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Dec. 1, 2009.  6:04 p.m. — According to Greenwich Emergency Services dispatch as monitored on the Internet there is a major fire in Greenwich. Hear what is going on LIVE…. Listen to Greenwich police, fire and GEMS dispatch live at Tom Alessi ScanGreemwich.com website at:http://www.scangreenwich.com/ MOST PHOTOS AND REPORT BELOW BY John Ferris Robben.  For [...]

The name “Charter Oak” stems from the local legend in which a cavity within the tree was used in late 1687 as a hiding place for the Constitution charter.The oak was then blown down in a violent storm about 150 years later and made into a chair that is now displayed in the Hartford Capitol [...]