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Sally’s Apizza exterior

Slices of History

There aren’t many restaurants in New Haven that can look back on more than 75 years of doing business, but Sally’s Apizza, located at 237 Wooster Street in the heart...

Slices of History

There aren’t many restaurants in New Haven that can look back on more than 75 years of doing business, but Sally’s Apizza, located at 237 Wooster Street in the heart...

Ellen M. Gifford Ward for the Incurables at New Haven Hospital circa 1905

Cough Medicine

“Consumption.” If you wanted to strike fear into the heart of the average New Havener circa 1870, you need only have uttered the word. The disease took the lives of...

Cough Medicine

“Consumption.” If you wanted to strike fear into the heart of the average New Havener circa 1870, you need only have uttered the word. The disease took the lives of...

NHPD Sergeant John Driscoll circa 1892

New Haven‘s Finest

“The oldest active sergeant… Unquestionable integrity, loyalty to his duty… earned the utmost respect of every member of the department… Law abiding citizens respect and honor this man, lawbreakers fear...

New Haven‘s Finest

“The oldest active sergeant… Unquestionable integrity, loyalty to his duty… earned the utmost respect of every member of the department… Law abiding citizens respect and honor this man, lawbreakers fear...

Benedict Arnold

End of Story

Resolved, That the board of war be and hereby are directed to erase from the register of the names of the officers of the army of the United States the...

End of Story

Resolved, That the board of war be and hereby are directed to erase from the register of the names of the officers of the army of the United States the...

Forbes Avenue

Ways and Meanings

As we learned during our last look at the meanings behind New Haven’s street names, assumptions can get you into trouble. The same even goes for Assumption Street, a tiny,...

Ways and Meanings

As we learned during our last look at the meanings behind New Haven’s street names, assumptions can get you into trouble. The same even goes for Assumption Street, a tiny,...

Benedict Arnold and George Washington

Coming Undone

When we last withdrew from the saga of New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was early in the morning on September 22, 1780. Arnold was meeting, face-to-face for the first time,...

Coming Undone

When we last withdrew from the saga of New Havener Benedict Arnold, it was early in the morning on September 22, 1780. Arnold was meeting, face-to-face for the first time,...