The Thimble Islands always seemed like a far-off dream to me. There would be the occasional online photo galleries of which multi-million islands were for sale or I would gaze at the distant granite ...

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A special Thimble Island Ferry District has been formally approved in order to provide reliable service for those families with homes on the islands. Ferry problems developed several years ago, a ...

After spending years collecting a cluster of small islands off the Connecticut coast, a wealthy family has decided to put eight of the rocky islands on the market for $78 million. Located in the ...

A luxurious home on a private island off the coast of Branford sold recently for just under $3 million. Wheeler Island sold for $2,999,000, just shy of an original asking price of $3 million, ...

Some people collect stamps. Christine Svenningsen collects small islands. The widow, whose private ways and extravagant tastes in real estate have tongues wagging along Connecticut’s coast, has spent ...