Field Trips

Saugatuck Resevoir

Hiking The 203

updated January 24, 2022 Our guide to where to go when you want to hit the trail. Featuring: New Canaan, Shelton, Wilton, Norwalk, Bethel, Ridgefield, and Redding. Shelton leads the list because the people who

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Christmas trees live farms

The Ultimate Guide to Xmas Trees

With Thanksgiving behind us, we are now into Christmastime meriment. You could take the easy route, order online, or trek to the local parking lot filled with trees. Or you could go all New Englan,

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The Norwalk Islands

You don’t have to prepare for a three hour tour, but New England weather can start to get rough. Just sit right back and let me tell you the tale of the Norwalk Islands. There are 25

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Stew Leonards

1969 was a pivotal year for history-making events, men landed on the moon, the Gap opened in San Francisco and the world’s largest dairy store (at least according to Ripley’s) opened in Norwalk. Today Stew Leonard’s, or

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Little Pub

Technically Little Pub Wilton, is not in Norwalk. It is just over the town line, which we tend to think of as a mythical thing, especially on route 7, but to the born and raised

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To The Lighthouse

There’s no way that Virginia Wolf wrote about Norwalk’s Sheffield Island Lighthouse in her book To The Lighthouse, but you can feel the sentiments from this quote: “With her foot on the threshold she waited a

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Take a Hike

This past March marked the 96th anniversary of the very first section of the Appalachian Trail opening. That 13. 5 mile section linked Bear Mountain, New York, to Harriman State Park in Arden, New York.

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