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  • The city votes

    Yesterday was Election Day in New Haven: Elm City Democrats chose challenger Justin Elicker ’10MEM, ’10MBA, over incumbent Toni Harp... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | September 11 2019 08:21am

  • Sit.

    Amid the tables and chairs on Broadway Island: a benched bronze bulldog. Bow wow wow! Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 21 2019 09:04am

  • Putting the ale in Yale

    From 1902 until 1920, Elm Citians could enjoy libations produced by the Yale Brewing Company (no relation to the university) on the Quinnipiac... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | August 16 2019 08:00am

  • Creepy crawly

    Some guerrilla artists found an irresistible canvas in the pipe that emerges from the sidewalk on Whitney Avenue over the Farmington Canal line. A... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 29 2019 08:31am

  • Baskets of cheer

    Kudos to the New Haven Town Green District, which keeps downtown blooming all summer with planters and hanging baskets like these. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 25 2019 10:40am

  • When life gives you Lululemon

    The newest name-brand addition to New Haven’s Broadway? Athletic apparel retailer Lululemon. But it’s understandable if some people were... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 15 2019 01:28pm

  • Accommodating history

    Downtown New Haven’s newest hotel is named for a Yale pioneer. The Blake Hotel, near the campus at High and George Streets, honors Law School... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | July 10 2019 11:53am

  • Say cheese

    What’s causing the sidewalk traffic jam on Grove Street? Lunch hour, a beautiful day, and a grilled-cheese truck. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | June 4 2019 12:46pm

  • Forty sweet years

    Ashley’s Ice Cream turns 40 years old this month. We’re not sure how to do the math on how many pounds they’ve added to the Yale... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 28 2019 02:08pm

  • Off of the street

    There’s a new restaurant in the Morse-Stiles walkway. Sherkaan specializes in “Indian street food”—ironically, since the... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 22 2019 08:09am

  • Brain food

    New Haven bibliophiles have a new set of shelves to explore: Grey Matter Books, the second location of a used-book business based in Hadley... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | March 6 2019 08:49am

  • Early adopters

    On this date in 1878, less than a month after the first telephone exchange was launched in New Haven, the company produced the first phone... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 21 2019 10:58am

  • Beside the golden door

    In New Haven, Super Bowl Sunday is also the day of the Run for Refugees 5K, a race that benefits Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services. Just... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | February 4 2019 08:46am

  • Here comes the sun

    You have to get up pretty early to see it, but the rising sun is precisely aligned with Chapel Street this time of year. Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 17 2019 08:33am

  • Salvaged

    Just inside the glass façade of New Haven’s new Canal Dock Boathouse is a piece of Yale history: the entrance to the Adee Memorial... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 15 2019 12:14pm

  • Soggy solstice

    Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain? It's wet and gray in New Haven on the first day of winter, which also happens to be the last day of work... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 21 2018 02:38pm

  • Now boarding

    Winter recess begins today, and many Yalies are getting on trains at Union Station. Alums, tell us what you remember about taking the train to or... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | December 19 2018 07:36am

  • Gorditas on the Green

    Remember all those times you said, “If only there was a Taco Bell that served alcohol on Chapel Street "?  Well, we’ve got some... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 17 2018 08:16am

  • That’s just swale

    This may look like an ordinary sidewalk planter, but it’s actually part of a strategy to make New Haven greener. Sunk below street level, this... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | October 11 2018 09:07am