Community Guide & Business Directory | The Connecticut Shoreline

    • Stewart B. Mckinney National Wildlife Refuge

      , 733 Old Clinton Road, Home to more than 280 species of resident and migratory neo-tropical birds, the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge, comprising seven other Connecticut shoreline sanctuaries, is headquartered in this pristine 192-acre habitat of salt marsh, grassland, and forest. Open year-round, humans are welcome from half an hour before dawn to half an hour past dusk., 860-399-2513 ,
    • Westbrook Fife & Drum Muster

      , When the Ancient Mariners and their cronies march down the Boston Post Road in tri-cornered hats and black leather boots just as they always have since 1959, it’s easy to believe that if you’re patient, General Washington or the Marquis de Lafayette will appear on horseback just behind them. No wonder the Westbrook Fife and Drum Muster, along with the fifty or more fife and drum corps who join them every fourth weekend of August, always draws a crowd of thousands. This year marks their 67th Annual Encampment, Please visit the website for complete information. , www.westbrookdrumcorps.org
    • West Beach

      , 448-452 Seaside Avenue, West Beach is the largest of the town beaches in Westbrook, facing Long Island Sound with views of Menunketesuck Island, Duck Island, and Salt Island. In season, sanitary facilities and a food concession are open to the public., 860-399-3095 , www.westbrookct.us/203/Parks-Recreation
Steve Walsh and son Dan Walsh

From the Publisher

Supporting our community means buying local.

With this year’s publication of our 21st Shoreline Book, we step into our third decade of connecting Shoreline residents to local businesses and encouraging them to become regular patrons. It’s our primary mission, now that on-line purchasing and big box stores have made it increasingly difficult for small, locally owned enterprises of all kinds to compete. Indeed, we take pride in declaring that goal on the front page of all our directories with the words Connecting Local Residents with Local Businesses to Better Our Community…Buy Local – Find it Here.

Toward that same end, we are offering newly customized advertising packages created specifically to make appearing in The Shoreline Book even more worthwhile for our advertisers. These packages include:

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