1. Johnson Memorial Hospital
City: Stafford Springs, CT
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (860) 684-4251
Address: 201 Chestnut Hill Rd.
Description: Johnson Memorial Hospital is part of the larger Johnson Memorial Medical Center, with facilities in both Stafford Springs and Enfield. The hospital partners with other local centers, like the Tolland Imaging Center, to bring a full range of services to Tolland and Hartford Counties. More than 250 physicians and over 1,000 staff members work in the main hospital and its tertiary centers. The Evergreen Health Care Center, located on the Johnson main campus, is a 180-bed skilled nursing facility providing long-term and short-term care for patients in a homelike setting.
2. Bakers Country Furniture
City: Stafford Springs, CT
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (860) 684-2256
Address: 42 W. Main St. (Route 190)
Description: This is one of the oldest furniture stores in the nation, founded in 1808 and now occupying a Victorian home in Stafford Springs, less than a mile from the original store. Sixteen thousand square feet of furniture and accessories awaits you, set up in beautiful rooms. Bakers brings in quality merchandise from high-level craftspeople, but they also happen to be a manufacturer of top-of-the-line reproductions of 18th-century American furniture, dedicated to handcrafted work of skilled artisans. But you can also find other things here for your home, from candles to linens. There is a full curtain shop and a bargain basement where you can always find a deal.
3. Stafford Motor Speedway
City: Stafford Springs, CT
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (860) 684-2783
Address: 55 West St.
Description: When you find that Stafford Motor Speedway has been in existence since 1870, you might scratch your head and think, “Have there been cars for that long?” But it began as a cutting-edge agricultural park, with people from Hartford taking trolleys right to the gate to watch horse racing. Until the end of World War II, Stafford Springs hosted these nonmechanized races, and then adapted to a new age with motor racing. Today, under a new lighting and sound system, you can watch the newly resurfaced 0.5-mile speedway heat up under the tires of cars. The speedway hosts NASCAR’s Whelen All-American Series, Whelen Modified Tour, a Modified Racing Series, ISMA Supermodifieds, NEMA Midgets, and other events like monster truck rallies. Do you feel the need for power and speed? Scratch your itch in Tolland County at Stafford Motor Speedway.