Daily Nutmeg’s covered a lot of ground since January 1, 2014.
On January 2, writer Cara McDonough put the city’s tucked-away U.S. Coast Guard outpost onto New Haveners’ collective SONAR.…
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Slices of History
There aren’t many restaurants in New Haven that can look back on more than 75 years of doing business, but Sally’s Apizza, located at 237 Wooster Street in the heart of the city’s “Little Italy,” is one of them.…
New Haven’s Finest
“The oldest active sergeant… Unquestionable integrity, loyalty to his duty… earned the utmost respect of every member of the department… Law abiding citizens respect and honor this man, lawbreakers fear him… with Rooseveltian persistency…
Safe Houses
People have been moving houses—literally moving them–for hundreds of years, which may seem foundationally silly in today’s world.
But sometimes it’s the smartest move, and that was especially…
Fermenting Evolution
Humanity’s love for beer traces back many thousands of years ago to Mesopotamia, when malts and barley became fermented in water and brave individuals dared consume the result.…
A Look Before We Leap
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
That opening question of the nostalgia-riddled Scottish folk song “Auld Lang Syne,”…
Rocky Road
Little do most people know of the eccentric characters who once roamed the wooded paths and craggy cliff walks of our beloved East Rock Park. These irregular recluses on the ridge range from the broke heartbroken hermit Elisha…
Do Not Disturb
The spiritual realm—can you feel it? All Hallow’s Eve is upon us, and the dead are just beneath our feet.
Many burial sites have well-constructed fences and gates to mark the resting places of the…
Pier Review
A grinding, screeching, honking orchestra of 140,000 cars per day crosses over the old skeleton of Long Wharf, New Haven’s oldest pier. This remnant of the city’s economic heyday, when it was a West Indian trading port, sits buried below …
History Repeating
Over the next month, the United States Department of the Interior will be reading a 193-page report about New Haven’s Newhallville neighborhood. The document contains detailed information, house by house, naming each resident and his or her occupation, with maps …
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