On the morning of May 10, 2017, Fort Nathan Hale Park was abuzz with preparation ahead of its season-opening celebration a few days later. At the northern end, a small plinth stood empty in the middle of a five-pointed star. …
Sherman’s March

We can’t visit City Hall at the moment—but we can revisit this 2015 profile of one of its permanent residents. …
Road Rage

As the pandemic underscores the value of a strong postal system, this 2016 story reminds us that what comes of and through the post can shape the course of history. …
Raising Hale

On the morning of May 10, Fort Nathan Hale Park was abuzz with preparation ahead of its season-opening celebration a few days later. …
Road Rage

In July of 1636, John Oldham’s boat was discovered off the coast of Block Island, RI. There was only one passenger: Oldham’s naked corpse, with a hatchet lodged in his skull. …
Sherman’s March

The second level of City Hall has a chronological gallery of portraits featuring New Haven’s past mayors. Up the stairs directly ahead of the main entrance, it’s hard to…
Sherman’s March

The second level of City Hall has a chronological gallery of portraits featuring New Haven’s past mayors. Up the stairs directly ahead of the main entrance, it’s hard to…
Coming Undone

When we last withdrew from the saga of New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was early in the morning on September 22, 1780. Arnold was meeting, face-to-face for the first time, the man who’d been receiving his secret messages behind enemy …
The Plot Thickens

When we last departed Benedict Arnold in the spring of 1779, the New Havener and American war hero, then the military commander of the colonial capital Philadelphia, was under siege, and not by the British.…