Tag Archives: North Haven

Raising Glass

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The cool light of a winter afternoon electrifies the colors in each stained glass piece Sara Bennett holds up to her window. There are candy canes and holly sprigs, rainbow hearts, honeycombs, daisies, Poké balls (from Pokémon), a shamrock and …

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Rail to Trail

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A westerly wind runs across the tidal marsh, combing the silky heads of reedy marsh grass. …

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This Week in New Haven (September 13 – 19)

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The last full week of summer encourages being out and about. …

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Product Placement

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One in five women will miss work or school because she doesn’t have access to tampons and pads when she needs them. One in four women struggles to afford period products. The average woman spends…

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North Rock

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Peter’s Rock in North Haven, a peak in the same traprock formation as East Rock and West Rock, is certainly less popular than its more famous siblings. When solitude is your goal, that’s a good thing. …

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Bring to Heal

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The Central Hospital for Veterinary Medicine is like a rabbit warren. At least, that’s how it feels to a visitor being escorted through one corridor to another, one room to the next, around corners and down stairs. …

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Upriver

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Back in the 1920s, before there was an Interstate 91 or a Wilbur Cross Parkway, a small neighborhood of cottages sat along the Quinnipiac River off North Haven’s Banton Street. …

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Water Therapy

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The tide chart tells us that around 9:30 a.m., the time will be right for putting our canoe in at Sackett Point. …

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Going for the Gold

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The Gold Award gets no respect. It’s the highest award in Girl Scouting, and it’s more than 100 years old, but high school girls who earn it still find themselves having to explain it over and over again. …

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Skeleton Crew

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When emeritus state archeologist Nick Bellantoni began the process of separating four Revolutionary War-era skeletons from the soil of Ridgefield, Connecticut, he found the soil itself to be a reluctant capitulator. …

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