Connecticut’s 99-year journey to lawful contraception – Part IV, Finale
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Following the 1940 Connecticut Supreme Court’s 3-2 decision upholding Connecticut’s 1879 anticontraception law, the Connecticut ... Continue Reading →
Connecticut’s 99-year journey to lawful contraception – Part II of IV
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
In July 1923, the family of the late Henry Sabin Chase (1855-1918), some of whom lived in Middlebury for many years, began constructing ... Continue Reading →
General DataComm – Part II of II
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Following the 1984 breakup of AT&T, General DataComm (GDC) sales soared that year to $145.7 million from $60.7 million in ... Continue Reading →
General DataComm – Part I of II
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
1984 was a good year for General DataComm Industries Inc. That year, the extraordinarily successful high-tech company moved to ... Continue Reading →
Many artists lived here
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Middlebury has been the home to many artists, including painters, writers, composers, sculptors, craftspeople and poets. The Middlebury Historical ... Continue Reading →
MHS plans Rochambeau Monument
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
June is Rochambeau month in Middlebury because, on June 27, 1781, the French Army under General Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte ... Continue Reading →
The Benham twins
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
During and following the Civil War, great interest arose in personal health awareness. The War uncovered a great need for citizens to pay greater ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury Lions Club – Part II of II
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
The International Association of Lions Clubs, founded in 1916, is one of the most popular and effective volunteer associations ever ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury Lions Club – Part I of II
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), the Alabama-born political activist, lecturer and author, changed the world. Speaking in Cincinnati ... Continue Reading →
Harris Whittemore Jr., aviation pioneer – Conclusion
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By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD
On July 1, 1926, Colonial Air Transport Inc. inaugurated airmail service from New York to Boston, stopping in Hartford’s ... Continue Reading →
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