Need a jolt of Christmas spirit? Gingerbread houses, holiday tales, yuletide music, glowing luminarias and, if the forecast is correct, mid-week snow are coming to the rescue. …
Retaining Walls

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,” begins Robert Frost’s oft-read poem “Mending Wall.” Frost is lamenting all the things that bring down his old stone walls, requiring…
Be Their Guest

The “open” in City-Wide Open Studios this year may simply entail opening your laptop, but it’s still possible to visit a few local artists in their natural habitats if you plan ahead. …
Growing Pains

Some projects require a lifetime of patience. Take, for example, the attempt to rescue the American chestnut tree. …
This Week in New Haven (October 5 – 11)

Nobody quite knows what a pandemic Halloween will feel like, but this week offers some early hints. …
Inner Circles

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

The founders of UCAN, a Woodbridge company that manufactures sports hydration powder, energy powder and energy bars, didn’t start out trying to improve athletic performance. They wanted to cure Jonah Feldman’s disease.
Feldman was born with glycogen storage disease, type …
Crossing Paths

Why does one old road become a highway over time and another end up a path through the woods? Why does a city grow up around one historic homestead while another becomes a moss-covered wall that almost no one ever …