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The schooner Quinnipiack

Sound It Out

The word “flagship” gets used loosely a lot, to mean “the most important one of a bunch of things.” But if you’re a centuries-old city which takes great pride in...

Sound It Out

The word “flagship” gets used loosely a lot, to mean “the most important one of a bunch of things.” But if you’re a centuries-old city which takes great pride in...

Beyond the New Township, New Haven Museum

Fair and Square

When the curators at New Haven Museum put its elaborate new exhibit Beyond the New Township: Wooster Square together, they were literally playing with blocks. One of the interactive aspects...

Fair and Square

When the curators at New Haven Museum put its elaborate new exhibit Beyond the New Township: Wooster Square together, they were literally playing with blocks. One of the interactive aspects...

Stop & Shop Gas Station

It’s a Gas

The long-awaited gas station at the Whalley Avenue Stop & Shop supermarket has opened, with seemingly little fanfare. Cars just pull in and fuel up as if the station has...

It’s a Gas

The long-awaited gas station at the Whalley Avenue Stop & Shop supermarket has opened, with seemingly little fanfare. Cars just pull in and fuel up as if the station has...

7 Sundial Splash Pad at Edgewood Park

Chill Out!

According to weather.com, the hottest day in New Haven history topped out at 103 degrees, measured in 1957. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deems a 106-degree scorcher in Danbury...

Chill Out!

According to weather.com, the hottest day in New Haven history topped out at 103 degrees, measured in 1957. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration deems a 106-degree scorcher in Danbury...

Nine Squares

Grid Luck

We always talk about the Ninth Square, but we call the other eight different things. Nobody says, “Let’s have lunch in the Third Square today.” The Fifth Square, of course,...

Grid Luck

We always talk about the Ninth Square, but we call the other eight different things. Nobody says, “Let’s have lunch in the Third Square today.” The Fifth Square, of course,...

A New Haven Anthem

A New Haven Anthem

…with apologies to Francis Scott Key. Ohhhh, say, can you see… What if it’s not “Oh, say,” but Old Saybrook? That’s where Yale University was founded, in 1700 before moving...

A New Haven Anthem

…with apologies to Francis Scott Key. Ohhhh, say, can you see… What if it’s not “Oh, say,” but Old Saybrook? That’s where Yale University was founded, in 1700 before moving...