Mighty Phragmites Robert Stanley Nature Trail, Newington January 2023 Newington has a lot of sports fields for a town its size. It doesn't have very many trailed properties, but it does publish a trails guide. Most of the hikes in that guide are walks along suburban streets to connect the town's parks. … [Read more...]
ARRL Heritage Museum
Go Ahead, Ham it Up ARRL Heritage Museum, Newington (Google Maps location) August 2016 Connecticut museum visit #293. Hoo boy. Here's a museum that I'm afraid I don't know much about. I clearly visited it. I clearly spent a good amount of time there. And I was clearly welcomed by the kind folks in … [Read more...]
Mill Brook Trail
Milling About Mill Brook Trail, Newington June 2018 This "trail" was removed from the town's trail guide in 2025. There are a lot of Mill Brooks in Connecticut. I assume there are a lot in surrounding states as well. Since I don't worry about "keywords" or SEO content, I don't care that there are so many Mill … [Read more...]
Young’s Farm/Rock Hole
Not Getting Any Younger Young's Farm/Rock Hole Trails, Newington July 2021 This is not really a place a hiker will come to hike. This is a place where local dog walkers and high school amateur photographers come to do their thing. But that's also what makes it great: a large tract of open land with cleared … [Read more...]
Deming-Young Farm & House
What's Old is Newington Again Deming-Young Farm & House, Newington (Google Maps location) June 2015 Connecticut museum visit #293. I have a skewed view of Newington's Deming-Young Farm and House Museum simply because I visited it on Connecticut's annual Open House Day. My sons and I got the full show with … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Newington
Everything Newington I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Newington CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Olympia Diner
Olympian Olympia Diner, Newington October 2019 The Olympia is for sale and was reportedly going to close and disappear in 2025. That didn't happen, but still may. Just to be sure, I ate there one last time to celebrate my CTMQ "completion" of Newington. When I first put together my list of "Classic Diners" on … [Read more...]
Kellogg-Eddy House & Museum
In the Swirl of Historic House Museums... Kellogg-Eddy House & Museum, Newington, (Google Maps location) April 2018 Connecticut museum visit #381. This historic house museum was the 381st Connecticut museum I have visited for the purposes of this very website. I sometimes don’t really “step back” and think … [Read more...]
Mill Pond Trail
Duck, Duck, Goose... Spiral Slide! Mill Pond Trail, Newington March 2014 Yes, I know. I know this is a somewhat ridiculous “trail” and to have its own page on CTMQ is a bit silly. Don’t I have enough to write about already? Must I bother with a little walk around a pond in Newington? Yes and yes. But once … [Read more...]
Newington’s Town Trails
Newington's Town Trails No one ever thinks about Newington. Not even me, even though I'm often as close as two minutes away from it when I am in my own town of West Hartford. Well, that used to be me, until the town voted for one Mr. Stephen Woods for mayor in 2012. Although he has an extra 's' on his name, I still … [Read more...]