Connecticut River

A river of the northeast United States flowing about 655 km (405 mi) from northern New Hampshire southward along the Vermont-New Hampshire border and through central Massachusetts and Connecticut to its outlet on Long Island Sound.

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Connecticut River - a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound

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U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

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Fortunately, however, the winter having been unusually mild, the Connecticut River was 'open,' or, in other words, not frozen.

The Connecticut River is a fine stream; and the banks in summer-time are, I have no doubt, beautiful; at all events, I was told so by a young lady in the cabin; and she should be a judge of beauty, if the possession of a quality include the appreciation of it, for a more beautiful creature I never looked upon.

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Massachusetts, Connecticut River and Boston Bay you think paltry places, and the ear loves names of foreign and classic topography.

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As previously explained, I recently returned from a whirlwind tour of the Connecticut River valley area around Hartford, Connecticut.

GRIPE OF THE MONTH

"The very geological feature that is responsible for recharging our water supply and no one can provide us with any clear evidence that the mine expansion will not have a detrimental effect on the aquifer or the Connecticut River," wrote DeLuca.

Massachusetts quarry seeks permit

The taxpayer (Taxpayer) owns the Wilder Dam on the Connecticut River in Hartford, Vermont.

Flow easement value established by rights in the land, not how easement is used

The scenic Connecticut River Valley is the other major geographic feature of that part of the state.

THE HOT ZONE

Before Salem: Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley, 1647-1663

Police said Moreno threw his son, Aaden, off the Arrigoni Bridge over the Connecticut River in Middletown in July 2015.

Bridge baby killer jailed for 70 years; WORLD BULLETINS

She falls in love with Henri Willems, a Dutch horticulturalist who grows Cuba's Habano tobacco in the Connecticut River Valley.

The Mortifications

Here the Connecticut River begins--flowing 410 miles to Long Island Sound.

Perfect days in the The Great North Woods region