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Dream House

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Near sunset on a weekday afternoon, drive up or down Dixwell Avenue for an uplifting sight…

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Thick Ice

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We stepped onto the ice with some trepidation, my daughter and I. …

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Hire Gear

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As Bill Brown and Sally Hill prepared in 2020 to retire after 32 years of running the Eli Whitney Museum and Workshop, a hole opened that not just any peg could fill. A search for their replacement demonstrated the challenge …

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Mouth to Mouth

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“We have a favorite saying here: ‘You’re not famous until your head is on a PEZ dispenser,’” says Shawn Peterson, manager of the PEZ Visitor Center in Orange. …

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Play Time

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Calvin Hill is best known for his 12 seasons in the National Football League. But in New Haven, the star running back’s biggest fans may be preschoolers. …

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Great Promise

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Just over a decade ago, key New Haven players made a promise to the city’s students: We will make it possible for you to go to college. …

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Farm Candy

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Flux is inevitable in the orchard business. John Lyman, the executive vice president of Lyman Orchards and an eighth-generation grower, can trace the history of his family’s land to 1741…

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Biggie

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E is for Exposition. Or Eastern. There are two big Es in The Big E—the Eastern States Exposition—which runs through October 3 in West Springfield, Massachusetts. …

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Jurassic Park

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Construction cranes may have taken over Yale’s Peabody Museum, but you don’t have to go dinosaurless this summer. …

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Father Time

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Father’s Day is Sunday. If you’re spending it with Dad, here are five ideas for making it count. …

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