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Medical History
In March of 1942, Anne Miller lay dying at New Haven Hospital. A nursing school graduate married to Yale’s athletic director, Miller was suffering from streptococcal septicemia, a common and...
Medical History
In March of 1942, Anne Miller lay dying at New Haven Hospital. A nursing school graduate married to Yale’s athletic director, Miller was suffering from streptococcal septicemia, a common and...
City Treasure
Like many parks, Scantlebury Park is active or restful depending on the need. Just off the Farmington Canal bike path on Ashmun Street, the park serves the Dixwell neighborhood with...
City Treasure
Like many parks, Scantlebury Park is active or restful depending on the need. Just off the Farmington Canal bike path on Ashmun Street, the park serves the Dixwell neighborhood with...
Brown Bearing
Once you know about it, you see it everywhere. It’s in the foundations along Hillhouse Avenue, the facade of City Hall and the walls of Grove Street Cemetery. Its name...
Brown Bearing
Once you know about it, you see it everywhere. It’s in the foundations along Hillhouse Avenue, the facade of City Hall and the walls of Grove Street Cemetery. Its name...
Writing the Ship
Years ago, Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney caught a big blunder in Lincoln (2012), Steven Spielberg’s big film biography of Abraham Lincoln. One scene shows states voting to ratify the amendment...
Writing the Ship
Years ago, Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney caught a big blunder in Lincoln (2012), Steven Spielberg’s big film biography of Abraham Lincoln. One scene shows states voting to ratify the amendment...
Welcome to Elm City
New Haven, the Elm City, is really an Elm City. The 17,000 people living in Waterville, Maine, seem almost as eager as we are to slap their Elm City nickname on...
Welcome to Elm City
New Haven, the Elm City, is really an Elm City. The 17,000 people living in Waterville, Maine, seem almost as eager as we are to slap their Elm City nickname on...
Old Flames
“My Own Dear Addie—” William Augur wrote on October 27, 1861, from the steamship Illinois, “I received your long, loving letter Thursday afternoon, the 24th and read it with great...
Old Flames
“My Own Dear Addie—” William Augur wrote on October 27, 1861, from the steamship Illinois, “I received your long, loving letter Thursday afternoon, the 24th and read it with great...