According to her gravestone, Rose Jackson spent most of her 77 years as a “trusted and faithful servant,” a “colored woman” who devoted her life to the well-being of Gen. William Hart and five ...

The president of the Saybrook Colony Founders Association is enlisting history buffs to visit the English castle where the town was seeded. Elaine Staplins, the association’s president and the ...

OLD SAYBROOK — A visitor center built for the 300-year anniversary of the founding of Saybrook Colony was taken town and destroyed this week, but there may be hope to get some use out of it, officials ...

OLD SAYBROOK After 14 years and five administrations, town officials gathered near the banks of the Connecticut River Friday and dedicated Founders Memorial Park in honor of the 10 families that ...

OLD SAYBROOK That oft-repeated family story about how Grandpa Gus and Grandma Nell used the railroad pension money to buy a rustic cottage here just before the Hurricane of 38 may become the stuff of ...

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony to train Congregationalist ministers, it is the third-oldest ...

It was her drive to uncover her own family's history that led Margaret Buckridge "Bucky" Bock to undertake her first in-depth research project. She was just 10 years old. The family history she ...

Old Saybrook wouldn't win an award for best beach destination, but its under-the-radar status and low-key vibe are exactly why travelers should visit this charming, small town on the Connecticut coast ...

OLD SAYBROOK >> Saybrook Point is celebrating the bounty of the season with an All Hallows Eve “Family Fall Fun Day” on Sunday, Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featuring pony rides, face painting, cozy ...