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Figuring it Out

Figuring it Out

In a cozy attic studio in Hamden, rainbow skeins of ribbon and bolts of patterned fabric are neatly arranged. On a workbench, a linen figure lies, her pink yarn hair...

Figuring it Out

In a cozy attic studio in Hamden, rainbow skeins of ribbon and bolts of patterned fabric are neatly arranged. On a workbench, a linen figure lies, her pink yarn hair...

Out and About

Out and About

Joanne Sciulli was a student when she first came to New Haven, but now, 17 years after founding the nonprofit Solar Youth, she’s a teacher, and her classroom is nature....

Out and About

Joanne Sciulli was a student when she first came to New Haven, but now, 17 years after founding the nonprofit Solar Youth, she’s a teacher, and her classroom is nature....

Farm Candy

Farm Candy

Flux is inevitable in the orchard business. John Lyman, the executive vice president of Lyman Orchards and an eighth-generation grower, can trace the history of his family’s land to 1741,...

Farm Candy

Flux is inevitable in the orchard business. John Lyman, the executive vice president of Lyman Orchards and an eighth-generation grower, can trace the history of his family’s land to 1741,...

School of Thought

School of Thought

Desks? Tables. Chalkboards? Whiteboards. Grades? Benchmarks. Report cards? Progress reports. Schoolyard? Public park. One teacher? Two. Homework? Eventually. Grade levels? Doubled up. Climbing wall? Yes. “Tinkering Lab?” Yep. Idyllic classroom...

School of Thought

Desks? Tables. Chalkboards? Whiteboards. Grades? Benchmarks. Report cards? Progress reports. Schoolyard? Public park. One teacher? Two. Homework? Eventually. Grade levels? Doubled up. Climbing wall? Yes. “Tinkering Lab?” Yep. Idyllic classroom...

Beaverdale Memorial Park

Peace and Quiet

“I find it interesting that some people say they don’t want to live near a cemetery,” says Dan Krueger, manager of Beaverdale Memorial Park. Cemeteries are places of peace and...

Peace and Quiet

“I find it interesting that some people say they don’t want to live near a cemetery,” says Dan Krueger, manager of Beaverdale Memorial Park. Cemeteries are places of peace and...

Family First

Family First

From her office window, Barbara J. Tinney can see Monterey Place, a pastel cluster of mixed-income townhouses on the site of the housing project where she lived as a child....

Family First

From her office window, Barbara J. Tinney can see Monterey Place, a pastel cluster of mixed-income townhouses on the site of the housing project where she lived as a child....