Ivoryton NewsLocal news for Ivoryton, CT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Essex Fire Department Celebrates 175th Anniversary- June 23, 2008 It was a parade 175 years in the making, so a late-morning thunderstorm could not prevent the members of Essex Fire Engine Company No. 1 from celebrating the anniversary and storied history of the second-oldest volunteer fire department in Connecticut.The storm ended before the procession began, but the firefighters had planned to march rain or shine because, as one crisply dressed captain astride a cherry-red engine said, a 'little rain ain't nothing compared to a three-alarm fire.'Although...http://www.topix.net/city/ivoryton-ct/2008/06/essex-fire-department-celebrates-175th-anniv... Free Folk Music From The Morgans, In Concert- June 20, 2008 T he Morga ns , one of Connecticut's most popular traditional folk music bands, perform at 7 tonight in the courtyard of The Russell Library , 123 Broad St.http://www.topix.net/city/ivoryton-ct/2008/06/free-folk-music-from-the-morgans-in-concert?... Essex Fire Company Celebrates Anniversary- June 18, 2008 It was the goal of protecting businesses in the downtown village that brought 30 men together in June of 1833 to establish Essex Fire Engine Company No. 1.On Sunday, the men and women of Company No. 1 will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the state's second-oldest volunteer fire department with a large parade of firefighting equipment and other events. (The state's oldest volunteer fire department was established in Wethersfield a few years earlier than Essex's.) The parade, which steps off...http://www.topix.net/city/ivoryton-ct/2008/06/essex-fire-company-celebrates-anniversary?fr... The Buzz- June 1, 2008 Wildlife biologist Shelley Spohr of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe's Department of Natural Resources Protection studies snapping turtles in the vernal pools on tribal lands, tracking them with radio ...http://www.topix.net/city/ivoryton-ct/2008/06/the-buzz?fromrss=1 |