The Long Island Sound lobster industry was decimated in 1999, but CT’s last few commercial lobstermen keep the tradition alive in Stonington.
Crossing Connecticut
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
For this New Britain man, late summer is pigeon racing season
Wilberto Aponte, president of the Connecticut Classic Pigeon Club, has 200 homing pigeons. With racing season underway, the stakes are high.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
Bridgeport’s Sisters at the Shore are changing lives through prayer
What started as a weekly gathering of women to pray at Seaside Park grew into a movement that spread to Chicago, North Carolina and Italy.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
CT has more than 300 ice cream shops. This family has tried them all
After years of road trips and tastings across Connecticut, the Behuns are bringing their favorite scoops on “tour” throughout the state.
Posted inHealth
For parents of cancer patients, New Haven pizza is a slice of relief
The Feeding Families Foundation delivers meals to parents while their kids receive treatment for cancer at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
Made in the shade: CT tobacco farmers roll with the times
The iconic Connecticut shade tobacco fields have been replaced by parking lots and warehouses as demand changed. Today, only one man grows it.
Posted inPartner Content
This New Haven haunt has attracted legendary musical acts for 50 years
Toad’s Place has featured artists ranging from The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen to Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Cardi B.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
It’s the oldest public ferry in the country. Here’s what keeps it afloat
The Glastonbury-Rocky Hill ferry has been crossing the Connecticut River since 1655, weathering wars, revolutions and threats of bridges.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
For CT small business, Trump’s tariffs call for another ‘pivot’
The Trump tariffs mark a new challenge for the Dutch Epicure Shop in Litchfield, which imports all but a few of the products it sells.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
Through ‘Loose Ends,’ CT crafters complete unfinished projects
A nonprofit that pairs unfinished projects with people who have the skills to complete them has drawn more than 33,000 people.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
‘Start With Hello’ enlists teens to lead efforts to end gun violence
Anxiety and sadness over school shootings is common. But one CT nonprofit is helping students channel their feelings into prevention efforts.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
Homegrown: Fifty years of hip-hop culture in CT
Hip-hop originated in the South Bronx in 1973 but quickly made its way up the Metro-North Railroad to Connecticut.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
She didn’t want to be in construction. But then life happened.
Vincencia Adusei grew up in her family’s construction business in Ghana. She had different plans for her life, but it changed overnight.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
BEST OF 2024: The CT hikers who have racked up 800+ miles on blue-blazed trails
The CT Forest and Park Association tracks hikers’ miles through its blue-blazed trails challenge. Around 20 have completed over 800 miles.
Posted inCrossing Connecticut
BEST OF 2024: For Milford Horror, anywhere can become a movie theater
Milford Horror is a group of horror movie fans who watch them in places like a church or the woods. Their first screening drew nearly 100 people.