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Dinah Road: New Name for New Street Approved by West Hartford Town Council

WSP · May 16, 2022 ·

The name of New Street in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square will be changed to Dinah Road. Photo credit: Ronni Newton

By Ronni Newton on We-Ha.com on May 16, 2022

A campaign by the Mayor’s Youth Council to rename a West Hartford roadway in honor of two women who were once enslaved in town was approved unanimously by the Town Council on May 10.

Mayor’s Youth Council members Tzionya Goldfischer, a student at the New England Jewish Academy, and Sarah Granquist and Priya Sinha, both students at Hall High School, have been working closely with Town Historian Tracey Wilson to gain approval to change the name of New Street, a roadway in Blue Back Square that runs between Raymond and Isham roads, to Dinah Road. Dinah, and her daughter, who was also named Dinah, were once enslaved in the West Division of Hartford, now known as West Hartford. Continue reading.

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