WEBVTT THIS IS "CHRONICLE," ON WCVB CHANNEL 5. NEW ENGLAND'S BEST KEPT SECRET? IT'S LIKE BEING ON THE COAST OF MAINE BUT WITHOUT THE FIVE-HOUR DRIVE. IT JUST MIGHT BE. PEOPLE COME FROM NEIGHBORING ...

The Thimble Islands always seemed like a far-off dream to me. There would be the occasional online photo galleries of which multi-million islands were for sale or I would gaze at the distant granite ...

A special Thimble Island Ferry District has been formally approved in order to provide reliable service for those families with homes on the islands. Ferry problems developed several years ago, a ...

A luxurious home on a private island off the coast of Branford sold recently for just under $3 million. Wheeler Island sold for $2,999,000, just shy of an original asking price of $3 million, ...

Breweries and bears are on the list of what’s new in Branford in recent months. The popular shoreline town, where the population will decline significantly in the next few weeks when the summer people ...

Some people collect stamps. Christine Svenningsen collects small islands. The widow, whose private ways and extravagant tastes in real estate have tongues wagging along Connecticut’s coast, has spent ...

After spending years collecting a cluster of small islands off the Connecticut coast, a wealthy family has decided to put eight of the rocky islands on the market for $78 million. Located in the ...

According to Andrew Wood, Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Belden Island was the one of three thimble islands that were listed by ...

BRANFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- While some women collect shoes and handbags, one wealthy widow in Conn. collects islands and now she's ready to sell two of them – for the right price. Christine ...