Hartford Sister Cities International Caguas - Cape Coast - Couva - Dongguan - Floridia Freetown - Hertford - Mangualde - Mao Morant Bay - New Ross - Ocotal - Thessaloniki About Sister Cities International ----------------- Caguas Sister City (Puerto Rico) Contact: Joseph Morales
17 Sherbrooke Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 525-6438 Commission on Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs
Fernando Betancourt, Executive Director
18-20 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 1060
Phone: (860) 240-8330 Fax: (860) 240- 0315 TDD for hearing impaired callers (860) 240- 0360 Internet Resources Puerto Rico Online Resource Center National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc. Caguas CIA World Fact Book Puerto Rico.com El Boricua: A monthly bilingual, cultural publication for Puerto Ricans Puerto Rico and the American Dream ----------------- Cape Coast Sister City (Ghana) Contact: Sam Darko
1085 Maple Avenue
Hartford, CT 06114
Phone: 956-9525 Office: 543-8640 Ext. 6755 Embassy of Ghana in the United States
3512 International Dr.
NW, Washington DC, 20008
Phone: (202) 686-4520 Fax: (202) 686-4527
Internet Resources The Library of Congress Country Studies The Republic of Ghana Official Web site The Republic of Ghana Ghanaspeaks.com The Story of Africa: West African Kingdoms Ghana Life Ghana Review International ----------------- Couva Sister City (Trinidad & Tobago) Contact: Elizabeth Horton-Sheff
Council Member
City Hall
550 Main Street
Hartford, CT 16103 Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in the United States
1708 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 467-6490
Fax: (202) 785-3130
Consulate General of Trinidad and Tobago
733 3rd Ave. Room 1716
New York, New York, 10017-3204
Phone: (212) 682-7272 Fax: (212) 986-2146 Email: ttconsulateny@np1.net
Internet Resources CIA World Fact Book Trinidad Express Newspapers Ltd Academic Research Resources: Trinidad and Tobago ----------------- Dongguan Sister City (China) Contact: Thomas Phillips
City Hall
Office of Grants Administration
550 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
or / 28 Beechwood Lane
South Glastonbury, CT 06073 China Embassy in the United States
2300 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 328-2500 Fax: (202) 588-0032 Internet Resources CIA World Fact Book The Library of Congress Country Studies ChinaVista China News Digest Global China the Beautiful ----------------- Floridia Sister City (Italy) Contact: Alphonse Marotta, Director
26 Goodrich Street
Hartford, CT 06114
Phone: 296-0755 Office: 548-8679 Gaetano DiStefano
124 June Circle Rocky Hill
CT 06067
Phone: 529-2746 Gaetano Bazzano
27 Montford Street
Hartford, CT 06114 Phone: 249-3344 Embassy of Italy in the United States
3000 Whitehaven St.
NW Tel (202) 612-4400 Fax (202) 518-2154
Internet Resources In Italy Online Map Affari Italiani Passage to Italy Floridia Online Egidio Ortisi
----------------- Freetown Sister City (Sierra Leone) Embassy of Sierra Leone in the United States
1701 - 19th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: (202) 939-9261-62-63
Fax: (202) 483-1793 Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations
245 East 49th Street
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (212) 688-1656 Fax: (212) 688-4924 Email: sierraleone@un.int
Internet Resources Sierra Leone Web CIA World Fact Book Sierra Leone News Sierra Leone on the Web ----------------- Hertford Sister City (England) Contact: Karen Will
227 Girard Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
Phone: 232-5253 British Embassy in the United States
3100 Massachusetts Avenue,
Washington DC, 20008 Mr. Tom Harris, Consulate General
845 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 745-0200, Fax: (212) 754-3062 Internet Resources BritainUSA Discover Hertford Hertford Website Hertfordshire.com Hertfordshire's Website for Business and Pleasure This is Hertfordshire -----------------
Mangualde Sister City (Portugal) Contact: Alberto Costa
Portuguese Club of Hartford, Inc.
730 North Mountain Road
Newington, CT 06111
Phone: 953-3971 Embassy of Portugal in the United States
2125 Kalorama Road, NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Phone: (202) 328-8610 Fax: (202) 462-3726 Consulate General of Portugal
630 Fifth Ave. Suite 801
New York, New York 10111
Phone: (212) 246-4580 Fax (212) 459-0190 Email: cgprtny@.com Internet Resources Mangualde: My Hometown Lusa Web: Celebrating Our Portuguese Ancestry CIA World Fact Book The Portugal News
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Mao Sister City (Dominican Republic)
Mao Sister City visits Hartford June 8-16, 2004!!! Contact: Alianza Internacional para el Desarollo de Latinoamerica (AIDL)
Carlos Rodriguez Chavez, Executive Director of AIDL
62 Nahum Drive, Suite A1
Hartford, CT 06112
Phone: (860) 712-9215, Fax: (860) 246-0505, Pager: (860) 310-0735
E-mail: aidlcr@yahoo.com On June 9, 2003, Hartford City Council passed a resolution establishing Mao Sister City International. The City of Mao is located in Province Valverde, Dominican Republic. The oversight body for Mao Sister City International is AIDL, founded December 20, 1979. AIDL has been very active in the development of Mao. AIDL, in collaboration with the Association for Development of the Velverde Province, Obispado Mao-Montecristi, and the Institute for the Development of the Northeast, established the first institute for professional education in Mao - Institute Politecnico del Noroeste. Today the City of Mao and the City of Hartford are collaborating to develop six computer learning centers, and four additional fire stations. June 8, 2004 the first Mao Sister City delegation will be visiting Hartford.
Internet Resources
Learn more about MAO - CLICK HERE Official site of MAO The World Fact Book -----------------
Morant Bay Sister City (Jamaica) Contact: Jeanette Chambers
P.O. Box 4520
81 Ridgefield Street
Hartford, CT 06147-4520
Phone: 527-6622 Joy Chance
88 Elizabeth Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Phone: 243-9871 Office: 525-3447 Ext. 106 Denise A. C Walsh
53 West Eggleston Street
Bloomfield, CT 06002
Phone: 242-5331 Office; 827-4260 John Davis
78 Edward Street
Hartford, CT 06120
Phone: 524- 9712
Embassy of Jamaica in the United States
1520 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 452-0660 Fax: (202) 452-0081 Consulate General of Jamaica
767 3rd Ave.
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (212) 935-9000 Email: registry@congenjamaica-ny.org http://www.congenjamaica-ny.org/
Internet Resources Jamaica Information Service CIA World Fact Book
Timothy Watson, Jamaica, Genealogy, George Eliot: Inheriting the Empire After Morant Bay Jamaica Gleaner The Jamaica Observer Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Morant Bay High School Forum The Morant Bay Courthouse and Morant Bay Fort Jamaican Statistics -----------------
New Ross Sister City (Ireland) Contact: Daniel Carey
City and Town Clerk
Hartford/New Ross Sister Cities Committee
550 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
or / 2020 Broad Street
Hartford, CT 06114
Phone: 543-8580 Fax: 722-8041 Robert Donahue, Director
131 Pleasant View Drive
Suffield, CT 06078
or / P.O. Box 271338
West Hartford, CT 06127
Phone: 668-5347 Office: 947-65-6501 Embassy of Ireland in the United States
2234 Massachusetts Ave.
NW Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 462-3939 Fax: (202) 232-5993
Consulate General of Ireland
Ireland House
345 Park Avenue
17th Floor
New York NY 10154-0037
Phone: (212) 319 2555 Fax: (212) 980 9475 Email: congenny@AOL.com
Internet Resources New Ross Chamber of Commerce New Ross Echo Island Irland Heritage of Ireland The Irish Bookstore ----------------- Ocotal Sister City (Nicaragua) Contact: Jack Lucas
127 Sylvan Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06107
Phone: 561-0848 Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua
1627 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
Phone: (202) 939-6570 Fax: 939-6542
Consulate General of Nicaragua
820 2nd Ave. Suite 802
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (212) 986-6562 Fax: (212) 983-2646 Email: consulnica@aol.com
Internet Resources CIA World Fact Book The Capitol Region Conference of Churches: Sister City Project - Ocotal, Nicaragua World News: Nicaragua Nicaragua.com ----------------- Thessaloniki Sister City (Greece) Contact: Evangelos Michalopoulos
Hartford-Thessaloniki, Greece Committee
33 Little Oak Lane
Rocky Hill, CT 06067-1839 Phone: 721-0265 Fax: 563-0858
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Embassy of Greece in the United States
2221 Massachusetts Avenue
NW Washington D.C. 20008 Phone: (202) 939-5800 Fax: (202) 939-5824 Dimitris Platis, Consular General
69 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone (212) 988-5500 Fax (212) 734-8492 Internet Resources Greece The City of Thessaloniki The Tourist Guide of Greece-Thessaloniki Hellenic Ministry of Culture Library System Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Athens News Agency Greek Festivals Ancient Greece
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