Kitchen Garden: String Beans

A string bean trellis awaiting planting.

by Gene Henson

Get a group of people together talking food, and it’s a good bet that someone will express a dislike for at least one particular vegetable.  But I’ve never heard anyone say they didn’t like string beans. Although around [...]

Dear Neighbor of Southeastern CT & Southern RI

Taking a vacation is good for you. In Europe, France has legally mandated 30 days of paid annual leave for workers; Sweden, 25, Spain, 22, Germany and the UK 20. Elsewhere, Canada and Japan mandate 10 days. The U.S. mandate: 0, according to the Center for Economic Policy Research, quoted in the New [...]

Music Science Guy: Brad Gross

by Tony Schillaci and Don Church

Bradford Gross is a 36-year-old Scorpio, hailing from Pawcatuck, Stonington HS class of 1990. His first paid job was subbing for his drum teacher at the Colonial Theatre across from Westerly Park. The gig, he says, was a “teen age, gut wrenching-dynamic dynamo of a drumming rendition [...]