Ben and Jerry of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Stumping for Bernie Sanders in Portsmouth, N.H. Hi Elm Citizens! Today I returned from New Hampshire with lots of memories and even more photos, so here is part II of my on-the-road primary adventure. I’ll be back next week with photos of New Haven and a […]
Lucy Gellman
Snapshots From The Primary – Lucy Gellman
Hello from New Hampshire, Elm Citizens! This week I am very excited to be covering the first-in-the-nation primary (that’s really what it’s called) for the New Haven Independent with fellow reporter Tom Breen. Each day, we’ve been trying to lend a new or funky angle to the news that is going on here, from following Connecticut […]
Flying High on Escapade – Lucy Gellman
There were a lot of things that happened last weekend. Leora Morris opened her production of Women Beware Women at the Iseman Theater (still going on through Jan. 29!), and it was amazing. BAR kept its doors open during the blizzard — which we from Michigan would call a “dusting” — and had a crazy […]
CT Progressives Feel The Bern – Lucy Gellman
Hey New Haveners! Lucy here. Last weekend, I was able to hang out with some of the folks from CT Progressives as they raised money for Bernie Sanders. I was on assignment, and not doing the affiliation thing because I’ll be covering the primary in 2 (2!) weeks up in New Hampshire, but I can […]
Edgerton Park Conservancy – Lucy Gellman
Hello Elm Citizens! Lucy here, back for a little slice of summer — or something like that — as the temperatures drop into the 30s and our super mild winter becomes just incrementally less mild. Earlier this week, on a gloomy afternoon, I dipped into the Edgerton Park Conservancy, tucked away near the Cliff Street entrance […]
Celebrating Lalibela – Lucy Gellman
Happy New Year, Elm Citizens! I am back with a short-ish post this week, celebrating one of my favorite places in the city — Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant, tucked away unassumingly on Temple Street — as the the January 7 celebration of Ethiopian Christmas draws near. If you haven’t yet been to the restaurant — or […]