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Milford City Hall Celebrates 100 Years

Milford,

CT, January 27, 2016: Milford Mayor Ben Blake announced that Milford City Hall will

celebrate its 100 year anniversary with fun-filled, community events

scheduled for Feb. 19, 2016 (date on which a fire destroyed the

former Town Hall 101 years prior), and June 17, 2016 (date on which,

100 years earlier, “more than a thousand people gathered beneath

lowering skies to participate in the ceremony of the laying of the

cornerstone for Milford’s New Town Hall).

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On

Friday, February 19, 2016, residents are invited to Milford City Hall

from 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm for a remarkable evening that remembers the

cold, winter day over a century before when “the local fire

department fought desperately, but a high wind defeated all attempts

to check the blaze.” Milford’s fire department will again be on

scene outside the historic building to oversee a safe and controlled

bonfire that lights up the downtown. The heat of MFD’s ceremonial

blaze will be balanced-out by a nearby ice-sculpting demonstration –

also on the steps of City Hall.

Following

the outside fire and ice exhibitions, residents are invited into the

“one-story red brick structure with a trim clock tower, in modern

colonial style,” for a history lesson and a

comedy hypnosis show by certified Master Hypnotist, Dan LaRosa.

Admission to the show is free, but seating is limited. Please be

sure to reserve seats through the Recreation Department’s websitewww.milfordrecreation.com.

Kindly print and bring ticket receipts to the evening’s show.

While

all residents are urged to partake in the February 19thfestivities and to stay-tuned for more events scheduled for June

17th,

for those who are unable to attend these celebrations, Mayor Blake

encourages a visit to City Hall to discuss local matters or tour the

architecturally significant buildingopened Monday-Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm.

For

more information about Master Hypnotist, Dan LaRosa, please visithttp://danlarosa.com/.

Please

contact Julie Nash, Director of Economic and Community Development,

through email at jnash@ci.milford.ct.usor by phone at 203-783-3230 with any questions.

Earlier

this month, the Public Works Department transformed Milford City

Hall’s nighttime look with red, white and blue lights, to celebrate

the building’s 100thanniversary.