Tag Archives: Stratford

Leap Away

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Tomorrow is Leap Day, which occurs every four years.

Or does it? …

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This Week in New Haven (February 26 – March 3)

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Jump for your preferred joys—and also Leap Day. …

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Brothers’ Keepers

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If you asked me to name the most eccentric Connecticuters in history, the Boothe brothers of Stratford—David (1867-1949) and Stephen (1869-1948)—would get my nod. One story of many recounted in the 2015 history Red, White and Boothe is that these …

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This Week in New Haven (August 14 – 20)

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We’ve got a queen, soothsayers, witches, ghosts, bards and bacchanals—and that’s not even getting into the Shakespeare. …

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Airport Bar

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For our vacation this week, we’re traveling back to some favorite recent stories, including this grounded flight experience.

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This Week in New Haven (June 26 – July 2)

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Normal, abnormal and paranormal events dovetail with a pre-Fourth of July weekend. …

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Father Time

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With apologies, an overworked dad joke:

Q: Who’s got the world’s best dad bod?

A: The researchers with the body of dada showing how important fathers are.

This Father’s Day weekend, show Dad he’s no joke. Follow his example, by……

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Airport Bar

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There’s a handsome and desolate stretch of road between downtown Stratford and its coastal neighborhood of Lordship. It’s bounded on either side by protected wetlands and runways for the largely forgotten Sikorsky Memorial Airport. And though untold airfields have similar …

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Ink Tank

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I pass by a red house on Main Street in Stratford every week. A sign dangles from the porch overhang. “FTS Gallery,” it reads…

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All Lined Up

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A ride on the railroad is typically about where you go from there. …

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