New Haven is blessed to be surrounded by cool climbing places. Within city limits there are the East and West Rocks. Then, not far beyond, is a formation whose very name seems less rocky, more comfy: Sleeping Giant.
Hikers don’t …
First you’re in New Haven, turning onto Derby Avenue. Then, briefly, you’re in West Haven, still on Derby. Next comes Orange, where the Derby Turnpike becomes New Haven Avenue. Then you’re in Derby.
The F6 bus route is a trip …
Let’s say you’re running late for a flight.
Do you: (a) utter a few—ahem—colorful phrases; (b) fume over the infuriating nature of traffic; or (c) vow to never fly again because it’s just too stressful?
Maybe all of the …
White-walled guest rooms are cozy and bright, with feather-soft beds and light streaming through wide windows. Meanderers stroll around the lobby, stopping to check their email on a central computer or read complementary copies of The New York Times and …
When the wind is blowing in just the right direction in Morris Cove, you can smell the saltwater in the air.
And on those days in particular—when residents boast that thanks to the breeze it’s ten degrees…
Yale’s New Haven campus isn’t exactly dark in the summertime. It houses everyone from the precocious high schoolers in the Explo program to the crooners…
Mike Chambers of East Haven hops the train to Grand Central Terminal every weekday morning at 4:40 a.m. When he arrives, he’s at work. Chambers is in charge of the carpentry shop at Grand Central itself.
He enjoys showing off …
Whalley (pronounced “WAY-ly”) Avenue is the Rodney Dangerfield of New Haven thoroughfares: it gets no respect. For most of the drivers navigating it, the avenue is simply a means to an end, the quickest route from point A to point …
It’s June, and Lighthouse Point Park is back in the swim of things.
It’s also been in the news. A City Hall move to raise parking fees there for New Haven residents (from free to a proposed $20) was rejected …
Colleen O’Connor proudly sports the title of Downtown Ambassador of New Haven. That’s not just because she works for Town Green Special Services, which bestows that “Ambassador” moniker on over a dozen of its employees. She’s earned the distinction unofficially as …
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