The Day - Two beloved hens get eviction notices from New London - News from southeastern Connecticut
I'm sorry that it was a zoning dispute, over chickens no less, that led to my introduction to Jane Barton, a distinguished new resident of New London who happens to live in one of my favorite houses in the city. I say new resident, even though Barton bought the magnificent yellow-clapboard Greek Revival house at Granite and Hempstead streets some two years ago. After all, this is New England, and it takes more than a few years to shake the term newcomer. Barton, whose intriguing biography includes work as an author and as a director of historic restorations with the U.S. government, consultin...