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Tick Tock

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At first, Hamdenite Lisa Maloney thought she had tendonitis in her wrists. But when the pain spread to her right knee and then her ankle, she realized something was terribly wrong. …

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Stretch Goals

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My mood matched the weather as I hurried down Crown Street into a driving rain, dodging dirty slush puddles and whizzing delivery bikes. But as I approached number 216, a man coming the other way said hello with a smile …

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Common Cold

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They say the one constant is change, but something that hasn’t changed in a long while is our annual preoccupation with the common cold. …

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Strength in Numbers

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Happy laughter and rounds of cheers and applause aren’t among the sounds you expect to hear during a 9 a.m. gym workout. But at Strength Haven Athletics, which held its inaugural workout two Sundays ago at 310 Winchester Avenue, …

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Rain and Shine

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Dark skies and heavy rains couldn’t dampen bright smiles and high hopes at Wednesday’s opening of the 2023 Dixwell/Q House Farmers’ Market. The soggy first day launched the second season of the weekly event presented by CitySeed and L.E.A.P.

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Baby Formula

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If you’re a parent of a certain age, chances are you know the name Dr. Spock. Not to be confused with Mr. Spock of Star Trek fame, Dr. Benjamin Spock grew up in New Haven, attended Yale and became a …

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Disc Jockeys

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East Rock’s fall colors cradle an overcast sky as a man with a pink visor sits down on one of the benches at Rice Field. …

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Herbal Infusion

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Most of us think of food when we think about herbs. Folly Delgado thinks of medicine. Delgado, a volunteer for Gather New Haven and coordinator for the Clinton Avenue School garden, recently spoke at the Fair Haven Branch library about …

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Inner Circles

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What happens when you walk a labyrinth? “Sometimes, nothing!” Bill Ludwig says with a laugh. …

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Clean Energy

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It was a new year when, in 2018, New Havener Kiah Smith resolved to make her own soap. That year was almost finished when, after many months spent researching and testing techniques and designs and aromas, she found herself sitting …

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