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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Area codes 860 and 959

Area codes 860 and 959 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Assa Abloy

Assa Abloy AB is a Swedish Group whose offerings include products and services related to locks, doors, gates, and entrance automation.

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Austin Stowell

Austin Stowell (born December 24, 1984) is an American actor.

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Barytonesis

In phonology, barytonesis, or recessive accent, is the shift of accent from the last or following syllable to any non-final or preceding syllable of the stem, as in John Donne's poetic line: but éxtreme sense hath made them desperate, the Balto-Slavic Pedersen's law and Aeolic Greek barytonesis.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Berlin High School (Connecticut)

Berlin High School is a public high school located in Berlin, Connecticut, United States.

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Berlin station (Connecticut)

Berlin station is a train station located in the Kensington neighborhood of Berlin, Connecticut.

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Berlin-Peck Memorial Library

The Berlin-Peck Memorial Library is a public library in Berlin, Connecticut.

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Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

The Planning Region is a planning region and county-equivalent in Connecticut.

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Catherine M. McGee Middle School

Catherine M. McGee Middle School is a public middle school located in Berlin, Connecticut.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city in the council–manager form of city government.

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Comcast

Comcast Corporation (simply known as Comcast, and formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Connecticut Route 372

Route 372 is a state highway in Hartford and Middlesex counties in central Connecticut, United States, running from Plainville to Cromwell, and serving to communicate between the numerous freeways in the area.

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Connecticut Route 9

Route 9 is a expressway beginning in Old Saybrook and ending at I-84 near the Farmington–West Hartford town line.

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Corporal

Corporal is a military rank in use by the armed forces of many countries.

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Council–manager government

The council–manager government is a form of local government used for municipalities, counties, or other equivalent regions, commonly used in the United States and the Republic of Ireland.

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Councils of governments in Connecticut

In Connecticut, councils of governments, also known as COGs, are regional planning organizations that bring together the chief elected officials or professional managers from member municipalities in Connecticut.

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County (United States)

In the United States, a county or county equivalent is an administrative or political subdivision of a U.S. state or other territories of the United States which consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority.

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Cromwell, Connecticut

Cromwell is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States, located within the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. Berlin, Connecticut and Cromwell, Connecticut are Greater Hartford.

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CT Rail

CT Rail, stylized as CTrail, is the brand for commuter rail services overseen by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), in the U.S. state of Connecticut, with services on the Hartford Line extending into Massachusetts.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Deputy mayor

The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor, assistant mayor, mayor pro tem, or mayor pro tempore) is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many, but not all, local governments.

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East Berlin, Connecticut

East Berlin is a section of the town of Berlin in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Emma Willard

Emma Willard (Hart; February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American female education activist who dedicated her life to education.

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Eversource Energy

Eversource Energy is a publicly traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts, with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity, natural gas service and water service to approximately 4 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Gary Waslewski

Gary Lee Waslewski (born July 21, 1941) is a former American professional baseball player who played as a pitcher from 1967 to 1972.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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Hanging Hills

The Hanging Hills of south central Connecticut, United States, are a range of mountainous trap rock ridges overlooking the city of Meriden and the Quinnipiac River Valley below.

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Hartford County, Connecticut

Hartford County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. Berlin, Connecticut and Hartford County, Connecticut are Greater Hartford.

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Hartford Line

The Hartford Line is a commuter rail service between New Haven, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts, using the Amtrak-owned New Haven–Springfield Line.

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Hartford Line (Amtrak)

The Hartford Line is a train service run by Amtrak primarily between Springfield, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut, along Amtrak's New Haven–Springfield Line.

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Independent voter

An independent voter, often also called an unaffiliated voter or non-affiliated voter in the United States, is a voter who does not align themselves with a political party.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

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Interchangeable parts

Interchangeable parts are parts (components) that are identical for practical purposes.

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Joe Clifford

Joe Clifford is an American author and editor.

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Joseph Pierce (soldier)

Joseph Pierce (1842January 3, 1916) was a Chinese born American soldier who fought in the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and reached the rank of corporal.

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Kensington, Connecticut

Kensington is a census-designated place (CDP) and section of the town of Berlin in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

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Lamentation Mountain

Lamentation Mountain, or Mount Lamentation,, is a traprock mountain located north of Meriden, Connecticut.

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Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Luann de Lesseps

Luann de Lesseps (née Nadeau, previously D'Agostino; born May 17, 1965) is an American television personality, singer, model, and author.

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Mattabesett Trail

The Mattabesett Trail is a long, hook-shaped blue-blazed hiking trail in central Connecticut and a part of the New England National Scenic Trail.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Meriden, Connecticut

Meriden is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located halfway between the regional cities of New Haven and Hartford.

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The Metacomet Ridge, Metacomet Ridge Mountains, or Metacomet Range of southern New England is a narrow and steep fault-block mountain ridge known for its extensive cliff faces, scenic vistas, microclimate ecosystems, and rare or endangered plants.

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The Metacomet Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail that traverses the Metacomet Ridge of central Connecticut and is a part of the newly designated New England National Scenic Trail.

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Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Berlin, Connecticut and Middletown, Connecticut are Greater Hartford.

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing.

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New Britain, Connecticut

New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Berlin, Connecticut and New Britain, Connecticut are Greater Hartford.

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New England town

The town is the basic unit of local government and local division of state authority in the six New England states.

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New Haven–Springfield Line

The New Haven–Springfield Line is a railroad line owned by Amtrak from New Haven, Connecticut, north to Springfield, Massachusetts, serving the Knowledge Corridor.

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Newington, Connecticut

Newington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Berlin, Connecticut and Newington, Connecticut are Greater Hartford.

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Northeast Regional

The Northeast Regional is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Ragged Mountain (Connecticut)

Ragged Mountain, est.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Berlin, Connecticut and Rocky Hill, Connecticut are Greater Hartford.

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Ryan Preece

Ryan Preece (born October 25, 1990) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Sam McKinniss

Sam McKinniss (born 1985) is an American abstract and figurative postmodern painter based in Brooklyn.

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Short Mountain (Connecticut)

Short Mountain is a traprock mountain located in south central Connecticut north of the city of Meriden.

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Simeon North

Simeon North (July 13, 1765 – August 25, 1852) was an American gun manufacturer, who developed one of America's first milling machines (possibly the very first) in 1818 and played an important role in the development of interchangeable parts manufacturing.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin,_Connecticut

Also known as Berlin (CT), Berlin CT, Berlin, CT, Worthington, Connecticut.

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