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Knight Persons

Knight Persons

No Irish Need Apply. The faded sign hangs beside the bar at the Knights of St. Patrick hall in New Haven, a reminder of the world in which its founding...

Knight Persons

No Irish Need Apply. The faded sign hangs beside the bar at the Knights of St. Patrick hall in New Haven, a reminder of the world in which its founding...

Follow the Money

Follow the Money

The Ides of March, March 15th, was, more or less, just a day on the ancient Roman calendar—a festival day, admittedly, and, like 12 other Ides on the Julian calendar,...

Follow the Money

The Ides of March, March 15th, was, more or less, just a day on the ancient Roman calendar—a festival day, admittedly, and, like 12 other Ides on the Julian calendar,...

Small Fortune

Small Fortune

When we last left Ivytown, the comic book city purportedly inspired by New Haven, we had just read Showcase #34, the serial anthology where it debuted in 1961. We saw...

Small Fortune

When we last left Ivytown, the comic book city purportedly inspired by New Haven, we had just read Showcase #34, the serial anthology where it debuted in 1961. We saw...

Vocal History

Vocal History

These are the tales of two crooners. One hailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, and picked up a close pal in New Haven along the way to becoming one of the...

Vocal History

These are the tales of two crooners. One hailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, and picked up a close pal in New Haven along the way to becoming one of the...

Reversing Courses

Reversing Courses

I don’t know exactly when New Haven’s status as the culinary capital of Connecticut was minted. But I do know, in a city approaching four centuries old, it was a...

Reversing Courses

I don’t know exactly when New Haven’s status as the culinary capital of Connecticut was minted. But I do know, in a city approaching four centuries old, it was a...

Infotainment

Infotainment

A New Havener today can pull a small rectangle from their pocket and find the latest local info. A New Havener 150 years ago could pull a large rectangle from...

Infotainment

A New Havener today can pull a small rectangle from their pocket and find the latest local info. A New Havener 150 years ago could pull a large rectangle from...