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readers’ letters I’ve lived in the Naugatuck Gardens for years now. I love hearing our neighborhood mentioned in the magazine! Everybody in Milford needs to know about Mondo Pond, and Milford Living provides that. —Joe Davis, Milford Milford is home to so many beautiful areas, some, like Mondo Pond, hidden in plain sight. It truly is a town for all seasons with beauty everywhere you look. As a mom with two kids working all summer, your Water Works piece in the last issue saved me from a lot of stress—and money. I wish I had utilized the Milford Recreation Department sooner. Now we have new walking trails to choose from and
the boys even started paddle board lessons. I can’t wait to see what summer fun options come out in the next issue. —Kristen Walker, Milford You’ll find lots of ideas for summer fun within these pages, and hopefully a little more stress reduction as well! Love your magazine. Know any history of Edgefield Ave. area? —Nancy Shirley, Milford Thanks for loving us Nancy. Merwin Avenue changes to Edgefield Avenue right at the intersection where Oscar’s (formerly Sloppy Jose’s) resides. The name changes to Melba Street at Atwater Street. Edgewater runs for
only about a mile through Woodmont up to Morningside, and both have been featured in past issues. Check the Spring 2015 issue for a wonderful photo essay by a resident who grew up in the neighborhood in the 1970s and the Autumn 2013 issue for a closer look at the history of Morningside. I loved reading more about the Milford Arts Council. I went to the open mic night last summer and had a blast! I look forward to the summer season at MAC. —Wilma Forster, Milford Who doesn’t love the MAC? Be sure to keep up with all the many programs going on by visiting www.milfordarts.org.
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Room waiting area when Milford Hospital was renovated, a $50,000 donation. The group is funding two new projects next: the walkway to Fowler Field (to the right of Milford Library) where a garden, walkway, and community information board will be built; and facilitating renovations to the gymnasium at the old Fanny Beach School for the city’s recreation department. Each year the fifty-six member group awards $20,000 in scholarships to high school seniors in addition to supporting other organizational events and their own fundraising efforts. They have participated in and sponsored the
If you have admired the tallest flagpole in the state on the Milford Green, then
Boys & Girls Club Dodgeball Tournament and
you have seen their work in action. If you ever sat in the shade of the pavilion
Pumpkins on the Pier; donated dictionaries
at Walnut Beach, you have benefited from the Devon Rotary’s dedication to
and other books to the Literacy Volunteers of
the group, you have benefited from their generosity to our younger citizens. “Our charitable giving is over $1.25 million since 1987,” said Devon Rotary president Henry Jadach, a twenty-
Devon Rotary Members pictured here in front
five year member. He has also been the director of Milford Transit for thirty years.
of the Devon Clock Tower.
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bettering our city. If one of your children or grandchildren has received a scholarship from
Left: Devon Rotary members assist Mayor Ben Blake in preparing and serving food at the Beth El Shelter. Bottom left: Octoberfest has become an annual Milford tradition. Bottom Right: Liberty Rock Park in Devon was redeveloped by members of the Devon Rotary.
to be.” Otzel agrees. “The friendships I’ve made since joining are among the best things about this club for me and my wife. I’ve never regretted it.” Milford actually has two Rotary Clubs, Devon and Milford. The difference? Meeting schedules for one, said Jackson. “Milford meets for lunch and Devon meets for breakfast each week. We both do similar things, though,” she adds. Otzel says the breakfast meetings are familyfriendly for their younger members who have a hard time leaving work for lunch or dinner meetings. Membership dues for Devon Rotary are $150 per year, plus the cost of breakfast at the meetings which takes place at The Bridge GREYSON SCHWING (3)
House restaurant in Devon. Membership information and applications are available on their website, www.devonrotary.org. Rotary International (RI) is the governing body of our local chapters and outlines the group’s national goals and objectives. RI
Southern Connecticut; restored and constructed
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promotes the following “test” to help guide
the Liberty Rock historical park near the
based here in Milford. “Everyone is generous
Rotarians in their professional and volunteer
entrance to I-95 in Devon; served as annual host
and wants to promote philanthropic activi-
roles: “Of the things we think, say or do: 1. Is
of Milford’s Oktoberfest each year; supported
ties,” she said. New members are invited to
it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
the Get In Touch Foundation in their efforts to
join the group by a current member, but all
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
educate girls on the importance of breast self
have common ambitions: to give back to
FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to
examinations. Members also serve lunch at the
Milford, donate funds raised to good causes,
all concerned?” The national board also
Beth El Shelter and pay for cleaning services
and take on leadership roles to achieve this.
gives twenty reasons to join Rotary on their
once a month.
Jadach recalls, “I was new to my job here when
website, www.rotary.org
“I love the friendship and community
a friend invited me to a Devon Rotary meeting.
“We’re a welcoming group and it’s a good
spirit of our club that brings people together,”
It was a great way to meet some of the best
feeling to do something that matters,” said
said Tamara Jackson, president-elect of the
people in town,” he said. “Once you realize
Jadach.
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what you’re involved in, it’s a satisfying place
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this season
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Audubon As Milfordites we appreciate the tidal marshes that surround Milford Point. With a view unmarred by houses or people across acres of untouched land, we take pride in this natural landmark.
Observation Decks
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he town of Milford, complete with its shimmering marinas and “feel at home” downtown scene, numerous walking trails, and wandering forest paths, lends itself to the sense of getting lost in true New England fashion. During summer downtime, you may find yourself looking for a quick getaway—an escape into serenity. This guide to Milford’s observation decks presents to you the best sightseeing spots—reminding you just why we call this place home.
People flock to this Connecticut Audubon Society (CAS) site like the majestic birds they are there to catch a glimpse of in their natural habitat. The Audubon provides sightseeing access from their two observation decks: one at ground level next to the bird nesting sites and the other atop the spiral stairs overlooking the marsh.
Wilcox Park Deep behind the Milford Library, far behind the tennis courts, is a quaint observation area in Wilcox Park for Milford Harbor spectators. An observation deck at the end of the woodsy trail overlooks the harbor where cruising boats and squawking geese can be found at play. The deck, usually occupied by young
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lovers and boaters, juts out over the water
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A unique harbor view can be had at the scenic overlook from the observation area at Wilcox Park.
A view of the harbor at low tide from the Wilcox Park observation deck.
reminding us that, like life, nature is always and is shaded by hanging tree branches,
changing. The deck is hidden behind tall trees
making for a cool summer spot.
and shrubbery but you can find it across the street from the Gulf Beach parking lot.
Gulf Pond The semi-circle deck situated on Gulf Pond across the street from Gulf Beach provides
Gulf Pond is a thriving habitat for many species
visitors a mixed view of water and wetlands,
of fish and fowl.
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this season Gulf Beach pier provides a picture perfect view of Charles Island and the Long Island Sound.
Memorial Bench—an experience of what Milford is all about. Gulf is more than just a beach, for some people it’s also a connection
Gulf Beach
view Charles Island with its endangered
Many Milfordites already know the pier at
birds and pirate tales, the Gulf Beach pier
Gulf Beach—an early morning fishing spot
gives Milford visitors and residents alike
Caswell Cove
shared with some friends—but everyone
a relaxed, uninterrupted moment to take
Caswell Cove features a gazebo that provides
knows the Gulf Beach pier. This observa-
it all in—the sun, the fresh air, maybe a
shelter to relax and take in a beautiful scene
tion deck offers more: a perfect spot to
book from the Little Library, or a rest on the
when one ventures out to the point. Many
to the past.
fishermen claim it as their favorite spot for stripers, while others are content to enjoy the view. The marina full of boats across the water overlooks the Cove in its island-like presence.
Caswell Cove is a popular fishing spot for locals and offers sweeping views of the Housatonic
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Walnut Beach to Silver Sands State Park
forms a direct path to Charles Island for a
The boardwalk, spanning from Walnut Beach
a quarter, you can use the classic viewer to
to Silver Sands State Park, guides runners,
put yourself right next to those adventurous
strolling families, and sightseers as they
few who brave the trombolo and wander out
traverse the beach; it is the epitome of the
on a sunny summer day. The boardwalk has
Milford seaside. During low tide, the sandbar
become the go-to spot in town for a stroll
casual walk around the deserted island. For
with a view. Connecting two of Milford’s major beaches, the boardwalk is a mainstay of classic summer beach days.
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The Boardwalk that connects Silver Sands State Park and Walnut Beach provides two different unique perspectives from the Milford shoreline.
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Memorial Benches
bench program to Milford?’” Joining forces with former recreation director Bill McCarthy and community development director Bob Gregory, Fabian began researching similar programs and launched the city’s Memorial Bench Dedication Program in 2008. The very first memorial bench was dedicated on September 30, 2008. “Sixty people showed up to that first dedication. People who are connected to this area, who were connected to her,” Fabian recalls. “Every year on September 30th we gather here and remember our dear friend and the memories we had.” Gulf Beach is now home to six memorial benches dedicated to a group of families, all of whom were part of the close-
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he loved this spot, she loved this life,” reads a small brass plaque marking a blue slatted wood bench that overlooks Long Island Sound on Beach Avenue. There are about a dozen benches along the walk from Anchor Beach to Woodmont Beach that memorialize longtime Woodmont residents—a small, yet meaningful way to remember a loved one from the close-knit borough.
knit beachside community. On the west side of town, there are 15 memorial benches lining the Walnut Beach Boardwalk that stretches into Silver Sands State Park. These park-style benches pay homage to many local Milfordites like Morissa Barrette, a graduate of Jonathan
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Law High School, who tragically lost her
and installed for $1,200, and pre-existing
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Racz, longtime Milford bureau chief of
$600. “It’s a way to honor someone from the borough, a longtime resident, or events that individuals and special events, the
have passed,” Del Vecchio says. When Ann Fabian, a longtime resident
Woodmont Beautification Committee began
of the Gulf Beach area and vice chairman
offering memorial dedication benches in
of the City’s Recreation Department for
2013 along the popular walkway connecting
eight years lost a close friend to cancer, she
Anchor and Woodmont beaches. The
began thinking of memorial dedications.”
program has since dedicated 10 benches to
I was inspired by the city of West Haven’s
community members with an additional six
memorial bench program along the
benches available. Woodmont Beautification
boardwalk on Ocean Avenue,” she says. “I
Committee chairperson, Pat Del Vecchio, says
immediately thought, ‘How can I bring this
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DEREK JONES (3)
In an effort to help commemorate
the Connecticut Post, assistant to Mayor
the “Chicken Lady’’ who became a heroine
Stock lost her battle to cancer, her family and
Alberta Jagoe, and membership director of
of sorts in the early 1970s after the state took
members of the community rallied to install
the Chamber of Commerce. Another bench
her small beach cottage through eminent
two memorial benches, one at Town Hall and
honors Doris Gagnon remembered locally as
domain and tore it down to make way for
the second on the Walnut Beach Boardwalk.
the park. Gagnon snubbed the $15,000 the state paid her and instead moved onto the beach itself where she lived in a trailer and raised chickens for the
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“Linda loved the city, she loved the people
lawyers and law enforcement to remove
here,” Elliott says. “They wanted to put a
her. A memorial bench now honors the
bench at Walnut Beach as a place for people
“chicken lady” legacy. Rose Elliott, assistant
to go to remember and honor her. It’s a place
city clerk, says after the late city clerk Linda
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There have been 29 benches installed
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additional 12 benches available in the
five benches to be installed in late spring
Parson’s Complex courtyard.
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In an effort to help revitalize the
refurbish or replace the aging or broken
the Recreation Department has developed
existing city benches,” says recreation
a slat replacement option where they
director Paul Piscitelli. —Makayla Silva
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The Race is On!
Triathlon includes a half-mile ocean swim, a twelve-mile bike ride, and a three-mile run along the coast, starting and ending at Walnut Beach. Alisha Williams, health and wellness director at the Woodruff Family YMCA, cited
ilford is known as “a small city with a big heart.” Two years ago Milford
the Y’s mission for “youth development,
doubled down on this idea when the Board of Aldermen approved a
social responsibility, and healthy living” as
“Charter of Compassion,” calling upon all city residents to use that big
some of the motivation for hosting the event,
heart to promote and inspire compassion as a way of life. That endeavor is seen in many
and said that all of the proceeds from the $70
ways throughout our city, but perhaps nowhere is it as evident as in the numerous charity
registration fees will go to benefit the YMCA’s
races hosted here during the spring, summer, and autumn months when a variety of physical fitness events make use of Milford’s unique and lengthy shoreline to protect this valuable natural resource, to promote health and fitness in our city, and to support many important local organizations that form the backbone of Milford’s compassion. a half-mile youth race, all of which are open
On June 19 (Father’s Day), the relatively new,
to paddle boards, kayaks, outrigger canoes,
second annual “Charles Island Sup Cup”
and surf skis, the day also featured surfer
race was held, co-sponsored by Scoot and
bands, a DJ, interactive demonstrations by the
Paddle of Milford (a shop in Walnut Beach
Kaiholunuie Polynesian Dance Company, a
annual giving campaign. The campaign
that rents paddle boards, kayaks, and other
demonstration by the Manu’iwa Outriggers
provides money for scholarships for those
water craft) and Surfrider CT (a grass roots
and Canoe Club, a yoga and wellness tent, a
needing financial assistance to offset the cost
environmental organization whose aim it
children’s craft tent, food trucks, and more.
of pre-school, before-school and after-school
is to protect waterways and open spaces
The proceeds from this event were donated
YMCA programs, once again providing
near beaches). According to Tina Pritchard
to small, local charities, including the Milford
evidence of Milford’s compassion and big-
of Scoot and Paddle, the goal of the event is,
Environmental Protection Initiative, which
heartedness.
“to develop a community and camaraderie
provides modest environmental grants to local
in the sport of stand-up paddle boarding and
people and organizations.
to raise awareness of the need to care for our coastline.” However, the Charles Island Sup Cup
In July…
COURTESY OF YMCA
In June…
In August…
Later in the summer, on August 7, the eleventh Annual Walnut Beach Ice Cream Run 5K
A relatively new event in town, and returning
(registration $20) will be held as part of the
community family event bringing the paddling
on July 9 for the third year, is the Literacy
Walnut Beach Festival. Megan Altomare,
community together as well as providing a
Volunteers of Southern Connecticut’s (LVSCT)
executive director of the Boys and Girls Club
great day at the beach for locals and visitors to
Neon Night Run 5K. With a $35 registration fee
of Milford, said that the goal of this race is,
the area.” In addition to a five mile elite race, a
and proceeds to benefit the LVSCT, this unique
“to offer a healthy community event and, of
two-and-a-quarter mile recreational race, and
event begins in downtown Milford at dusk
course, to raise funds for the BGCM operating
is much more than just a race; it is a “fun filled
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JJ RICHARDS
budget.” According to their website, the Boys
September 17 the Shoreline Sharks will be
and Girls Club of Milford, “provides a safe,
hosting the sixth Annual Gulf Beach Half
structured and positive environment for
Marathon, and on September 18 Bridges of
young people after school, during holidays,
Milford will sponsor Folks on Spokes and Folks
and summer vacation.” Hosted by a number
on Foot. Bridges of Milford provides mental
more leisurely often walk the scenic seaside
of local sponsors, the race includes a free run
health and addiction services to many area
route. The original goal of Folks on Spokes/
for children under the age of twelve and free
residents who otherwise might not have
Foot was to raise awareness of and fight the
ice cream from the Walnut Beach Creamery
access to these from private providers. The
stigma connected to issues of mental health
for all participants! Later in the month will be
bicycle race, which was originally started
and addiction. Now in its twenty-fourth
the Milford Oyster Festival Canoe and Kayak
by several Bridges board members, is open
year, it has grown to be the agency’s primary
Race on August 20, a much loved feature of the
to cyclists of all levels, with several mapped
fundraiser, adding between $25-30,000
well-known annual Milford Oyster Festival.
routes of twenty, forty, fifty, and sixty-six
annually to Bridges of Milford. According
miles, as well as a five- or ten-mile Family
to Marcy Hotchkiss, Bridges director of
Fun Ride. Runners can take part in an official
development and communications, Folks on
September looks to be a busy month for
5K, and there is a one-mile Kids Fun Run as
Spokes/Foot, “is a great show of camaraderie
runners and racers in Milford this year. On
well. Other Folks on Foot who want to be
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over the region, and we appreciate all the businesses that provide sponsorship, as well as all the participants in the event.”
charitable giving; and whether one likes
opportunity such participation provides
to run, bike, kayak, paddle, swim, canoe, or
us to join the ranks of those who want to
walk, participation offers many benefits. It
serve and support Milford’s mission to be a
enables us to develop and practice health
community of compassion and to thrive as a
and fitness, and to raise awareness and
small city with a big heart, all while having
show support for protecting and sustaining
a great time!
our environment. Equally important is the
—Nancy A. Herman
More information and registration details about any of the events listed above can be found at the following websites: NEON NIGHT RUN 5K: www.lvsct.org
CHARLES ISLAND SUP CUP: scootandpaddle.com
WOODRUFF FAMILY YMCA Y-TRI: runsignup.com/Race/CT/Milford/CharlesIslandTriathlon WALNUT BEACH ICE CREAM 5K: walnutbeachassociation.com/5krace.html
Year round…
These are just a handful of the many community events held each year in Milford that combine health and fitness with
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Masters of their Craft
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rom a baker to a glass blower, Milford has some pretty talented people: people who
Woodcarver Bob Hall in his workshop.
have a vision and can execute it; people who take their time handcrafting their work—be it a scone or an engagement ring; people who are inspired, people who
inspire, people who are masters of their craft.
top honors for some of his carved pieces. Using about thirty or forty different types of knives and sanding his pieces down from
The Woodcarver
100 to 2,000 grit sandpaper, Hall says an
When former Milford Police detective Bob
average piece like a spoon takes about 300
Hall took a woodworking class on a whim
hours from start to finish. “I love the finished
in 2005, he never thought it would become
product,” he says. “I love taking a piece of
his life’s passion. “I had always loved the
wood and saying ,‘What’s the best thing that
adult education classes. I took small engines,
I can make from this?’ and doing it to the
photography, keyboarding but hadn’t tried
best of my ability.”
woodworking,” he says. “I had never thought I would have that talent.”
SHERRY JOHNSON (3)
Completing his first hand carved letter
26 Milford Living • Summer
Hall took a seven year break beginning in 2007, but is now back at his craft, working on more elaborate pieces and with harder woods
opener crafted from pine and walnut in that
like walnut and butternut. He says that up until
Milford Adult Education class sealed the
last year he gave all of his pieces away. “It’s
deal. “That first year I made twelve pieces,”
time that I keep some; that I make some for my
he says. Hall began entering shows like
wife,” he says.
the Orange Country Fair, Mystic Carvers, and Bristol Carvers, where he would win
And will he sell his pieces? “That would take the fun out of it,” he says.
“
Here, it’s not the cookie-cutter stuff you might see in the mall or online that is mass produced. It’s made start to finish here in this building.”
”
handcrafted pieces are designed with gold, silver, and platinum with an extensive range of precious gemstones. Specializing in contemporary designs, Hutter says he prefers jasper, tourmaline, and agates from the four corners. He also uses marble sourced from the old Milford marble quarry located where the current Walmart shopping plaza stands today. “I love the design aspect of the process which has evolved throughout the last decade,” he says. With a shift away from classic design,
SHERRY JOHNSON (3)
Hutter says technology has changed the way jewelry is crafted. “In the past there were more model makers and now it’s computerized with 3D printers designing and casting molds for designs,” he says. “Laser welders have replaced torches for repairs
The Jeweler
Vincent Hutter creates unique pieces of jewelry
and manufacturing.” Hutter sticks to the
Vincent’s Jewelers, at 23 New Haven Avenue,
from a variety of gems and minerals.
basics: hand-carving wax molds, cutting
has been handcrafting custom jewelry down-
his own stones, and casting his custom-
town for more than three decades. Three
nity. Hutter has spent the last thirty-three
designed pieces. “People don’t want the mass
locations and one downtown landmark
years perfecting his craft.
produced, they want the custom designed,”
location later, Vincent Hutter, the proprietor
Studying at the Gemological Institute of
and artisan behind Vincent’s Jewelers, is still
America in the early 1980s, Hutter, a former
you might see in the mall or online that is
at it, in spite of a shifting industry and an
marine, is a certified gemologist, specializing
mass produced. It’s made start to finish here
ever-changing downtown business commu-
in gemstones and diamond grading. Hutter’s
in this building.”
he says. “Here, it’s not the cookie-cutter stuff
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arts + artisans
The Baker
The Potter
Lesli Flick and her team of bakers provide some
Scratch Bakery was founded in 2010 as “A
For some, art is a lifelong passion; for others,
of the tastiest treats in town.
bake shop in a small city with a big heart.”
art is something you might discover along
Using organic, locally grown season ingredi-
the way. For Josh Gold, a longtime Milfordite,
pottery is his livelihood, for me, it’s a side
ents, owner Lesli Flick says Scratch Bakery is
art came in the form of pottery about twen-
thing; there’s no pressure,” he says. Working
“an artisanal bakery, where artisanal means
ty-five years ago. Gold says he was inspired
about twelve or fifteen hours each week,
comfort.” Everything at Scratch Bakery from
by his cousin to enroll in some lessons local-
Gold crafts beautiful, yet functional pottery
brioche to stadium pretzels, oatmeal maple
ly for a few years before landing at George
with Early American flare. “Ninety percent
pecan scones to bread pudding muffins are
Street Studio in New Haven. Under the
of my work is function—stuff you can use
baked from, well, scratch. Just making crois-
direction of Maishe Dickman, a professional
in your kitchen or on your kitchen table,”
sants alone is a three-day process.
lifelong potter, Gold says he has worked in
he says. According to Gold, everyday life
the studio for more than a dozen years. The
serves as an inspiration for his work, which
With a menu that changes daily, Lesli Flick and her Scratch team offers everyday staples
studio offers a workspace for Gold and allows
with some changing specials, like challah
him to come and go as he pleases, working
Josh Gold stands by his pottery moments be-
bread on Fridays and Saturdays, honey flax
only for pleasure, not for profit. “For Maishe,
fore it enters the kiln.
loaves Tuesdays through Sundays, and breakfast sandwiches on Thursdays. Flick says her business began at farmer’s markets in Milford, Hamden, Trumbull, and Monroe before she decided to open shop at her current River Street digs. Celebrating six years of business this November, Flick says she wants Scratch to be a small, neighborhood bakery in bring my vision to Milford,” she says. “People are always stopping by to say how much they love the shop and how great it smells.”
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DEREK JONES
the downtown community. “I am happy to
(Left) Potter Josh Gold at the wheel; (right) Ren Farnsworth at the torch creating her signature glass beads. tend to stick with colorful yet simple and functional pieces,” he says. Though Gold says pottery is a passion, not his livelihood, he does sell his work twice a year, once at the George Street Studio holiday
often features mugs, plates, bowls, and other kitchenware. “Styles have changed. Mugs
end of his driveway. “I never thought about art
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DEREK JONES
show and once on Labor Day Weekend, at the until my cousin introduced me. For me, it’s like playing in the mud like a little kid; it’s light and artistic grandmother who taught me how to
fun,” he says.
paint when I was little. We painted things, we
have gone from really oversized to smaller
The Glass Blower
more dainty styles. Sometimes I grow tired
Growing up in a small seaside community in
of a shape and try something new. Over the
Mt. Desert Island, Maine, Ren Farnsworth says
early teens, learning from her mother who
years, pottery has gotten very funky and I
she always had an artistic side. “I had a very
was a master seamstress, and by her early
painted art,” she says. Farnsworth says she learned to sew in her
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soon be transformed into glassware.
business in Portland, Maine. When she moved to Connecticut, Farnsworth says she began
September of 2011, Farnsworth began
working with glass, designing stained glass
producing enough beads to begin selling in
pieces from quilting patterns. “I always enjoy
trade and trunk shows across six states. She
learning a new craft,” she says. But her true
says her flower garden is largely the inspiration
calling was just on the horizon.
for all of her work. “We all have to find our DEREK JONES
“A girlfriend called me to see if I would be interested in going to a lamp work bead demo where I was able to make two glass beads. The instructor said, “Wow you really get this,’”
little niche in the world and mine is flowers,” she says. “Poppies, peonies, ranunculus; flowers are really inspirational to me.” Farnsworth teaches a glass on glass mosaic
she says. “Lamp work is the most peripheral,
it is molten hot and then manipulate it into the
class at Art Fish Gallery in Walnut Beach and
challenging, all-encompassing thing I have
shapes of flowers. “I don’t use a lot of molds, I use
has a Milford studio with a space to teach
ever done.” Using a stationary torch and soft
pliers and knives to craft the shapes,” she says.
lamp work.
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By Susan Carroll Dwyer
Ah…the summer of 1976.
Anyone who is old enough to have experienced it looks back upon it with great affection...so many special memories. The Boston Celtics won their thirteenth championship, the Concorde made its first supersonic trans-Atlantic flight, Frampton Comes Alive topped the charts, and Jaws was in the second year of its blockbuster run at the Post Mall Cinema. Girls sported Dorothy Hamill haircuts and cartwheeled across lawns inspired by Nadia Comaneci’s perfect “10” at the Montreal Olympics. Fashion for men hit an all-time low with the leisure suit while ladies sashayed about in maxi skirts and short shorts. The Fonz was rocking his leather jacket, and the Six Million Dollar Man ran in it was America’s Bicentennial; a summer when the nation came together to celebrate our 200th year and to remember the revolution that truly changed the world.
34 Milford Living • Summer
CATHI BRUHN
slow-motion across our television screens. One other thing…
JJ RICHARDS
2016 • Milford Living 35
something to remember.
the year. Ten train cars held
Headquartered at St. Peter’s
over 500 artifacts for citizens
Episcopal Church’s Parish Hall,
to view. Items ranged from
the committee set out to honor
George Washington’s copy
Milford’s long and storied
of the Constitution, to Judy
history, most especially its
Garland’s Dorothy dress from
revolutionary connections.
The Wizard of Oz, and even
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Richard Platt recalls, “I
Ten years prior, Congress
states and cities to help them
established the American
plan the party of all parties,
Revolutionary Bicentennial
and it was a rousing success.
Commission (ARBC). This
Then Mayor Joel Baldwin
included Joe Frazier’s boxing
think, if I remember correctly,
trunks and a moon rock. Over
that we started the Commis-
seven million people toured
sion (and the planning) as
the train throughout the
early as 1973.” According to
course of its year-long voyage
Platt, “many organizations
across the land. Milfordites
took part in planning and
considered themselves lucky
volunteering to staff events.”
to live along the Metro-North
The dozens of events held
railroad, the train’s passage
throughout the year were
into the Northeast.
There were sewing machines whirring around town as colonial patterns were selling out at local fabric stores.
group realized there would
and Bicentennial chairman
be no single event but tens of
Richard Platt worked with
thousands of events—66,000
thousands of volunteers
was the final official count.
throughout Milford to make
diverse. “A Bicentennial
The commission worked with
America’s 200th birthday
fashion show was held at
Schoolhouse Rock interstitial
Howard Johnson’s. It’s hard
television program, was
to say how many people
created in conjunction with
were wearing 18th century-
the ARBC. Premiering in 1975,
inspired fashion. Jane [Mrs.
the history-themed segments
Platt] made ours, and some
aired between Saturday morn-
people rented them.” There
ing cartoons. With a captive
were sewing machines whir-
audience of kids (cartoons
ring around town as colonial
didn’t have their own network
patterns were selling out at
then) the catchy and memo-
local fabric stores.
rable shorts taught kids about
Nationally the ARBC
WIKI COMMONS
coordinated The Freedom
36 Milford Living • Summer
America Rock, part of the
U.S. history and the workings of our government.
Train. Most impressive with
Souvenirs were boundless:
its red, white, and blue paint
buttons, t-shirts, commemo-
scheme, it traveled to the 48
rative spoons, medals, mugs,
contiguous states throughout
and plates. Anything and
COURTESY OF DICK AND JANE PLATT (4)
Store you will find they still sell them along with other charming gifts of the past. In celebration of the everything that could be em-
Bicentennial, commemora-
bellished with a logo, flag, or
tive coins were issued and the
monument were sold by the
coveted two dollar bill was
millions and Milford was no
printed. The quarters can be
exception with a hankering
found now and again, but the
for all things Bicentennial.
Top left: Children march in the costume parade. Top right: The Free-
two-dollar bills were virtually
“There was also a Milford t-
dom Train makes a stop in Milford. Bottom left: The memorial stone
taken out of circulation by
shirt which was dark blue and
dedicated to Milford’s African American soldiers who fought in the
citizens stashing them in
had the Milford logo, and an
Revolutionary War. Bottom center: Milfordites all decked out for the
memory boxes as keepsakes.
image of the City Hall tower
George Washington Ball.
The Woman’s Club
with fireworks bursting over it,” recalls Dick Platt.
handled the painting of the braided rugs and bellows
home proudly displayed a
fire hydrants—most were
were placed by the fireplace.
reproduction Declaration of
painted as soldiers—it was
rage; punched tin lanterns
The Early American Shop
Independence in a prominent
all the more red, white, and
twinkled light around the
on Naugatuck Avenue kept
spot in their home. Reproduc-
blue around town. Privet
rooms replete with matching
Milfordites in 1700s style,
tions of the Declaration, as
hedges were painted with
wall candle sconces and
offering finely crafted
well as original plot plans
stars and stripes as well. Bun-
reproduction antique buckets
reproductions at reasonable
and old maps of Milford, were
tings adorned porches along
for magazines. Pewter mugs
prices—a store that was
sold by the Historical Society
with the obligatory milk cans
and plates adorned hutches,
truly of its time. Nearly every
and if you visit their General
sporting eagles clutching an
Early Americana was all the
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DEREK JONES (2)
in the day—many of these games are also available at the MHS General Store— get your young ones to unplug for a bit. Milford also created a new memorial to pay tribute to the African American soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War. “We had a committee which commemorated Milford’s black
“It’s always a treat to see the quilt. We don’t display it often as its prolonged exposure to the environment will cause it to deteriorate.” E Pluribus Unum banner.
make a point of view it in
soldiers in the Revolutionary
person to admire up-close the
War. We had a special
care and attention the ladies
parade honoring them in
took in creating it.
May. Sam Roberts was chair
Colonial games were held
and most of the coordination
in June. Kids romped about
was by the Rev. Charles D.
town just as their counterparts
Walker. We also installed a
in the 1700s. Trundling hoop
special stone in front of the
& roll may seem easy but it
First Baptist Church with the
tions to come. “It’s always
is deceptively difficult. Blind
names of the soldiers.”
The Milford Bicentennial
a treat to see the quilt. We
man’s bluff, cat’s cradle, jacks,
quilt was crafted by volun-
don’t display it often as its
and tops were all played to
was one for the books: chil-
teers to depict scenes of town
prolonged exposure to the
give kids a glimpse of fun back
dren marched proudly in their
back in the day. The quilt is
environment will cause it to
remarkable in its attention
deteriorate” said Ardienne
to detail, the colors are bright
Damicis, education chairman
and it is truly a work of art.
at the Society. “The careful
It now resides in the Milford
storage has kept the colors
Historical Society collection,
nearly as bright as when it
still as beautiful as ever, lov-
was stitched together.” It is
ingly preserved in secure and
on display approximately
climate-controlled storage,
once every ten years or so.
preserving it for genera-
The next time it is displayed
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COURTESY OF DICK AND JANE PLATT
The Memorial Day parade
mob caps and tri-corn hats;
largest national events on
the eye could see, fireworks
the Fife and Drum Corps kept
July 4th.
sparkled in the night sky.
it extra lively, firing muskets
The fourth was a busy
The beautiful, clear evening
along the route; and flags
day in town and Dick Platt
became as bright as day.
waived by spectators along
was involved from sunup to
There was a palpable energy
the green made everyone a
sundown. “I guess that the
with all looking skyward,
part of the celebration.
events on the fourth of July
faces aglow from the stun-
Milfordites are fortunate
ning spectacle, and proud
dedication of the new library
Americans celebrating as
there was sound reason to
(I gave the main speech), and
one. The fireworks continued
keep an eye on the water.
ceremonies at City Hall, along
Local boaters ventured out to
with the ringing of the church
view a remarkable specta-
bells.” The new library situ-
cle—the ships of Operation
ated on the harbor welcomed
Sail: A Parade of Tall Ships
thousands that day—a
representing countries from
modern building housing
at the Old Milford Cemetery
round the globe, thousands
knowledge of the past.
honoring the soldiers who
passed…what will the 250th
made the ultimate sacrifice for
celebration be like? Only ten
liberty.
years away…time to start
of vessels from tall to small
Muskets and cannon fire
made their way to the Statue
rang out downtown, and a
of Liberty for one of the
memorial service was held
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itself stand out for me: the
to live along the shore and
When the sun set as far as
for hours and hours until finally winding down past midnight. It was a memorable year culminating in a most spectacular way. Now forty years have
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Reel Milford M E M O R I E S By Cindy Papish Gerber Milford’s forgotten stars of stage and screen: where did they go? Faded celluloid footage, discarded playbills, scratched 78s, postcards and posters are now displayed in museums, recorded in history books, discovered on Youtube or sold on Ebay. Vaudeville theaters, and movie houses are mere memories. Here, we pay tribute to some famous (and not so famous) entertainers, innovators and landmarks that once basked in our city’s spotlight.
Film Milford moviegoers once lined
seated 500, “retains a theater-like
up to buy tickets to watch films
shape… with pilasters on the
at the Colonial, the Tower, the
sides.” This Colonial Theatre is not
Strand, and the Capital theaters.
to be confused with the Colonial
Today, each one of them has been
Theater (Americanized spelling)
demolished or remodeled to serve
that opened in 1920 on Broadway
another function.
in Wildemere Beach. That location
The website Cinematreasures.
was first known as The Strand, and
org describes the Colonial
when the Colonial on River Street
Theatre’s building on River Street
closed (after passing through
as, “still standing, but not as it
several owners) The Strand
once was.” The structure, which
became the Colonial. Got it?
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Summertime was movie time back in the day with regular features held at the Tower, the Capitol, and the Colonial theaters.
director. Known for The Lonely Villa (1909), What Drink Did
iel Street, was the place to go from
The Actors
Theatre once stood. This was a
the 1920s until the 1950s. The 1941
David Miles
favorite of acclaimed Hollywood
small, unheated movie house
edition of Film Daily Yearbook
1871 - 1915
director D.W. Griffith, Miles
that only opened for the sum-
lists the seating capacity as 710;
Born in October 1871 in Milford
appeared with such celebrated
mer. The first theater in Milford
the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. lists it as
as William David Miles, IMDB’s
silent screen stars such as Mary
that showed “silents” only, the
799. This beautiful art-deco style
filmography index credits
Pickford and Mack Sennett and
building now exists as part of St.
movie house was demolished in
him an impressive ninety-two
married one of his co-stars,
Gabriel’s Church addition.
1998 and is currently the site of
titles—sixty-four of them as an
actress Anita Hendrie. According
Stonebridge Restaurant.
actor and twenty-eight as a
to The New Historical Dictionary
A few doors down, the Tower
The Capitol Theatre, on 26 Dan-
(1909), and At the Altar (1909), a
of the American Film Industry by Anthony Slide, he also partnered with filmmaker T. Hayes Hunter to form a production company. David Miles, Inc. released two films per week until his death in 1915. He and his wife are both interred in Milford.
Tom Maguire 1869 - 1934 This Milford native worked in theater for many years before acting in silent films. Due to his small stature (5’ 3”), he was often referred to as “Little
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Tom Maguire”. He specialized
Arabian horses to add authentic-
in playing character roles:
ity to the production.
policeman, conductor, detective,
On December 13, 1915 the
barman, judge, professor, etc., in
crew was slated to film the big
films such as The Savage (1927),
Saharan battleground scene. The
Stardust (1922), and Colleen (1927).
animals and 250 costumed actors
In June 1894, he married stage
were assembled at Smith’s Point,
actress Louise/Louisa “Lulu” Skill-
along with one hundred curious
man in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Milford bystanders. “To preserve the realistic look of the desert,”
The Light That Failed
Dooling notes, “the cameras were
No copies exist of this silent 1916
positioned so the water of Long
film, the first of several cinematic
Island Sound was always out
adaptations based upon Rudyard
of view.” Filmmakers forgot to
Kipling’s 1890 novel of the same
account for Connecticut’s frigid
name. Produced by Pathé, directed
December weather though, so
“To preserve the realistic look of the desert, the cameras were positioned so the water of Long Island Sound was always out of view”. by Edward Jose, and starring Rob-
not only were the actors
ert Edeson as Dick and Jose Collins
(directed to “shrivel “from the
as Bessie, the plotline centers
intense heat) instructed to hold
Carolina Lazzari’s remarkable voice
around the unrequited love of an
their breath to prevent warm
can still be heard on vintage 78
artist blinded from a battle wound
vapors from condensing into
records.
while fighting in the Sudan.
the frosty air, but also after the
When the filmmakers looked
scene was finished, the director
around for a cost-conscious loca-
realized some soldiers had worn
were in the presence of a great
tion that would resemble a desert
gloves to protect their freezing
artist”… and so on.
in North Africa, they decided,
hands “the entire time they were
as Michael C. Dooling explains
on camera.” The scene was reshot
extolling the operatic talents of
Opera Singers, blogger Ashot
in the chapter “Sahara Sands on
just in time—one day before a
this mezzo soprano from Milford.
Arakelyan includes a short
Smith’s Point” of his book Milford
major blizzard hit the area.
During her transcontinental tour
biography, a program photograph
of 200 cities, critics unanimously
and a scratchy Edison Recording of
Lost & Found, “Milford had just
On his website Forgotten
the right characteristics to rep-
Opera
raved about Lazzari’s beautiful
Lazzari singing from Meyerbeers’
resent a desert scene.” Another
Carolina Lazzari
voice: “Her name will go down
opera, “Dinorah”. “In 1920 she
advantage? Barnum & Bailey
1891 –1946
in the history of music. . .” ”. . . A
was engaged by the Metropolitan
Circus, conveniently wintering
Two pages in the 1920 edition
voice of truly marvelous beauty
Opera in New York,” writes Ara-
over in nearby Bridgeport, was
of the journal Musical America
and power.” “A brilliant young
kelyan. “She appeared there, how-
willing to supply camels and
are filled with press clippings
American contralto…” “. . . We
ever, only in one performance, as
2016 • Milford Living 43
The Capitol Theater, the Plymouth Playhouse, and even the Christ Congregational Church saw regular theatre productions.
style summer compound in Woodmont. At the grand Italianate Villa Rosa mansion (named for Poli’s wife) he would hold lavish summer parties and private screenings for stars such as Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, W.C. Fields, and Al Jolson, who frequently appeared throughout the Poli circuit. “My grandmother told me that Poli was the one who suggested Jolson perform in blackface…which made his career,” shares Poli’s great grandson Walter Poli Sheahan, Jr. Another good friend (and popular the early 1930s, Poli was a
vaudeville headliner) was George
respected, influential theatrical
M. Cohan, of “Yankee Doodle
magnate, amassing an empire
Dandy” fame. Sheahan recounts
of the Church building for use
that encompassed twenty-eight
an exchange between the two
Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida’’. Other
as a playhouse, The Connecticut
vaudeville and movie theaters
legends after Cohan received a
notable appearances included
Players, Inc., organized by Marcus
throughout the Northeast. While
sterling silver tea set (instead
leading roles at the Chicago Opera
Merwin of Milford, gave its first
living in New Haven, he built
of an expected raise) from the
and Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón.
performance. Before being razed
a sprawling, Mediterranean-
theatrical impresario:
Lazzari maintained a private vocal
in 1951, Plymouth Auditorium
studio in the Metropolitan Opera
was also home of the Wepawaug
for a raise and you gave me an
building in New York and sum-
Players. For a time, a WPA (Works
elaborate sterling silver tea set.
mered with her parents in Stony
Progress Administration) program
Yesterday you said you didn’t
Creek, CT, where she passed away
at Town Hall offered educational
have money for a raise…?”
at age fifty-four.
theatre classes in dramatics to
Poli: “George, this afternoon
Milford public school children.
when you asked me for a raise...
Theater and more
Cohan: “Today, I asked you
that was business. This [the tea
The History of Milford, Connecticut,
Sylvester Z. Poli
1639-1939 cites January 1936 as
No single Milford resident has
the birth of “Milford’s first little
had quite the same impact on the
Gypsy Rose Lee
theater movement”. One year
entertainment world than this
1911 – 1970
after this date, when the Board
Italian immigrant who came here
The Emerald Room
of Trustees of the Plymouth
as a young man. In his heyday
Sylvester Poli build a theatre
This actress, author, and
Church authorized the alteration
from the late 1800s through
empire but his Villa Rosa remains.
playwright once performed her
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set] is friendship!”
legendary burlesque striptease act at Milford’s Emerald Room. Known for its popular variety shows that included live bands, “adult entertainment,” dancing, and comedy acts, the Emerald Room was located in the Soundview Hotel at Walnut Beach. Connecticut musician and recording artist Eddie Sulik performed there steadily several nights per week, eventually becoming the Emerald Room’s resident Master of Ceremonies. A March 18, 1950 Billboard Magazine item reported burlesque performer “Redhead” Winnie Garrett “suffered the loss
in the hotel.” This story even
stories have all the sensational
Gypsy Rose Lee turned burlesque
of a $6,500 mink coat, and $150
made it into the Boston Herald.
elements of a future blockbuster
into a mainstream form of
in cash by theft from her room
These iconic characters and
script.
entertainment.
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DEREK JONES
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Food on The Fly
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s summer is in full swing, the sight of food trucks will become a regular occurrence around town. Some food trucks, depending on the food they sell, stay out in all seasons, while other trucks come out especially for the summer months when warm weather activities have us on the go.
Pizza Truck. Catering parties during the summertime and highlighted city events are where a fresh, hot oven-made slice can be had. Thick or thin crust, their pizza is made in a wood-burning pizza oven, which gives the pizza that tasty flavorful unique flavor patron’s love.
A few favorite restaurants such as Silver
to take her ice cream on the road to help
Sands Pizza and Walnut Beach Creamery have
broaden her customer base, and now the
here in Milford, has jumped on the food
food trucks that take advantage of the summer
Walnut Beach Creamery truck can be spotted
truck bandwagon and its Tex-Mex flavors are
for the upswing in customers. The food trucks
at select fairs and festivals throughout
delighting people on the go. Joey C’s food truck
visit different farmers markets in town and
Connecticut.
offers a small variety of what they offer in
sell a variety of their flavorful offerings while people shop at the market. “Depending on location, the customers at
Joey C’s Roadhouse, another local restaurant
Another restaurant, Silver Sands Pizza
their restaurant, customer favorites like their
located on the Boston Post Road, serves up
tacos, burritos, and barbeque items including
its slices on the go with the Silver Sands
pulled pork and ribs.
farmer markets prefer locally sourced fresh fruit ice cream. At the beach people tend to like tasting general flavors, cookies and cream and chocolate chip cookie dough are always a hit,” said Susan Patrick, owner of Walnut Beach Creamery, “Some just also want to taste what’s new.” Patrick decided
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The food trucks visit different farmers markets in town and sell a variety of their flavorful offerings while people shop at the market.
Joey C’s food truck specializes in catering for parties and tends to keep its wheels around the Milford area for local events. A real local favorite, the Lobster Hut, can be found open almost every day in fair weather,
With summer in full bloom, food trucks around Milford will be a regular sight and smell for us to taste and see.
across the street from Stop and Shop on Bridgeport Avenue. Their most popular dish
specific to parties and special events. Their
a Jamaican feel with their fare. Offering
is the lobster roll, packed with buttery lobster
pizza is thin crust with a variety of toppings
traditional-style Jamaican food and providing
pieces and served with fresh cold slaw. It’s a
that will satisfy any pizza aficionado. To
a new dining experience for those unfamiliar
taste that keeps patrons coming back time and
top it off they serve up sweet dessert pizzas
with Jamaican cuisine. They sell wraps and
time again.
that come in flavors like Nutella, cannoli, or
sandwiches as well as an assortment of
Cinnabon.
seafood dishes that are sure to please anyone.
Fired-Up Pizza Truck is a food truck that will be well remembered after the party is
Looking for a flavorful twist on typical
All Good Food also has many traditional
over. With their signature wood-fired pizzas
food trucks? Enter the latest food truck on
Jamaican dishes including chicken and
you cannot go wrong. This food truck is
the scene; All Good Food is giving Milford
seafood, as well as vegetarian plates.
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milford morsels The prices for these meals are great for those who want to try Jamaican food without having to actually travel to Jamaica. For those who love Italian food, Mama Dee’s Italian Kitchen will be sure to satisfy. They have a variety of different on-the-go Italian dishes with a homestyle flair, including meatball grinders, mozzarella sticks, and an arrangement of different Italian subs. They travel around Connecticut to deliver and create these dishes. Latin American cuisine has arrived in Milford’s most recent food truck, DEREK JONES
Guantanamera, which sells traditional Cuban cuisine for a moderate price, a great deal for any meal. A popular side dish is the deep fried banana slices that taste great
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paired with any dish. Located across the street from Stop and Shop on Bridgeport Avenue, Guantanamera is perfect for a quick stop or a sit down meal. Ruff’s Pizza Food Truck serves fresh pizza to whoever is in the mood for something satisfying. Not only do they travel around Connecticut to events and parties, but depending on the day, Ruff’s Pizza can be found at popular beach spots serving up some fresh hot slices that will have you coming back to the beach again for some sun, surf, and slices. around Milford will be a regular sight and smell for us to taste and see. —Hayley Sanchez
DEREK JONES
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historical perspective public. The previous night local and state
Stranded at the Drive-In
politicians were offered a sneak preview of the new outdoor movie technology. To ensure that the 500 car capacity Drive-In would be filled seven nights a week, advertisements and newspaper articles from the Milford News and the Waterbury Republican touted all the conveniences and perks that came with a Drive-In movie. “Occupants of each car will enjoy the privacy of their own car, smoking or talking among themselves without disturbing others. One may dress entirely to suit himself, a welcome feature during the warm summer evenings.” Another advertisement likened the automobile to a “private box” at the theater and promoted
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tranded at the Drive-In, branded a fool. What will they say, Monday at school?” So sang John Travolta after his girlfriend, Sandy dumped him at the Drive-In in the 1978 film, Grease. For generations, Drive-Ins were where Americans went for their recreation, both cinematic and otherwise. Milford was once the tip of the spear for the Drive-In revolution.
the idea that you could bring the children with you instead of hiring a babysitter. “There’ll be no need hiring a maid to look after the children, for you’ll be able to bring them along and when they get sleepy they can slumber perfectly in your own car
cars to watch Humphry Bogart and Vincent Price flicker on the big screen is long gone. Nowadays if you’re in Milford stranded at the Drive-In and branded a fool, you’re in Milford New Hampshire, where one of the last 338 Drive-Ins in the country still exists. From boom to bust, what was once a rite of passage and a cultural
had by the 1950’s grown into over 4,000
touchstone suddenly went the way of the
theaters across the country. For almost fifty
dinosaur. The story of America’s Drive-
years, the land where Boston Post Road
Ins plays out like the story of so many
and Cherry Street intersect, was home to
other American industries, the days of
Connecticut’s first Drive-In movie theater.
pulling your Studebaker off the Post
Going to a Drive-In movie was as big a part
Road and laying down two bits to see
of Americana as baseball and apple pie, but
Hollywood’s latest hit, are just a fond,
as times changed, one by one the theaters
distant memory.
vanished. It happened across the country
At 8:00 p.m. on Friday May 26
and it happened here. The place where
1939, Connecticut’s first “open air
teenagers and families once piled into their
automobile theater” opened to the
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COURTESY OF MICHAEL CLARK(3)
What started in the 1930’s in a few states,
until you return home.” In keeping with
we will be pleased to mail you our regular
was home to forty-two Drive-Ins. From
the family friendly environment, children
program of coming attractions.”
its opening, Milford’s theater thrived; free
under ten years old were admitted for free.
After WWII, Drive-In theaters became
admission for children under the age of ten
When the theater finally opened, movie
increasingly popular. Where there had
paid off when it came to the popcorn and
goers thronged to watch feature movies,
only been 160 before the war, there were
candy concessions which brought in more
short subjects, cartoons and newsreels on
more than 1,000 by 1949 and over 4,000
money than the movies themselves. In
Connecticut’s largest movie screen, which
by the mid-1950’s. At its peak, Connecticut
the 1950’s, the kid friendly atmosphere at
measured forty-five feet high by fifty-five
the Milford Drive-In was best exemplified
feet wide. Seven days a week, from 8:00
by their hiring of Bozo Kelly, who billed
p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Connecticut’s first Drive-In
himself as the “King of Clowns” and gave
packed them in just like the movie houses
pony rides before the show. In the 1960’s
of the day, thirty-five ushers on bicycles
the pony rides were replaced by nightly
rode alongside customers’ cars to assist
fire engine rides. By the 1960’s, Drive-In
them to their parking spots. The programs
theaters began to feel the effects of a
which were handed out at each screening
changing economy. To assist with falling
encouraged customers to “kindly leave your
revenues, on weekend days Milford Drive-
name and address with one of our ushers
In became the home to Keets flea market,
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historical perspective The former Milford Drive-In, gone but not forgotten is now the new home to Shoprite of Milford.
which according to its founder, Keet Hensely, was one of the first open air flea markets in the United States. In the 1970’s the cumulative effect of television, daylight savings, short New England summers, and multiplexes started cutting into the Drive-Ins single screen business model. Multi-screen theaters could afford to pay more for first run movies, which meant Drive-Ins, started to show cheaper B movies, horror, and adult films. Families no longer piled into the car
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The fleamarket at the Milford Drive-In was
to the ground and then Just disappear like
once known as a hot spot for finding vintage
so many childhood dreams And we’d sang
treasures in Connecticut.
goodbye…” In Field of Dreams, James Earl Jones explains that the only constant besides
for a night of open air movies. Drive-Ins
baseball in America is change, “…America
became synonymous with rowdy behavior,
has rolled by like an army of steamrollers.
partying, and trouble. Across the country,
It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt,
one by one, they began to vanish. Finally
and erased again…” Americans love
in 1988, to make way for a new Showcase
baseball but they also love their movies.
Cinema multiplex, the wrecking ball
So maybe that old Drive-In that stood at
showed up at the Milford Drive-In. After
Popular culture is full of songs, movies and
Cherry Street and once packed ‘em in, was
almost fifty years, thousands of movies and
books that praise and lament the loss of our
the real Field of Dreams. There are still three
countless memories, the Milford Drive-In
beloved Drive-Ins. Chris Ledoux’s song, Last
Drive-Ins in Connecticut, (Pleasant Valley,
was gone.
DriveIn, sums up the loss that people felt
Mansfield, and Southington Theaters) for
when their Drive-Ins went away for good.
you to plan a visit and remember the past.
While most of America’s Drive-Ins are gone, they are certainly not forgotten.
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milford memories Over the years, Officer Howie taught thousands of children about safe cycling in Milford.
I couldn’t even count the number of kids who came out for the bike rodeos.” Almost legendary among those who, in the 1980s, took part in them on their school blacktops, the rodeos tested the ability of fourth and
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fifth graders not just to control their bikes as
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signals to make a right turn, left turn, or stop. There was also a written test on other bike road rules. Winners from Milford schools were then trained by Daziel to compete in a regional rodeo against students from throughout Greater New Haven. The grand prize—which youth—was a brand new bike from Bradlees department store.
I loved him! Best cop around. He was a true role model. Officer Daziel? He was the best.
“Every kid in Milford knew Officer Howie,”
a figure 8, but to perform the proper hand
many times was brought home by a Milford
how a photograph of former Police Officer Howard Daziel to someone who was a student in Milford in the 1970s or ‘80s and the reaction is almost always the same:
“
they slowly followed a straight line or made
”
Education. His goal, he said, was to visit every
“I’ve always had a love of children, as well as the belief that there’s a right and wrong way to do things,” said Daziel, who now splits his time between homes in Benedicta, Maine, and the Point Beach area of Milford; both have views of the water, which he loves. “When I became the community youth officer, I decided I’d teach Milford kids the way I’d teach my own, which was to do things safe and right.” When talking about the start of Milford’s
said Marcia Krusewski, administrative
classroom, every year. “There were some years
bike rodeos, Daziel wants to be sure that is
assistant to current Milford Police Chief Keith
where I interacted with as many as 20,000
done right too. Yes, he organized Milford’s first
Mello. “He was such a kind and gentle man.
kids, but that was when there were many
bike rodeo; but the original idea belongs to his
He cared about the kids and they knew it.”
more schools in Milford than there are now,
predecessor in the police youth office, Officer
and there was some overlap,” said Daziel, now
Henry Letendre.
As the Milford Police Department’s community youth officer from 1975 to 1991, Daziel’s
age 76. “I think when I first started, there were
job was to develop and carry out programs
21 schools in the city,” Daziel continued. “I
nod. “Milford was going through the 1970’s
that would teach children how to stay safe and
carried a small notebook that I used to log the
energy crisis,” Daziel remembered. “Gas was
be good citizens. The effort was a partnership
number of students I sat with in each class-
being rationed, more people were riding bikes,
between the Milford Police and the Board of
room or took out in the patrol car. Sometimes
and bicyclists were causing all kinds of traffic
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Necessity, Daziel added, also deserves a
“
When I became the community youth officer,I decided I’d teach Milford kids the way I’d teach my own, which was to do things safe and right.
problems that the Police Department wanted to try to stop.” At the time, Letendre had also just played a key role in helping the city establish the dedicated bike route on North Street, so there was a real need for bicyclists to better understand the rules of the road. “I grew up in Lexington, Mass., the home
“I also wear a backpack with emergency
”
a speed trap. Hidden behind one of New
of the Revolutionary War’s Minutemen, and
equipment in case I get a flat tire or something
Haven Avenue’s curves, Blake and each of the
one of the lessons I took away from there was
else happens,” Daziel added. “Everyone doesn’t
classmates squeezed into the back seat, and
to be well-prepared; to learn whatever it was
have to do that, but I’m all about safety.”
got a turn to aim the speed gun at passing cars.
you needed to know in life to be prepared and
Milford Mayor Ben Blake would also add
“When I was even younger he was also
safe,” said Daziel, who is himself an avid biker.
self-protection and awareness to what Daziel
the person to tell us about stranger danger,”
Both here and in Maine, it’s not uncommon
is all about. A Calf Pen Meadow Elementary
Blake recalled. “He told us that if anyone ever
for him to cycle 30-plus miles a day—always
student in the 1980s, Blake was one of the
grabbed us we should box their ears. I think
wearing a helmet and making proper hand
lucky Milford fifth-graders his year to ride
‘clap’ was the word he used; we should clap
signals, of course.
with Daziel in his patrol car and stake out
their ears as hard as we could.”
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milford memories Simple language for a simpler time,
become the voices that came through Beth
sit down in one of their same little chairs, and
Krusewski said, almost sadly, in response to
or Blinkie, or pose for the pictures in the
I’d tell them that I was the friend; that police
Blake’s memory: “It was only a few decades
presentation. “When we personalized the
officers were their friends who were there to
ago, but so much has changed since then. In
presentations the kids would hear a teacher
help and protect them. I really did mean that
the ‘80s, there were no computers in police
or a friend’s voice, or we’d start naming
I would be their friend and that all of us on
cars, just lights and sirens. Our community focus was different too.” Daziel’s school visits in the 1980s often included him bringing sidekicks like Beth the talking bicycle, Blinkie the talking school bus, or Patty the talking police car—color-
“
It was a lot of fun, and it really was a privilege for me.
”
the force would protect them.” Shortly after Daziel left the youth bureau to spend his last few years before retirement in 1993 as a crime scene investigator, the focus of the department’s outreach efforts began to change. As drug and alcohol use among
ful, blinking, cartoon-like electronics that
students who were sitting in the audience,
Milford young people began to rise, programs
would sit on stage and offer pre-recorded
and everyone would get excited,” Daziel
like Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
safety advice and show slides. Planning for a
recalled. “It was a lot of fun, and it really was
became a priority. Internally, the police youth
school visit would frequently involve Daziel
a privilege for me. For the kindergartners, I’d
bureau also morphed into a special investiga-
having favorite teachers, or popular students,
go into their classroom, we’d make a circle, I’d
tions unit.
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“Even if everything stayed the same, Officer Howie could never really have been replaced,” Krusewski said. “He was too unique. Every program he presented he developed. Really, an entire generation of kids grew up with him as a friend.” Statements like Krusewski’s or hearing someone in the grocery store yell “Hey! Officer Howie!” are reminders to Daziel that he did work that mattered: “It really was a wonderful time in my life.” —Cindy Wolfe Boynton
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