A legacy of shipbuilding, innovation makes Essex a microcosm of American history

‘We The People’: Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary

Bevin Bells, based in East Hampton, known as Bell Town USA, was founded in 1832 by four brothers.

If you’ve ever driven through Northeast Ohio and noticed towns called Fairfield, Norwalk, New Haven or New London, that’s not a coincidence. It turns out Connecticut once owned that land, and the story of how it got there and why it let it go is more interesting than you might expect.

Milford is marking America’s 250th birthday with a summer of patriotic events highlighting the city’s Revolutionary War history.