• Connecticut shares with the five other New England states a governmental structure known as the New England town. From 1666 to 1960, Connecticut had a...
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    Haven Colony. Although Connecticut is divided into counties, there are no county-level governments, and local government in Connecticut exists solely at the...
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    In Connecticut, councils of governments, also known as COGs, are regional planning organizations that bring together the chief elected officials or professional...
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    unincorporated community in Charles City County, and there is no city of Charles. Local government in Colorado Local government in Connecticut Administrative divisions...
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    Connecticut (/kəˈnɛtɪkət/ kə-NET-ik-ət) is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Eastern United States. It lies on Long Island Sound...
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    governments were disbanded in 1960, and the councils of governments took over some of the local governmental functions. Connecticut's eight historical counties...
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    governments were disbanded in 1960, and the councils of governments took over some of the local governmental functions. Connecticut's eight historical counties...
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    Southeastern Connecticut Southwestern Connecticut Local government in Connecticut Towns in Connecticut (New England town) State capital of Connecticut: Hartford...
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    councils of governments took over some of the local governmental functions. Connecticut's eight historical counties continue to exist in name only, and...
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    now no county government and no county seat. In Connecticut, towns are responsible for all local government activities, including local police, fire and...
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  • In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a borough is an incorporated section of a town. Borough governments are not autonomous and are subordinate to the government...
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    The government and politics of Darien, Connecticut take place in a historically overwhelmingly Republican, upper-middle class coastal town with a Triple-A...
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    governments were disbanded in 1960, and the councils of governments took over some of the local governmental functions. Connecticut's eight historical counties...
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    Various kinds of elections in Connecticut occurs annually in each of the state's cities and towns, the exact type of which is dependent on the year. Elections...
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    of Connecticut's counties, there is no county government, and no county seat. Until 1960, the city of New Haven was the county seat. In Connecticut, towns...
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    Conversely, counties in Connecticut and Rhode Island, eight of Massachusetts's 14 counties, and Alaska's Unorganized Borough have no government power, existing...
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    subdivisions of states called counties. Two hundred thirty-seven other local governments and geographic places are also first-order administrative divisions...
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    level government in the state of Connecticut was abolished in 1960. All government affairs and services are administered by either the state or local municipality...
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    New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound and is...
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    The town is the basic unit of local government and local division of state authority in the six New England states. Most other U.S. states lack a direct...
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    Representatives elections in Connecticut were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Connecticut, one from each of...
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    constitutions). In other states, known as Dillon's Rule states, only limited authority has been granted to local governments by passage of statutes in the state...
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    Bethel (/ˈbɛθəl/) is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 20,358. The town is...
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    Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, it is 16 miles...
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    Darien (/ˌdɛəriˈæn/ DAIR-ee-AN) is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. With a population of 21,499 and a land area of just...
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  • state of Connecticut began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England; they combined under a single royal charter in 1663....
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  • have been upheld against the federal government. In 1935, Frank Palko, a Connecticut resident, broke into a local music store and stole a phonograph, fled...
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    presidential election in Connecticut was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states...
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    in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Planning...
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    Joe Comfort (New Haven homeless man) (category People from New Haven, Connecticut)
    homeless man who lived in New Haven, Connecticut. He was and always will be a New Haven "street legend". He was featured in the Local Characters Trading Cards...
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