During the Revolutionary War, Waterbury was far removed from any battles, but still saw hundreds of soldiers as they marched through Connect...

I haven't been posting here as often as usual, partly because I've been working on several writing projects for publication elsewher...

Here are a few of the great houses in the Bucks Hill neighborhood. To see more, visit Old Houses at Bucks Hill, Part One . Feodore Liebre...

I finally made time to visit the new park and greenway in the South End. The park is small, but delightful. The greenway is a work in progre...

A few years ago, I noticed a gorgeous house for sale in Waterbury's Hopeville neighborhood and wondered about its age and history. I hav...

It's that time again! Election Day is Tuesday, November 8. On the local level, this has been an unusually quiet election cycle, possibly...

For the first part of this story, read Bleeding Kansas, Part One ------------- On March 28, 1856, William Chestnut wrote a letter to the Wat...

Every high school U.S. history class includes at least a mention of “Bleeding Kansas,” the conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery for...

A few years ago, I purchased a Waterbury whiskey jug at a local auction. The jug was originally used by The T. H. Hayes Company, a Waterbury...

Four years ago, the City of Waterbury adopted a Demolition Delay Ordinance designed to help prevent the destruction of historic buildings in...

The story of Chauncey Judd is one of the core histories of the Naugatuck Valley, from Waterbury down to Derby, a patriotic tale of a young ...

The story of the Scott family during the early 1700s has been told many times over the centuries as a tale of abduction, torture, death, and...

Tucked away in the middle of a large block on West Side Hill is a house built in the middle of the 19th century for Catharine Weston and her...

Gold! Gold! Gold! The California Gold Rush is legendary. Thousands of people flocked west to mine for gold following the 1848 news that ther...

There’s been some ongoing debate about forgiving students loans and making college free, which piqued my interest in the history of public e...

Waterbury lost one of its greats this weekend. Carmine Capobianco lived his live to its fullest and left behind creative work that will help...

Advertisement, Middlesex Gazette , 12 March 1791, p. 3    We’ve almost forgotten about it, but for thousands of years, smallpox was a consta...

From the 1670s through the 1830s, Waterbury was primarily a farming community. During the 1840s, Waterbury's industrial entrepreneurs an...

Like other cities in the U.S., Waterbury has suffered from the impact of racism on housing. Throughout the twentieth century, there have be...

There was a rally at City Hall yesterday intended to draw attention to the problem of racism in society today. The lineup of speakers includ...