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Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures
ROME (AP) — Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological characters inspired by...
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While my son Tom and I scrambled up a steep slope toward Mount Higby’s summit the other day, a mellifluous sound rose above the whistling wind, stopping us in our tracks....
This week we feature the latest wines to join the effort to lighten up with alternative packaging. As I’ve written before, the glass bottle accounts for the majority of w...
Potty training isn't easy and it can vary a lot from child to child. The L.A. Times spoke with experts about how parents can best navigate this chapter, how they can prep...
I’d be a hypocrite — no, I AM a hypocrite — for saying that I abhor commercialism. But I say it even if I get sucked into its vortex often enough to get an eye roll from ...
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After recent hikes that involved scrambling up Connecticut’s rocky ridges and stumbling down boulder-strewn ravines, it was a relief to hit the trail the other day in Rho...
“I am reading a wonderful book ––– I don’t know whether you would like it or not ––– it’s Chekhov’s The Island of Sakhalin –– his account of his trip to the prison i...
I dislike the expression “No good deed goes unpunished,” but in Dudley Saltonstall’s case, it may be true. As far as I can discern, one of the few good things he ever did...
Jamestown, St. Helena — St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, hasn’t seen many tourists in the past for good reason: It’s one of the most remote...
JAMESTOWN, St. Helena (AP) — St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, hasn't seen many tourists in the past for good reason: It's one of the most r...
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When Priscilla Presley was in southeastern Connecticut for a March 23 show at Foxwoods, she stopped by Niantic, where she spent time as a child. She posted photos on X of...
Hikers who regularly roam such well-trod destinations as Barn Island in Stonington, Bluff Point in Groton and Rocky Neck in East Lyme always have plenty of company – shar...
Cynthia Huang Wang was 27 when she noticed faint lines forming on her face. She decided to try something she had seen other young people recommend on social media: Botox....
It’s a special kind of joy that only a gardener could understand. I always get an extra spring in my step when nurseries begin stocking the year’s new plant introductions...
Kevin Job’s favorite memories of growing up in Norwich involved fishing for stripers with his dad in spring, when enormous schools of alewives would swim upriver.
“We’d s...
You’d think that a simple mud puddle wouldn’t stymie an intrepid hiker like Phil Plouffe, who has climbed to 26,000 feet on Mount Everest, and who delivered mail in Mysti...
I’m in Naples for an annual “boys weekend” with my old friends Giampa and Simone. Naples, Italy, that is — not Florida. Napoli, the original southern Italian city. Lan...
Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs and beautification soci...
Let’s see – panoramic views: Check.
Well-marked, thoughtfully laid out and exceptionally maintained trails: Check.
Distinctive rock formations, impressive ridges and cave...
When “Succession’s” Brian Cox is onstage in London as James Tyrone in “A Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” could he be accompanied by the sound of a New London foghorn?
It’...
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