‘They aren’t as friendly nowadays’

‘People are not what they used to be’ By Jene Thomas HAMDEN, Conn. – At her kitchen table Carmella Mansi sat with a big white refrigerator with family photos plastered all over it st...

‘There was no concern that these guns would be used on anybody’

‘…30 years ago we never locked the door’ By Chris Day MERIDEN, Conn. – Francis and Catherine Zygmont have seen many changes through their 60+ years of marriage. They grew up th...

‘…When we fought in [the] Battle of the Bulge’

‘That was the worst thing, the artillery’ By Emili Lanno (The subject of this article is the writer’s grandfather) EAST HAVEN, Conn. — Over 70 years later, Anthony Cacace, now 94-years...

‘I never thought I would ever be that happy again’

‘The way today’s youth run the world’ By Amy Kulikowski   HAMDEN, Conn. — Norman Zercher’s mother shouted from upstairs, “Shut that off and turn the radio on!” “Why?�...

‘Hitler came and everything changed’

‘Hitler came and everything changed’ By Hannah Spreckley NEW HAVEN — When Izzy Juda was 16-years-old and on his way home from school – a crowd of people stopped him outside the Vienna Oper...

‘Now you just punch it up and it’s all on the computer’

‘Telephones had circles with numbers from 0 to 9’

‘Telephones had circles with numbers from 0 to 9’ By Bobby Martinez NEW HAVEN — He would wake up at 3:30 a.m., 30 minutes before his day would start on the farm, 3-1/2 hours before h...

‘I used to go to the show for 20 cents’