Allan Appel

Davenport community gardeners plead for water, in the wake of Gather's collapse.

For an inspiring hour Thursday afternoon, Elm City became BioCity as the New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) graduated 13 high schoolers who have spent the past two years immersed in advanced college-credit coursework, experiential learning, and lab work shoulder to shoulder with top research scientists.

Allan Appel's dispatch from New Haven in the Gilded Age, as part of a yearlong series covering 388 years of city history.

Patricia Lawlor, 84, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of love, kindness, and devoted service.

Pat Bissell and Margaret O'Hara Best at Saturday's America 250 concert at the Fair Haven library branch.

Connecticut State Historian Andy Horowitz at the New Haven Museum's "New Haven's Unfinished Revolutions," inaugural event. Credit: Allan Appel Photos

Our nation's semiquincentennial arrived a day early at IRIS on Friday, with fireworks of a very sparkling and high-flying verbal variety. They included declarations and inspiring testimonials about the self-evident, inseparable, and glorious relationship between democracy, our immigrant diversity, and civic engagement over the last 250 years of America.

The enemy! Aka, Corp. Ryan Disilvio of the 54th British Regiment Credit: Allan Appel Photo

How a painting conservator's side obsession grew into into a rich exhibit called "Conescapes" at a downtown hotel.

As well as a permitting system for up to 50 vehicles per day Mondays through Fridays, according to a preliminary Parks Department plan newly debated by the city's Commission on Disabilities.