Daily Nutmeg

Broom Mates
To the question, “Why witches?,” Virginia Semeghini answers, “Why not?” Witch Bitch Thrift, a secondhand apparel and “witchy” supply shop downtown, was the brainchild of Semeghini, who says the name,...
Broom Mates
To the question, “Why witches?,” Virginia Semeghini answers, “Why not?” Witch Bitch Thrift, a secondhand apparel and “witchy” supply shop downtown, was the brainchild of Semeghini, who says the name,...

Shoes to Fill
Squeezed into the heel of Branford’s main drag, a narrow, old-timey storefront has quietly become a landmark. Branford Shoe Repair, the words painted by hand across the front window, has...
Shoes to Fill
Squeezed into the heel of Branford’s main drag, a narrow, old-timey storefront has quietly become a landmark. Branford Shoe Repair, the words painted by hand across the front window, has...

Coify Klatch
Mark “Ferni” Fernicola, the house barber at Lucky Soul Tattoo in Woodbridge, is part of a small diaspora of Fernicola barbers in Greater New Haven. His cousins cut hair in...
Coify Klatch
Mark “Ferni” Fernicola, the house barber at Lucky Soul Tattoo in Woodbridge, is part of a small diaspora of Fernicola barbers in Greater New Haven. His cousins cut hair in...

Good As New
For years, Jamie Dawn had thought about opening a consignment shop—something to do after retiring from her career as a real estate agent. But data showing a surge in secondhand...
Good As New
For years, Jamie Dawn had thought about opening a consignment shop—something to do after retiring from her career as a real estate agent. But data showing a surge in secondhand...

Home Addition
Vintanthro Modern & Vintage has been a Westville staple since 2018, selling well-preserved dresses, belts, suits, boots. But there wasn’t a lot of room to carry the things that dress...
Home Addition
Vintanthro Modern & Vintage has been a Westville staple since 2018, selling well-preserved dresses, belts, suits, boots. But there wasn’t a lot of room to carry the things that dress...

Plant Therapy
Dogs Joplin and Gino, their chain collars jingling, are the first to greet me as I enter Anika Stewart and Georgina Gross’s Hamden home, where shelves holding carefully positioned plants...
Plant Therapy
Dogs Joplin and Gino, their chain collars jingling, are the first to greet me as I enter Anika Stewart and Georgina Gross’s Hamden home, where shelves holding carefully positioned plants...