Waterbury (nicknamed "The Brass City") is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles (45 minutes) southwest of Hartford and 77 miles (90 minutes) northeast of New York City. Waterbury is located in New Haven County, Connecticut.
Population: 110,366
Latitude: 41° 33' 29.34" N
Longitude: -73° 03' 5.40" W
Quinnipiac University /ˈkwɪnɨpiːæk/ is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in Hamden, Connecticut, United States at the foot of Sleeping Giant State Park. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees …
Choate Rosemary Hall (often known as Choate; /tʃoʊt/) is a highly selective, private, college-preparatory, boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut.
The Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion murders occurred on July 23, 2007, when a mother and her two daughters were murdered and a husband and father were injured during a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut. The Hartford Courant referred to the …
Holy Land USA is an 18-acre (7.3 ha) theme park in Waterbury, Connecticut, inspired by selected passages from the Bible. It consists of a chapel, stations of the cross, and replicas of catacombs and Israelite villages constructed from cinder blocks,…
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." The population was 60,960 at the 2010 census.
Cheshire is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 29,261 at the 2010 census. The center of population of Connecticut is located in Cheshire. In 2009, Cheshire was ranked #72 in Money magazine's "100 Best Places t…
Sandy Hook is a village in the town of Newtown, Connecticut.
Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol, Connecticut, United States and a part of the neighboring town of Southington; the lake itself lies completely in Southington. Opened in 1846, it is the oldest continuously-operating amusement p…
WVIT, channel 30 (branded on-air as NBC Connecticut), is an NBC owned-and-operated station licensed to New Britain, Connecticut, United States and serving the Hartford-New Haven television market. WVIT's offices and main studios are located on New B…
Post University is a for-profit university located in Waterbury, Connecticut. Post University was established in 1890. Prior to May 1990, it was known as Post College. It was affiliated with Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan from 1990 to 2004, and d…
WTNH, virtual channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in New Haven, Connecticut. The station is owned by Media General, as part of a duopoly with the MyNetworkTV-affiliate WCTX (channel 59).
WTIC-TV, virtual channel 61 (UHF digital channel 31), is a Fox-affiliated television station located in Hartford, Connecticut. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting division of the Tribune Media Company. WTIC is part of a duopoly with the…
Sleeping Giant (also known as Mount Carmel) of south-central Connecticut, with a high point of 739 feet (225 m), is a rugged traprock mountain located 8 miles (13 km) north of New Haven. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends …
WCCT-TV, virtual channel 20, is a television station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut and serving as the CW-affiliate for the Hartford-New Haven television market. WCCT is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting division of the Tribune Media Company, as…
NPO 1 (formerly Nederland 1 Dutch pronunciation: [ˌneːdərlɑnt ˈeːn] until 2014) is the first national television station in the Netherlands, it launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels …
TD Bank Sports Center, known as the TD Banknorth Sports Center from its opening until it reflected a corporate name change in September 2009, is a multi-purpose arena in Hamden, Connecticut. Its design is unusual in that it consists of two separate …
Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) is the PBS member network for the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is owned by Connecticut Public Broadcasting, who also owns WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio. Together, the television and radio stations make up the C…
Cheshire Academy is a selective, co-educational college preparatory school located in Cheshire, Connecticut, USA. Founded in 1794 as the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, it was the tenth private school founded in the United States. In 1917, the sch…