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The Note Book

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Researching family history for the publication of her parents’ love letters was interesting and fun, Hamden author Jill Snyder says. It was also healing. (more…)

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End in Sight

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A photo essay. To view all 17 photos, check out the email edition. Several years ago, I spied something tantalizing behind the Winchester Lofts parking lot: an opening. (more…)

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House and Home

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Despite the fact that New Haven is one of the oldest cities in America, it doesn’t have many ghosts. There are colonial-era graveyards and old mansions galore, but (more…)

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Arms’ Reach

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In the 1870s, an offshoot of New Haven’s Canal Street was renamed to honor the sprawling new factory that’d been built there. The complex was one of the biggest in both the city and the state, and by the late 19th century, the products its occupants made were world-renowned. By the early 20th century, the […]

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This Week in New Haven (January 25 – 31)

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As the starter pistol is raised ahead of the spring semester, Yale revs its engine. (more…)

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The Note Book

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Researching family history for the publication of her parents’ love letters was interesting and fun, Hamden author Jill Snyder says. It was also healing. (more…)

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Déjà Flu

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The last time New Haven saw a pandemic Christmas, more than 350,000 people had already died nationwide of influenza type A subtype H1N1, better known as the “Spanish Flu.” (more…)

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House and Home

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For the fact that New Haven is one of the oldest cities in America, it doesn’t have many ghosts. There are colonial graveyards and old mansions galore, but its spectral population seems limited to (more…)

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Arms’ Reach

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In the 1870s, an offshoot of New Haven’s Canal Street was renamed to honor the sprawling new factory that’d been built there. The complex was one of the biggest in the state, let alone the city, and by the late 19th century, the products its occupants made were world-renowned. By the early 20th century, the […]

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History Repeating

Winchester Repeating Arms Company factory circa 1920

Over the next month, the United States Department of the Interior will be reading a 193-page report about New Haven’s Newhallville neighborhood. The document contains detailed information, house by house, naming each resident and his or her occupation, with maps and photographs. When all is said and done, there won’t be any immediate changes to […]

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