Norwich is called "The Rose of New England" - how long has it had that nickname?
Roses can be seen throughout Norwich, but how did the municipality get its nickname?
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Roses can be seen throughout Norwich, but how did the municipality get its nickname?
Looking Back at Fairbury history through pages from The Blade
I remember when I first walked into the Dime Bank on Broadway years ago, when I went in with my father to place some money into that bank.
Tony McManus Had you been a juror in the trial for the 1908 murder of Dover police officer Walter S. Sterling, you might have wondered why John Dame had been up and about at 4:15 in the morning walking around his house with a loaded revolver. The evidence indicated that he might not have had the weapon when the argument with his father-in-law started, but went back to his bedroom to get it and returned to the confrontation. You might wonder why, if he felt threatened, he didn't simply move more than a broom's length away and go to call the police.