The Guilford Preservation Alliance was joined in the Guilford Fair Day Parade by many antique bicycles. They spanned the time period of 1860-1970.
2016 Guilford Fair Day Parade
2016 Guilford Fair Day Parade
Archives for 2016
A Digital Tour of Architecture Around the Green / Guilford Preservation Alliance Awards for Efforts of Preservation
Following the digital tour GPA President Shirley Girioni will lead the Guilford Preservation Alliance’s Annual Meeting which will include the presentation of 8 awards for significant efforts of preservation by individuals and groups in the town of GuilfordMonday, September 26 at 7 pmGuilford Free LibrarySponsored by the Guilford Preservation Alliance and the Friends of the Guilford Free Library. To register,
please call (203) 453-8282, stop by the reference desk or click hereGuilford Free Library ~ 203-453-8282 ~ guilfordfreelibrary.org ~ 67 Park Street
Photos from Kiosk Opening, May 9, 2016
A gallery of photos from the grand opening of the Guilford Information Kiosk. To view enlarged images, double-click on the first image, then use right arrows to proceed through the gallery. To return to the page, click the X in the top right corner.
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- Boynton Schmitt
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- Selectman Carl Balestracci, Jr., Town Engineer Jim Portley
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- Carl Balestracci, Jr., Jim Portley, State Senator Ed Meyer, First Selectman Joe Mazza
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- Russ Campaigne (architect of kiosk), Frank DePino of mediaBOOM
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- State Representative Sean Scanlon and board member Tracy Tomaselli
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- State Senator Ted Kennedy Jr., Boynton Schmitt, Jean Richards, Board President Shirley Girioni
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- Board President Shirley Girioni speaking
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- Ted Kennedy, Jr., Sean Scanlon, Joe Mazza
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- Boynton Schmitt cuts the ribbon
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- Mary Jo Kestner, Frank DePino, Russ Campaigne,
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- Boynton Schmitt, Jean Richards, Frank DePino
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- Boynton Schmitt
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- Frank DePino, Sean Scanlon, Shirley Girioni, Joe Mazza, Boynton Schmitt, Ted Kennedy, Jr.
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- Joe Mazza, Boynton Schmitt, Ted Kennedy, Jr.
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- Sean Scanlon, Shirley Girioni, Joe Mazza
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- Mary Jo Kestner, Sandy Ruoff (Director of Guilford Free Library), Russ Campaigne
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- Boynton Schmitt, Jean Richards
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- Learning about the website
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- Ted Kennedy, Jr., then GPA Board members (Heidi Samuelson, Kristen Popolizio, Veronica Soell, Shirley Girioni, Tracy Tomiselli), Sean Scanlon, Joe Mazza
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- Ted Kennedy, Jr., Veronica Soell, Heidi Samuelson
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- Carol Newton, Brian McGlone, Hunt Newton from AT&T
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- Jean Richards, Boynton Schmitt, Scott Wands (CT Humanities Council)
Kiosk Opening — An Invitation
GUILFORD PRESERVATION ALLIANCE invites you to the opening of its Information Plaza.
Monday, May 9, 2016 11:00 am
32 Church Street, Guilford, Connecticut
The Honorable Governor Dannel P. Malloy will officiate at the opening.
Reception to follow at the Nathanael B. Greene Community Center adjacent to the Information Plaza.
New Grants Awarded
Town historian Joel Helander, Guilford Preservation Alliance President Shirley Girioni, and Guilford Keeping Society President Winnie Seibert in front of the Thomas Griswold House.
Letter to the GPA from Grace Zimmer, President of Hyland House:
We are very excited to share the news that the Guilford Preservation Alliance is awarding $7000 in grants to support the recent dendrochronologystudy done at the Hyland House and to fund studies at the Guilford Keeping Society’s Thomas Griswold House and at Guilford’s “Pest House.”
For those of us who cherish Guilford’s rich history, it was thrilling to learn that when Guilford’s school children celebrate Early Guilford Days at the Hyland House, they are experiencing hands-on history in a house built in 1713 out of trees that had been growing since 1492. Not many towns can boast such a deep history!
Now the scientists at the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory will be turning their attention to one of the first houses built by the Griswolds in this area and to what may be the last remaining “pest house” in the United States. You can read more about these two houses and the upcoming study here.
We are very grateful to the Guilford Preservation Alliance for their support.
Regards,
Grace Zimmer
Hyland House President