Colonial era, Native American artifacts on display at historic Milford house this weekend
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Milford Preservation Trust Alan Wilcox helps get the John Downs House ready for the exhibit.Timothy Chaucer/ContributedShow MoreShow Less
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Tim Chaucer, a member of the Milford Preservation Trust Board of Directors examines a fruit auger or more popularly known as a sugar devil, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at the Minuteman House in Milford.Catherine Avalone / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Tim Chaucer, a member of the Milford Preservation Trust Board of Directors holds a fruit auger or more popularly known as a sugar devil, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at the Minuteman House in Milford. Chaucer offered tours at the historic North Avenue home also known as the John Downs House to mark the Winter Solstice. The fruit auger also known as a sugar devil was used to scrape sugar from the bottom of a wooden barrel since sugar was used
Petitioners press Milford Subaru dealer to preserve historic farmhouse
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The Beard Farmhouse and barns on Washington Street in Milford photographed on April 27, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media
MILFORD With Dan Perkins Subaru having received zoning approval last year to build a new dealership at the site of the former Beard Concrete, a community group is gathering petition signatures to save some buildings at the Beard farm on nearby Washington Street.
The new Perkins Subaru will combine four lots at 143 and 163 Boston Post Road, and 97 and 109 Washington St.
The 97 Washington St. property includes a farmhouse and three barns, and is the “ancestral home” of the Beard Family, according to a Facebook page and an online petition seeking to preserve the buildings.