Three years—almost an entire high school career. That’s how long it’s been since the last in-person performance by Wilbur Cross High School’s Lights Up Drama Club, whose production of Freaky Friday: The Musical this weekend conjures a teenaged life turned …
Up to Code

It used to be that a traditional college degree was the only route to a high-paying professional job. …
Natural Philosophy

Picture a classroom furnished with picnic tables and wooden benches. The floor is covered with wood chips, and the ceiling? It’s miles high. …
Outside the Box

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Corn and potatoes, mustard greens and arugula, strawberries and raspberries, lavender and tulips, sorrel and basil, cucumbers and …
Youth Served

“Kathy!” Later: “Kathy!” Later: “Kathy!”
At The Children’s Preschool on Whitney Avenue, kids in colorful jackets are bouncing across the playground, chattering and giggling as they…
Live and Learn

“This is not a school,” former school teacher Elisabeth Kennedy says, and technically, she’s right. Beacon Self-Directed Learning, the nonprofit center she helps run with Catherine Shannon and Catherine Fisher at the eastern end of Whalley…
Power Trip

United Illuminating is in the business of distributing energy. At the UI-managed SmartLiving Center, however, the goal is to get customers to use less.
The Center, a small museum of sorts dedicated to energy …