March 10th 2010

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All Categories Agriculture Business Churches Cultural Education General Government Historical Sites Recreation Non-Profits

Agriculture

American Farmland Trust - National organization working to stop the loss of productive farmland and promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment at the federal, state and local levels.

Community Resource Inventory Online - Creates a series of natural resource and cultural resource maps for any of CT's 169 towns, without any specialized knowledge of mapping.

Connecticut Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farming Association - CT NOFA is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the practices of ecologically sound farming and gardening, and to the development of local sustainable agriculture.

Connecticut Farm Link Program - Designed to be a clearinghouse for the transition between generations of farmers with the goal of keeping farmland in production.

CT Dept. of Agriculture

CT Dept. of Environmental Protection

CT Farm Bureau - Non-governmental, voluntary organization of farm families united to find solutions for concerns facing production agriculture in Connecticut

CT FARMLAND TRUST - State-wide land trust dedicated solely to farmland protection. CFT accepts donaltions of agricultural conservation easements and assists landowners with the sale of their dfevelopment rights

Farm Risk Management - UCONN Cooperative Extension System can help farmers address farm management issues, including farm business planning, farm transfer and estate planning through workshops and training offered by UCONN's Farm Risk Management Team.

Home & Garden Education Center - A website to help manage problems in and around your home. A service offered by UCONN College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Service

New England Small Farm Institute - Promotes small farm development by providing information and training for aspiring, beginning and transitioning farmers

UCONN Cooperative Extension System - The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System (CES) Web site provides practical learning resources to address complex problems of families, communities, agriculture, business and industry.

USDA/Farm Service Agency - administers and manages farm commodity, credit, conservation, disaster and loan programs as laid out by Congress through a network of federal, state and county offices.

USDA/Natural Resource Conservation Service - worksd cooperatively with landowners, conservation districts, federal, state, and local governments, and citizens from urban and rural communities to restore and enhance the landscape.

Working Lands Alliance - Statewide coalition of farmers, conservationists and anti-hunger groups working together to increase the state's commitment to farmland preservation.

Business

Lebanon Connecticut Business Association (LCBA) - Lebanon Connecticut Business Association (LCBA) supports the businesses that service the Lebanon community.

Windham Chamber of Commerce - The Chamber's website is designed to be a tool to market the resources of the Windham Region to market the area to potential new residents, new businesses and visitors.

Churches

Goshen Congregational Church

Lebanon First Congregational Church

Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church

St. Francis of Assisi Church

Cultural

Connecticut Humanities Council - Connecticut's Cultural Gateway - Connecticut's Cultural Gateway was created by the Connecticut Humanities Council as an information portal to Connecticut's cultural life.

Education

East Conn - Non-credit, recreational, personal improvement, and career advancement courses are offered at nearby community sites including Lyman Memorial High School. A new selection of reasonably priced courses is offered each fall, winter, and spring.

General

ConnecticutJobs.com - Search great local jobs and post your resume for FREE! Plus, get jobs emailed to you when you create an account.

Friends of Lake Williams - The Friends of Lake Williams (FLW) is an organization dedicated to preserving the natural beauty and usefulness of Lake Williams in Lebanon CT for anyone who enjoys the recreational pleasures that the lake has to offer.

Lebanon Country Fair

Lebanon Life - An independent, monthly publication serving the residents of Lebanon and N. Franklin CT

Government

CT Conference of Municipalities (CCM) - Connecticut's association of cities and towns. CCM represents municipalities at the General Assembly, before the State executive branch and regulatory agencies, and in the courts. A wide array of other services is also provided.

CT Council of Small Towns (COST) - Info about legislative and other policy priorities affecting small towns; and resources and contact information to help managing and governing small towns.

Help America Vote Act - On October 29, 2002, President Bush signed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) that was authored by Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd into law. The federal legislation created many new mandates for state and local governments.

Voter Forms - CT Secretary of State website containing various election forms - voter registration, absentee ballot application, etc.

Historical Sites

6th Connecticut Regiment - Our goal is to educate the Publick through lectures, displays, and participation in Patriotic Ceremonies as well as School demonstrations.

American Memory from the Library of Congress - American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.

Avalon Project at Yale Law School - The Avalon Project is dedicated to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

Brigade of the American Revolution - The Brigade is a non-profit living history association dedicated to recreating the life and times of the common soldier of the American War for Independence, 1775-1783. Members represent elements of all the armies then involved: Continental, Militia, British, Loyalist, German, French, Spanish, and Native American forces plus civilian men, women and children.

Colonial Connecticut Records 1636-1776 - Research Connecticut's colonial history from your desktop!

Connecticut Historical Society - The Connecticut Historical Society is a non-profit museum, library, and education center. Our mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the diverse people - past and present - who have made our state their home.

Connecticut History Online - The CHO website currently contains about 14,000 images of photographs, drawings and prints which may be searched or browsed in a variety of ways, including by keyword, subject, creator, title and date.

Connecticut Mayflower Society - The Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants welcomes inquiries and appreciates interest in our activities and publications.

Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America

Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

Connecticut State Library

Connecticut State Society National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Connecticut Daughters are active in their communities supporting programs and activities that promote patriotism, historic preservation, and education.

Connecticut's Heritage and History - The Connecticut Humanities Council created this comprehensive directory of the state’s history resources for teachers, students, researchers and others who want to better understand the world around them through the stories of our past.

Governor Samuel Huntington Trust - The Governor Samuel Huntington Trust is dedicated to preserving, restoring and interpreting the birthplace of Samuel Huntington in Scotland, Connecticut. Huntington was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congress, President of the United States under the ratified Articles of Confederation, and Governor of Connecticut.

Hale Collection of CT Cemetery Inscriptions - Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions contains vital information from headstone inscriptions in over 2,000 Connecticut cemeteries that were recorded in a W.P.A. project directed by Charles R. Hale ca. 1932-5.

Hereditary Societies of Connecticut - If either you or any of your ancestors are from Connecticut, this is the place to start.

Historic Homes of New England

Lebanon Historical Society - Explore Lebanon's rich and diverse history at this state-of-the-art museum and visitor center located on the historic Lebanon Green. The museum complex includes the award-winning interactive exhibition, "Turning the Soil: the Land and People of Lebanon," changing exhibitions, a library and research center, and visitor services. Public programs are also offered on a regular basis. Visitor information is available in our 24-hour Visitor Information Center.

Major Zaddock Wright's Com. of Peters' Corps. Queen's Loyal Rangers

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - This site provides sound historical information and interpretation of the basis, events, people, and consequences of the American Revolution against tyranny and the struggle for liberty and independence. This site provides sound historical information and interpretation of the basis, events, people, and consequences of the American Revolution against tyranny and the struggle for liberty and independence.

Threadcity.org - Threadcity.org celebrates the rich history and heritage of Willimantic, northeastern Connecticut's major urban center, in pictures and text.

Recreation

Lebanon CT Little League - Latest meeting information and league happenings.

Lebanon Jr. Soccer Club - Youth soccer program for boys and girls in Lebanon

Windham Youth Football & Cheerleading, Inc. - Our football and cheerleading programs are open to boys and girls ages 6 to 14 in Lebanon. We also offer online registration to our programs

Non-Profits

Majestic Waterfowl Sanctuary - A Lebanon based non-profit dedicated to finding homes for abandoned waterfowl.