, on a cold night with the windows closed, only a few of them recognized the sound as a cry for help. When Robert Mozer, one of the neighbors, shouted at the attacker, "Let that girl alone! Moseley also testified at his own trial where he further described the attack (along with two other murders and numerous attacks), leaving no question that he was t...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: The Connecticut Irish: Patsy Touhye of East Haddam

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. The Connecticut Irish: Patsy Touhye of East Haddam. The Connecticut Irish: Patsy Touhye of East Haddam. The “Only Patsy Touhey” among his admirers, and they are legion, is the youngest of the many distinguished pipers who hailed from Galway. . On sale now on Amazon.Com and all Barnes and Noble Stores. About Short Stories from a Small Town. The collected stories are loosely modeled around Joyce’s novel, Dubliners. Etc) and like Joyce I wanted to write about my people, the...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: Yale’s Beinecke Library Buys Vast Collection of Lincoln Photos

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. Yale’s Beinecke Library Buys Vast Collection of Lincoln Photos. Abraham Lincoln last visited New Haven in March 1860, when, as a likely presidential candidate, he gave a speech on slavery. He is now set for a triumphal return. Peter W. Kunhardt Sr., a board member with the family foundation, directed by his son Peter W. Kunhardt Jr., said: “We knew the foundation could do a good job of preserving and cataloging the collection, but not for the long h...Since 2009, the col...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: The Connecticut Compromise

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. The Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise, was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It proposed a bicameral legislature, resulting in the current United States Senate and House of Representatives. By and large the compromise was accepted into the final form of the ...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: Meet the author of a new book that serves up a slice of Connecticut history, for every day of the year

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. Meet the author of a new book that serves up a slice of Connecticut history, for every day of the year. Ever wonder how PEZ candies got their name? Are you aware that Mark Twain entertained many famous people at his home in Redding, charging the male visitors $1 per visit as a donation toward the construction of a town library? Did you know that Rentschler Field was an airstrip where Pratt and Whitney tested their engines, which were originally developed by Frederick Ren...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: Following Fitzgerald: Connecticut NY Times

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. Following Fitzgerald: Connecticut NY Times. Following Fitzgerald: Connecticut NY Times. Writer's Block By ALAN BISBORT Published: November 28, 2004 ONNECTICUT must be a Land of Canaan for writers. No other explanation s. On sale now on Amazon.Com and all Barnes and Noble Stores. About Short Stories from a Small Town. This is a book of short stories taken from the things I saw and heard in my childhood in the factory town of Ansonia in southwestern Connecticut. Etc) and l...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History: In Praise of the Rhode Island Wiener: Hot Weiner Eating Contest supports Leukemia & Lymp...

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John Tuohy's Connecticut History. In Praise of the Rhode Island Wiener: Hot Weiner Eating Contest supports Leukemia and Lymp. In Praise of the Rhode Island Wiener: Hot Weiner Eating Contest supports Leukemia and Lymp. Meri R. Kennedy In his second attempt to be honored as Man of the Year by raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of R. On sale now on Amazon.Com and all Barnes and Noble Stores. About Short Stories from a Small Town. Etc) and like Joyce I wanted to write about my people, the pe...