We left off yesterday at the Cheshire Historical Society, starting to feel our stomachs growl. Good thing it’s just a few minutes’ walk to a pair of memorable restaurants, both residing atop a grassy rise (more…)
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Cheshire Catches (pt. 1)
Incorporated in 1780, the town of Cheshire actually traces back to 1695, when it was a section of Wallingford named “West Farms.” A small agrarian community then, it’s not so small today, with a healthy (more…)
X-Ray Vision
Not everyone would gaze at an MRI scan of a human brain or an X-ray of a dog’s internal organs and see beauty, but artist Lois Goglia of Cheshire does. One day many moons ago, when she was visiting her veterinarian husband Ed at work, a light box was on, illuminating the bones and organs of […]
Humming Along
World-renowned playwright Athol Fugard writes from his head, his heart and his homeland, South Africa. Since the late 1950s, he’s stormed the world’s stages, from Cape Town to London to New York. (more…)
Role Call
If stardom were spread via sheer proximity, you’d already know Patricia Lawton’s name. She’s walked down New York City streets with George Clooney, chatted with Jennifer Aniston on the set of the movie Bounty Hunter, met Robin Williams (more…)
High Drama
Against a partly cloudy sky near the upper reaches of Manhattan, the George Washington Bridge looms over a vibrant street scene in Washington Heights. Weathered signs reading “Rosario’s Car & Limousine,” “De La Vega Grocery” and (more…)
Arts and Labor
Being sent to the principal’s office isn’t so bad when you know the principal’s got your best interests at heart. There can be little doubt of that with Frank Costanzo, head administrator at the (more…)
Civil Discourse
If Al Redway, 92, of Hamden had been born on February 11 or February 13, there might not be a Civil War Round Table of South Central Connecticut, a weekly gathering of Civil War history buffs in Hamden (one of many autonomous “Civil War Round Table” chapters located around the country). But he came into this world […]
Up in Years
Retirement means more than watching time slip idly past on an honorary gold timepiece. It’s an opportunity to indulge in your bucket list, start new hobbies, explore untested interests and, if you want, to (more…)
Sweet Spot
Missy Antonelli is an artist, but she doesn’t work in oils or watercolors or clay, and you won’t see her creations hanging in galleries or museums. Her tools are whisks and baking sheets and pastry knives. Her materials are batters and frostings and fondants. And her studio/showroom is Sweet Mary’s, the bakery she owns in […]
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