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Ghosts of Christmas Past
The day before Christmas in New Haven is a good day to ponder how New Haven Christmases were before. It seems the explicit moral values of the season weren’t so...
Ghosts of Christmas Past
The day before Christmas in New Haven is a good day to ponder how New Haven Christmases were before. It seems the explicit moral values of the season weren’t so...
Founding Father
Michael McGivney spent only seven years of his short life in New Haven, but he left an indelible stamp on it—and, indeed, the world. The parish priest served St. Mary...
Founding Father
Michael McGivney spent only seven years of his short life in New Haven, but he left an indelible stamp on it—and, indeed, the world. The parish priest served St. Mary...
This Week in New Haven (December 21 - 27)
Like the trees in many of our homes, a precious and beautiful “star” tops this Christmas week. Monday, December 21 The winter solstice today meets an extremely uncommon celestial event....
This Week in New Haven (December 21 - 27)
Like the trees in many of our homes, a precious and beautiful “star” tops this Christmas week. Monday, December 21 The winter solstice today meets an extremely uncommon celestial event....
Old Flame
“Don’t burn the candle at both ends,” people started telling each other in the 1700s. Back then, it was a more literal warning not to squander precious resources, conceived at...
Old Flame
“Don’t burn the candle at both ends,” people started telling each other in the 1700s. Back then, it was a more literal warning not to squander precious resources, conceived at...
Quaking Moments
On Sunday morning, November 8, a thump in her New Haven home made Marla Geha think, momentarily, that her son had just jumped off his bed, or that “someone had...
Quaking Moments
On Sunday morning, November 8, a thump in her New Haven home made Marla Geha think, momentarily, that her son had just jumped off his bed, or that “someone had...
Déjà Flu
The last time New Haven saw a pandemic Christmas, more than 350,000 people had already died nationwide of influenza type A subtype H1N1, better known as the “Spanish Flu.” Yet...
Déjà Flu
The last time New Haven saw a pandemic Christmas, more than 350,000 people had already died nationwide of influenza type A subtype H1N1, better known as the “Spanish Flu.” Yet...