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’Front Line

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Connecticut has its fair share of rail trails—converted train beds for hiking and biking. Trolley trails are less common, but that’s just what you get with Branford’s Trolley Trail, a…

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A Day at the Beach

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I was expecting a bracing wind and frozen toes when I set out for a walk one morning. What I got was a day at the beach. …

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Shedding Light

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The sun will set at 4:25 p.m. in New Haven tomorrow. It’s the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, though it doesn’t have the earliest sunset. That already occurred on December 8, at 4:22 and change. …

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Clear Head

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The 60.8-mile Mattabesett Trail takes a circuitous route from Middletown to Berlin—just eight miles as the crow flies. …

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Water Fall

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Dry leaves run like packs of children playing tag. Sunlight dazzles off the water, more light than heat. …

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Fall Back

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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
The Misunderstanding by Albert Camus

Not every New Haven leaf is a flower. Not yet. But there’s no missing that the…

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Stroll Call

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I’m not sure if it’s a hike or a simple walk in the woods we’re undertaking on a recent weekend at Housatonic Overlook and Tucker’s Ridge in Orange. The trail is relatively easy, and since the pinnacle lies just beyond …

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Putting Down Roots

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Having planted its 10,000th tree in May, the Urban Resources Initiative recently planted two more, right on my block.

I’d requested a free tree​​ back in the spring. A staff member then checked out the site and contacted me …

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On the Edge

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Cycling south from the top of Yale Avenue takes advantage of one of the better designated bike routes in New Haven. You’ve got…

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Look, Up in the Sky

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The birds keep migrating, so the bird counters keep watching. Since the beginning of September, the New Haven Bird Club has been posting dedicated hawk watchers on the top of the rise at Lighthouse Point Park, scanning the skies.

One …

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