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A Committee to locate a mill at the first falls on the Quinnipiac River between Wallingford and Meriden was held in September 1686. In 1704 the mill was sold to William Tyler, and the community became known as Tyler's Mills. The mill and surrounding lands were sold to Charles Yale around a hundred years later, and the name of the village became ...
The Wallingford Electric Division (WED) is a municipally owned utility that provides electricity to the town. Established in 1899, WED is one of Connecticut's few municipal electric utilities, operating under the town's governance. It supplies electricity to residents and businesses, and is known for offering reliable service at competitive rates.
Sep. 6—The fiscal year 2024 budget of $32,899,841, with a mill levy of 54.444, was approved by Dickinson County Commissioners at their weekly meeting Aug. 31 The mill levy is reduced by 0.523 ...
For the fiscal year of 2023-2024, the Town of Weston’s net budget is about $80-million. About 73% of the town’s budget is spent on the Weston Public Schools. [19] Weston raises taxes on the basis of property value. With real estate assessed at 70% of market value, the mill rate evolved as follows:
The Somersville Historic District encompasses the historic components of the mill village of Somersville in western Somers, Connecticut, United States. The district is centered on a mill complex on the Scantic River, which divides the district. The most significant years of development were between about 1835 and 1935, although the area has a ...
Ulbrich was founded in 1924 by Frederick Christian Ulbrich Sr. as The Fred Ulbrich Company, in Wallingford, Connecticut.Ulbrich was originally a scrap yard, but gradually expanded and pivoted to stainless steel in 1936 after a merger between two corporations that prevented Ulbrich Sr. from selling to one of his top buyers. 1937 saw the creation of Victory Cutlery Company, a now defunct ...
The Winsted Hosiery Mill, also known as the Whiting Mill, is an industrial complex at 210 Holabird Avenue in the Winsted section of Winchester, Connecticut.Developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was one of the largest industrial employers in the community for many years, and is relatively unaltered from its period of development.
The city of Wallingford switched from a council–manager government to a mayor–council government in 1962. The longest-serving mayor of Wallingford was William F. Dickinson, who was elected for 20 two-year terms, serving from 1983 and 2023. [2] [3]