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| Name: | alan andersen |
| E-mail address: | akandr@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | who remembers eef foster,freddie valine and freddie klatt? they were the constables back in the fifties that patroled new fairfield when nobody locked their doors and left their keys in the ignition. you could go camping in the woods when you were 8 years old and nobody worried about you. |
| Name: | Dan "Boone" Andersen |
| E-mail address: | dtaheyhey@gmail.com |
| Comments: | My Bro Mike sent this site to me. Very cool. I too grew up on Candlewood Hills during the 50-60-70's. I agree, it was a cool place to grow up. My father, Alf, used to say when they wanted to build a new ball field or some other place for kids to play or gather, on tax payers money, "what the heck, This whole town is a recreation town, if the kids can't find something to do around here, There's something wrong with the kids" It was good. very good looking back on it. Luckily I found a place in Springfield NH. that closly resembles that town. Lake Sunapee, Lake Kulamulauck (spelled wrong),Mascoma lake and many more. Woods, and not a lot of people except for the summer. And winter with the skiing, snow mobileing, hiking and all. And of course the fall foliage to die for. Hi Charlie, Tony and Dickie, and everyone else. Oh yes, the Green Light. My friend Tommy Fortunato still owns it, But I remember when the Benzingers had it. And Joyce Land too and the apple orchard. Squantz pond and all. Those were the days my friend. |
| Name: | Mike Andersen |
| E-mail address: | amike13@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Thank you,Wonderful memories! Lots of good times. Candlewood Hills/Joyceland/Knollcrest etc. We hitchhiked everywhere we wanted to go.
I've managed to catch up with some of the old friends recently and the general concensus is they were the best years ever. |
| Name: | charlie kaiser |
| E-mail address: | cjkaiser3@aol.com |
| Comments: | We spent the summers at candelwood hills i lived next door to Tony ardison. down the block from Mike anderson. We had a small boat on Squantz Pond. We went to chair rock and jumped off. we thought we were great. does not look so big now. |
| Name: | Kevin Trohalis |
| E-mail address: | ktrohalis@comcast.net |
| Comments: | I lived in New Fairfield from 1960 - 1974 at 62 Gillotti Road. I remember Gabe (Butch)& I helping his Grandfather, Mr. Gillotti, bail hay during the summer. Hidden Valley was a favorite because of the pet Skunk, Thumper. As a teenager, summers were spent at the town park. So many great memories of the people I grew up with. I'm still in CT so I go to NF often. |
| Name: | maria shannon |
| E-mail address: | riccihopes@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | That would ne neat to rum across people rpm that time |
| Name: | maria tsentas |
| E-mail address: | riccihopes@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | While I was a little girl in the early 60's, I use to visit all my realives and one of the main places that never changed, was 29 E Ball Pond Rd. New Fairfield. There weren't even numbers on the mail boxes that's how secluded it remained for years. Our name that was on it was The Catz'a. It had black kittens playing on the mailbox so noone could miss it. If this sounds familiar, please write to me. I miss that place and it was sold by my mother for 65 thousand dollars, land and all. I am sick over that, because I miss that big old house. |
| Name: | DW |
| E-mail address: | dwebb13@earthlink.net |
| Comments: | Wow! I spent my summers at Joyce Land at Squantz Pond. My grandparents stumbled upon JL when my mom was a kid and built a small cabin there. My mom spent her summers there and so on...
I enjoyed every second of my summers and still think back on those memories. I can still see the wheeping willow tress sway, hear the gentle waves come to shore and smell the Conn air. We didn't have a television, a telephone or running hot water; we bathed in the lake. We read, played a ton of card games and sat by the nightly fires. Sadly, the two sisters, Rosie and Mary, who owned Joyce Land, at the time failed to pay their Conn state taxes over many, many years. They sold the land to some members of the mob. Needless-to-say, after the "take over" we never returned. Our cabin, as far as we know is being used as a storage building. After 30 years, I still cry thinking of how I was robbed from the most beautiful place I knew and loved. I have never returned, as I can't bear to see the changes...I treasure the images I have and the memories; although, I still sometimes cry thinking of what once was. |
| Name: | Donna Sapienza |
| E-mail address: | donnasapienza@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I remember Chicky Stockwell from the Danbury Fair Races, althigu not his car #. Dad took us up there regularly. Wish there had been a raceway in our area when my kids were growing up. Was hoping to find some info on him after his name popped into my head while watching "In the Chase 2008" today. 'Least I see I rememebered his name correctly! |
| Name: | Melinda Boden |
| E-mail address: | bsissy06810@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | This is great fun to read. My Grandmother was Dorothy Joyce Boden of the old Joyce farm which is now part of Squantz Pond. My mother used to talk of great times at Joyceland and Squantz pond when her family (the Tully's) camped there.
Thanks for starting this site. |
| Name: | corinne burns bruno |
| E-mail address: | yankeerome@mac.com |
| Comments: | Oh the memories - we had a place on Squantz Pond and not only did I swim from our side of the lake to Chair Rock usually daily, but made great friends, flirted, got great sun tans, walked along the road when it was getting tarred, got scared by the boys in the night when we were walking home (we always had torches with us) - learned to water ski - did some life guarding at the park and hung out with the gang at JoyceLand - and naturally, went to the Greenlight restaurant with my parents - I am talking about between 1958 - 1963 - what a wonderful time of my life and returning from Italy where I now live - went back to visit and was so, so happy that things have not changed!
Thanks for the memories |
| Name: | Alejandro Arriagada |
| E-mail address: | aarriagada@ahmr.cl |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.ahmr.cl |
| Comments: | I spent a season during the years 1989 to 1990 in NF, I met wonderful people at the NFHS. And I think NF must be one of the most beautiful places in the USA.
CYA. Alejandro Arriagada From Chile South America |
| Name: | Michael Cashman |
| E-mail address: | cashman47@cox.net |
| Comments: | HI
I was a CT State lifeguard, at Squantz Pond from 1968 to 1972, it was the best five summers I ever had. The Greenlight Restaurant, was my summer home away from home and Tommy F. was my summer Dad. Eight lifeguards lived in the “Shack” just down the road from the new entrance on the left. I still want to return to Squantz every spring. |
| Name: | Chris Orioli |
| E-mail address: | riverman104@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://organisationen.accaunt.biz/ |
| Comments: | I grew up in New Fairfield from 1960 to 1999. Erin Dr was first then right around the corner to East Lake Rd. I remeber the cows in Gilloti's fields and when the Consolidated was the only school. I hiked all the State Forest Land and swam in Squantz Pond when it was not crowded...ever . It was a very idyllic and peaceful town, real Norman Rockwell stuff. Ed's Cigar Box and Mr Assad's barber shop; the "Center" even before the Candlewood Theater and The Little Cake Box. Growing up in New Fairfield kind of spoiled me to live anywhere else. I miss home every day. |
| Name: | Lisa Drace |
| E-mail address: | LIRI200@aol.com |
| Name: | Chad Fizzell |
| E-mail address: | chadwick1140@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | What a walk down memory lane. It has been several years since I returned to my hometown. I lived and grew up in New Fairfield in the 80's and 90's, and it has only been 5 or so years since I lived there full time, but it seems like much longer. Thanks so much for posting these pictures, this is a page I can always refer back to to remember. Cheers from Michigan!!! |
| Name: | Andy Peerless |
| E-mail address: | jeter98765432@aol.com |
| Comments: | OMG i think this is the best site. I grew up in New Fairfield, CT on Candlewood Lake. Im 13 now and i remember everything here. It brings back so many memories. Thank you for making this site
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| Name: | Cayla |
| E-mail address: | cay@caylas.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.caylas.com |
| Comments: | Totally cool site wishing you all the best cay xxx |
| Name: | Moya |
| E-mail address: | moya@cuteandsingle.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://cuteandsingle.com |
| Comments: | Superior website! Very appealing. |
| Name: | Mike O'Donnell |
| E-mail address: | tmod@ix.netcom.com |
| Comments: | Thanks so very much for the pictures of New Fairfield. Memories of my childhood just tumbled out. I lived there from 1950 to 1960. Knollcrest was home. I remember the winter time you could not see a light at night from my house. Summertime was different, the lake was a whirl of motor boats, especially on the weekends. Does Knollcrest still have the windmill and do they still have the sailboat races on Sunday afternoons? |
| Name: | Maggie |
| E-mail address: | l_luowei@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | What a beautiful scene!
Thank you! |
| Name: | John |
| E-mail address: | wb1fsc@aol.com |
| Comments: | Great pictures..........thx |
| Name: | Abbie |
| E-mail address: | abbie@chesapeake-bay-retriever-dogs.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.chesapeake-bay-retriever-dogs.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed your site. |
| Name: | Madeleine du Preez |
| E-mail address: | madeleine@hit.co.za |
| Comments: | Thank you for introducing me to this website. You live in a fairytale place and I am quite jealous!
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| Name: | chris lavoie |
| E-mail address: | clavoie04@snet.net |
| Comments: | I now live in new fairfield near ball pond. It truly is a wonderful place to see the sun rising in the morning with the geese on the pond. It is really changing with all the home developments going up. But it will always be a special town. the carp are doing a good job on ball pond to controll the algea. Hopefully it will be under control and not look so bad. |
| Name: | David Hinners |
| E-mail address: | hinnersd@nycap.rr.com |
| Comments: | Never knew how much one could miss a place. I grew up here on Inglenook Road. New Fairfield is magic. There were neighborhoods: Bogus Hill, Knollcrest, Candlewood Hills, Candlewood Isle, Ball Pond. The were corner stores (well within a bike ride): Green Light Store, Candlewood Hills Store. There was a dairy farm you could get fresh milk from out on 37 I think. And an hour and a half from New York City there were some of the biggest trees I've seen in my life. Keep it safe. Merry Christmas. |
| Name: | Grant McCulloch |
| Comments: | hello, im from London England and my love of my life lives in New Fairfield and Candlewood lake is so beautiful |
| Name: | Talbot Brooks |
| E-mail address: | talbot.brooks@asu.edu |
| Homepage URL: | http://geography.asu.edu |
| Comments: | Thanks for sharing those pictures in the gallery. My
family and I lived in NF from 1983-1987 at 13 Smoke Hill Dr. My dad was president of the NF Volunteer Fire Dept. for a while back then, and I was in band with Mr. Scott King during that time as well. Since living in NF, I've moved several time, but am now faculty in the Dept. of Geography at Arizona State University. I truly miss the greenery and the wonderful sense of community! Best wishes, Talbot |
| Name: | Marty Lineen |
| E-mail address: | bent4500@aol.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.members.tripod.com/~marty4545 |
| Comments: |
Nov 23 2000 U have a great web site. Mine is this. www.members.tripod.com/~marty4545 My e-mail address is this. bent4500@aol.com i was born and raised in Middletown Connecticut. i moved 2 Florida in 1960. By. |
| Name: | Paddy sealey |
| E-mail address: | paddysealey@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I live in Norfolk England. Through getting to know one of
you Danbury residents, I learned of Candlewood. The name is straight from a novel and the Lake is straight from a fairytale.You are so lucky! Can someone please tell me...How did Candlewood get it's wonderful name? Thanks. |
| Name: | Adam Beck |
| E-mail address: | Prozombe@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I lived in New Fairfield until 1990, in a place called
Knollcrest. I miss some people I grew up with, Bob Miller, Steven Beers were my two closest friends growing up. I'll find them some day. |
| Name: | Theresa Moffett |
| E-mail address: | theresa.moffett@cna.com or terrystar27@netscape.net or terrystar28@aol.com |
| Comments: | I used to live in New Milford Ct. 15 years ago. It would be
nice to hear from anyone who knows me. |
| Name: | Roberta (Padula) Bellus |
| E-mail address: | Robertafairfancy@i-opener.net |
| Comments: | I spent summers there from the late 40's through the 70's.
My grandparents owned a summer home on Rocky Hill Road, which gave me this great opportunity. My name is Roberta and my sister's name is Claire. We would walk to Squantz Pond and Candlewood Lake to go swimming. We bought ice cream cones at the Green Light. We went to the movies in Danbury and on the way home would stop at the Lark,a fast food place with car hops. We knew Marilyn Pederson,Karen Schirmeister and George Theman. I would like to hear from anyone that would like to chat about the good old days. |
| Name: | michael whiteley |
| E-mail address: | northville387@webtv.net |
| Comments: | finally I can maybe find out about my early days in NF.we lived on Biggs ave.near Ball Pond,went to the school near St.edwards church,and then meeting house hill school thats were I lost my heart to Molly Murphy she lived on Ghiolti road near the grammer school her father was a dentist.Her dear freind was Mary Burke who lived across the street from MHHS.If anyone knows what happened to her please write to me so I could see her once again.NF in the sixties was great,the others were Patty Byers,Gabe Ghilotti,peanuts,holly alger,penny lowery.Well any help will make me happy.I have moved back to Ct.and should have never left.Thank you Mike Whiteley |
| Name: | Donna Tomanio Malek |
| E-mail address: | djt@mbclaw.com |
| Comments: | My family (Tomanio) moved away from NF in 1969, but many
relatives remain there today. My maternal grandparents, Walter and Grace Hendrickson (parents of Maureen) have passed away, but I have many great memories of my childhood and the time I have spent in NF. We lived on Fox Hollow Road in the early 60's and then on Candlewood Lake until we moved to Florida. I have really enjoyed this website. Just seeing the familiar sites bring back great memories for me. I hope to always return to NF no matter where life takes me! |
| Name: | susan lowery |
| E-mail address: | www.avaux@webtv.net |
| Comments: | Hello my name is susan Lowery. my Father is Ralph Sperlin Lowery. My mother is Mary Antoinete deVaux. her Father was Francis deVaux born 1903. |
| Name: | Coleman Polkinghorne |
| Comments: | I moved to NF in '93 from Minnesota. I lived over near ball
pond on warwick rd. I staied there all the way through my high school career and ended up moving to St. Louis, Missouri. I try to go back as much as I can to see who ever is left. Even though the people I know grows smaller, I still like going back to where I really lived. |
| Name: | michael and margaret brady |
| E-mail address: | bradyfamily@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://none |
| Comments: | We cant wait to see the new and improved Consolidated
School as it rises in its beauty and splendor.It is a momument for all the the people who have worked so hard to realize it and a beacon for all the future students and their dreams. |
| Name: | Dara DeVaux |
| E-mail address: | dara119@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Hello,
What a beautiful place to live! I surfed in looking for DeVaux ancestor graves and possible DeVaux cousins. My ancestor from your region is: Abel Alfred DeVaux 1892- 1975 and wife Rose L. DeVaux passed away in Oxford 1960. We are of the DeVeaux's changed to DeVaux that fled or were deported from France to Canada. Great grandfather was said to be: Julid or Julius or Eugene DeVaux married Mary Mallot and his mother's name was said to be Hortense Billeau or Bilyeu (exact spelling unknown). Thank you. |
| Name: | nora henze |
| E-mail address: | fribbel@aol.com |
| Comments: | dad-
great panoramics! especially the one of the center of town. i felt like i was home. thanx nora |
| Name: | Dennis@Louise Tarrant |
| E-mail address: | denlou2execu.net |
| Comments: | This was and always will be our home. No matter where we
travel, all the memories we have seem to go back to the many wonderfull times we had at and on Lake Candlewood. We will always call Connecticut "BACK HOME". DEN @ LOU Feb, year 2000 |
| Name: | Sean Flynn |
| E-mail address: | Flynns@ecsu.ctstateu.edu |
| Comments: | I would like to say that you have some great pictures, I
would just like to ask that some photos of Squantz Pond during the summer season. Thank you, Sean |
| Name: | John |
| Comments: | Hey! You forgot to show Ball Pond! |
| Name: | Marijean Tomanio Hippelheuser |
| E-mail address: | emjay0410@aol.com |
| Comments: | Looking at your site brings back great memories for me. My
family left Connecticut in 1969, but i still love going back there. There is nowhere else like it. It's nice to be able to visit from here in Florida. |
| Name: | John |
| Comments: | Tony, I have lived across from the former Green Light since
the mid 60s on Bogus Hill. It changed hands many times since the 80s and is now just a vacant building. I also watched the car races at Danbury but that was replaced with one of largest mall in New England many years ago. There are still some buildings that were part of Joyceland around Squantz pond but most housing is now all year round and NF has its population from 2000 in the 60s to over 13,000 now. |
| Name: | Tony Ardisson |
| E-mail address: | Kardisson@aol |
| Comments: | Is the Green Light restaurant still next to Squantz Pond?
Does anyone remember Chicky stockwell and stock car 151. It was always the favorite at the Danbury Fair races. Anyone from Candlewood Hills around out there? Brian Murphy? Mike Anderson? Ronny Malus? Remember camping out on Squantz Pond back in the early 1950s. The only Policeman around was a State Trooper named oscar who had to drive from 10 miles away if the teenagers acted up. At night Joyceland would show movies outdoors for 25 cents. |
| Name: | tony ardisson |
| E-mail address: | kardisson@aol |
| Comments: | My family had a home on candlewood hills from 1950 to about
1985. Had a blast every summer there. Mike Anderson was one of my best friends along with alot of other great kids. We used to go to the stock car races every saturday at the Danbury Fair grounds. thanks for all the great times. |
| Name: | TOM LASSANDRO |
| E-mail address: | LASSANDRO@SENSORMATIC.COM |
| Comments: | MY FAMILY MOVED AWAY FROM NEW FAIRFIELD IN 1967, BUT WE STILL LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS HOME!!!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SHARE MY CHILDHOOD WITH MY SON...I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK IN PERSON......THANKS! TOM |
| Name: | TOM LASSANDRO |
| E-mail address: | LASSANDRO@SENSORMATIC.COM |
| Comments: | MY FAMILY MOVED AWAY FROM NEW FAIRFIELD IN 1967, BUT WE STILL LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS HOME!!!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SHARE MY CHILDHOOD WITH MY SON...I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK IN PERSON......THANKS! TOM |
| Name: | G. Scott Logue |
| E-mail address: | glogue@kpmg.com |
| Comments: | From the Class of 91' and ever since then, a transplant to
California. I come home to New Fairfield every year, but it was nice to see all the pictures, and the different seasons, something I haven't seen in years. Good memories. |
| Name: | Brian Finch |
| E-mail address: | finchbp@orbitworld.net |
| Comments: | For all of you that remember me from when i lived there, e-mail me. I look forword to reading your letters.
I lived in New Farifield from kindergarden to the 7th grade, when I moved to Texas. I am about to graduate and I kind of miss living in the northeast. |
| Name: | Kevin Carscadden |
| E-mail address: | kevcars@yahoo.com |
| Comments: |
Looking forward to the Spring of 1999 |
| Name: | russell chartier |
| E-mail address: | klchartier@aol.com |
| Comments: | info in fishing and map of lake would add to web page |
| Name: | Marie (Masal) Englander |
| E-mail address: | menglander@imperial-software.com |
| Comments: | I totally enjoyed New Fairfield's Gallery and reminisced
looking at the pictures of the town! I was a former resident of New Fairfield, Ct through the 1970s and always think about the town. As much as it's changed, I've seen that it's also remained the same...it's as beautiful as it ever was!!! |
| Name: | Rogelio Martinez |
| E-mail address: | rogelio@southtx.quik.com |
| Comments: | NO Coment |