Fighting the Good Fight »
Most Thursday nights, Arthur Blair, 53, is on the mat at Green Hill Martial Arts in Killingworth, throwing around black belts and teaching them the intricacies... more
ON THE RASTA-LIKE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO LOCAL RADIO »
I love the radio. Always have since I was a kid. Although this will surrender my age in fossil carbon-dating terms, I remember listening to the Top 10 every... more
Against the Tide: Heather-Jo Purcell »
I had entered the New York City pageant in 1953 without telling my folks. If I didn’t win, well, I tried. But if I did, they would be thrilled. I borrowed... more
Robert Stone’s Victory Lap »
When the subject of “best living American novelist” comes up, Robert Stone is on the short list. As long as Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, and... more
Against the Tide: Tim and Janet Gessner »
The first toy I remember was actually a blanket. I adored it ... but all my memories of playing included big metal Tonka trucks. The best customer I... more
Penguin Plunges Raise Cold Cash For Cool Causes »
This winter, as in the dead of many winters past, mobs of people in Madison, New London, and a half dozen or so other Connecticut communities will... more
A Westbrook Farm Family and the Amazing Milking Devon »
While crouched over on a wooden, three-legged stool milking his cow, Rosie, Westbrook farmer John Hall tells the story of how his father met his... more
LIFE AND THE PINK SLEIGH »
Pay attention to that Christmas shop. It might be important someday. Not everybody who lives on the Shoreline is from the Shoreline. That’s what makes it... more
