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M.C. Law Group, LLP is a full service immigration law firm in Bridgeport, Connecticut, handling cases in all areas of immigration and nationality law. The legal needs of immigrants are particular and require special attention because non-immigration legal matters often have consequences on an individual’s immigration status. All of our attorneys are immigration attorneys in addition to their other areas of practice and therefore they are aware of the pitfalls and problems immigrants may encounter in legal proceedings, particularly in criminal law and family law cases.

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Windsor General Information:

Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the northern border of Connecticut's capital, Hartford. The population was estimated at 28,778 in 2005.

Poquonock is a northern area of Windsor that has its own zip code (06064) for PO Box purposes. Other areas in Windsor, which are not incorporated, include Rainbow and Hayden Station in the north, and Wilson and Deerfield in the south.

Tobacco farming in Connecticut has a long and illustrious history. When the first settlers came to the valley in the 1630s, tobacco was already being grown by the native population. By 1700, tobacco was being exported via the Connecticut River to European ports. The use of Connecticut tobacco as a cigar wrapper leaf began in the 1820s. By the 1830s, tobacco farmers were experimenting with different seeds and processing techniques.

Area farmers grew tobacco for the two outside layers of cigars, the binder and the wrapper. A tobacco leaf type named Shoestring, then Broadleaf and Havana Seed were used. In the late 1800s a fine grained leaf type imported from Sumatra began to replace the wrapper from the Connecticut River valley. The tobacco farmers matched the Sumatran leaf by making shade tents of cloth to cut sunlight and raise humidity. The first tent was raised in 1900 on River Street in Windsor. Windsor tobacco leaves are highly prized by fine cigar makers, and are used as the cigar's outer wrapping.

At its height, there was greater than 15,000 acres of tobacco being cultivated under shade in the Connecticut River valley. Currently, the amount of tobacco being grown in the valley is just over a steady 2,000 acres. Approximately 34,000 acres (140 km²) of land in Connecticut is covered by Windsor Soil, named after the town.

While much of the Day Hill Road section of town has been given over to industry, the long red wooden sheds that are used to store and dry the tobacco are still noticeable. The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum containing authentic farming implements and tools can be found at Northwest Park located in Windsor.