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William Howard Taft

Good Old Bill

Today we’re going back into the archives. Below is a slightly updated version of an article that appeared in one of Daily Nutmeg’s early editions, published on September 6, 2012....

Good Old Bill

Today we’re going back into the archives. Below is a slightly updated version of an article that appeared in one of Daily Nutmeg’s early editions, published on September 6, 2012....

State Street Bridge impasse

Road Blocks

Traveling up upper State Street, you pass seven or eight blocks of small shops and restaurants bearing that quintessential East Rock mix of lived-in but cared-for. By the time you...

Road Blocks

Traveling up upper State Street, you pass seven or eight blocks of small shops and restaurants bearing that quintessential East Rock mix of lived-in but cared-for. By the time you...

Benedict Arnold

Turning Points

The procession was attended with a numerous concourse of people, who after expressing their abhorrence of the treason and the traitor, committed him to the flames, and left both the...

Turning Points

The procession was attended with a numerous concourse of people, who after expressing their abhorrence of the treason and the traitor, committed him to the flames, and left both the...

400 Blake Street house move

Safe Houses

People have been moving houses—literally moving them–for hundreds of years, which may seem foundationally silly in today’s world. But sometimes it’s the smartest move, and that was especially likely to...

Safe Houses

People have been moving houses—literally moving them–for hundreds of years, which may seem foundationally silly in today’s world. But sometimes it’s the smartest move, and that was especially likely to...

Gershon Perecman of Perecman Jewelers

Time Line

Extending west-northwest from the upper edge of Edgewood Park, Westville’s main strip on Whalley Avenue hosts a bounty of dining choices, antique shops, art galleries and boutiques. Among such everyday...

Time Line

Extending west-northwest from the upper edge of Edgewood Park, Westville’s main strip on Whalley Avenue hosts a bounty of dining choices, antique shops, art galleries and boutiques. Among such everyday...

Rob Greenberg at construction site

Danger Zone

Several small boats, heavy with passengers and household goods, moved slowly up the West Creek. The men looked curiously at the bank, and at the rude dwelling which the hardy...

Danger Zone

Several small boats, heavy with passengers and household goods, moved slowly up the West Creek. The men looked curiously at the bank, and at the rude dwelling which the hardy...