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Top N.E. holiday spots
Prominent New Englanders share their favorite holiday spots. Hopefully their answers will inspire you.
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No party like Dixie's!
Dixie is like no Tupperware lady I remember! Dixie Longate, the fast-talking Tupperware Lady, packed up her plastic, left her kids in an Alabama...
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Snow sports guide
Head for the hills. Another ski season is on tap, and we've got the latest information to get you ready.
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Vanilla or chocolate, with a sprinkling of maritime history
The 24-mile stretch of the Connecticut coast between the Connecticut and Mystic rivers is a hotbed of ice cream makers.
Future shock made child's play
Hartford's new 154,000-square-foot Connecticut Science Center aims to give a lift to downtown with hands-on learning.
Hold the mayo
Diners along the Nutmeg Coast demand a different lobster roll - one drizzled in butter.
Accidentally, with purpose
With all the classic elements, New Haven’s small-scale version of Little Italy holds its own.
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FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE
Antique charms on a modern Connecticut menu
CHESTER, Conn. - Stacey Evans had heard good things about Gillette Castle in East Haddam, a quaint town in the lower Connecticut River Valley. She and her boyfriend, who live in Braintree, planned a day trip to see the nearly 100-year-old structure.
Ice cream with a sprinkling of maritime history
We’ve always thought of the 24-mile stretch of the Connecticut coast between the Connecticut and Mystic rivers as a kind of sweet spot for family attractions. What we didn’t realize is how literally true that is. Not only is the region dotted with museums large (Mystic Seaport), small (the Custom House in New London), and medium (the Florence Griswold Museum), ...
Poring over the coast for the best bugs in butter
CLINTON, Conn. -- Enea Bacci had already put in a day’s work before Lobster Landing started selling lobster rolls at 11 a.m. He had arrived at 4 to steam lobsters and his crew had come at 8 to pick the meat. “It’s about fresh,’’ he said. “I have eight boats just fishing for me.’’
Future shock made child’s play
HARTFORD - The minute I caught sight of the wavy roof that seems to hover over the Connecticut Science Center like a silver magic carpet, I knew this was no ordinary museum.
Moseying along the Merritt Parkway
On a trip, I want to get where I’m going - unlike my husband, who is happy to drive half an hour off the highway to find a state park or restaurant.
From ‘ahbeetz’ to zeppole, New Haven’s Little Italy is a find
NEW HAVEN -- I had been coming here once or twice a year for more than four decades, usually to watch Yale’s football team play Harvard at the bottom of that steep concrete skillet called the Bowl or to see a hockey game inside the growling belly of the “Yale Whale,’’ the leviathan-shaped Ingalls Rink. I had heard about the ...