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Roll Call

Roll Call

No one has ever logged a perfect game of duckpin bowling, Sandi Thomas tells me. She’s owned Johnson’s Duckpin Lanes in Hamden since 1985, and she practically grew up in...

Roll Call

No one has ever logged a perfect game of duckpin bowling, Sandi Thomas tells me. She’s owned Johnson’s Duckpin Lanes in Hamden since 1985, and she practically grew up in...

Salvage Mission

Salvage Mission

As cofounder and board chair Lisa Spetrini guided me through the racks, bins, shelves, cubbies and jars of artsy, craftable salvage in North Haven’s EcoWorks—“Connecticut’s only Creative Reuse Center”—I thought...

Salvage Mission

As cofounder and board chair Lisa Spetrini guided me through the racks, bins, shelves, cubbies and jars of artsy, craftable salvage in North Haven’s EcoWorks—“Connecticut’s only Creative Reuse Center”—I thought...

Peace and Quiet

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 beauty 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 beauty and...

Mother Lode

Mother Lode

Mother’s Day is Sunday, and if you’re still considering where to go or what to give, this article’s for you. A family meal is usually at the heart of things,...

Mother Lode

Mother’s Day is Sunday, and if you’re still considering where to go or what to give, this article’s for you. A family meal is usually at the heart of things,...

Pitching Camp

Pitching Camp

Temperatures are rising, days are getting longer and local parents who haven’t yet registered their children for summer camp might be feeling the heat. Lucky for procrastinators and art lovers...

Pitching Camp

Temperatures are rising, days are getting longer and local parents who haven’t yet registered their children for summer camp might be feeling the heat. Lucky for procrastinators and art lovers...

Dream House

Dream House

Near sunset on a weekday afternoon, drive up or down Dixwell Avenue for an uplifting sight: The lights are on at Q House, and kids are inside. In the gym,...

Dream House

Near sunset on a weekday afternoon, drive up or down Dixwell Avenue for an uplifting sight: The lights are on at Q House, and kids are inside. In the gym,...