Articles by: Victoria Esquibies

Amy Stewart, author of Girl Waits with Gun, this year’s One Book, One Wallingford title, will visit Wallingford on May 15. Photos courtesy of amystewart.com

Library Kicks Off Year Two of Town-Read Program

February 15, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

On Wednesday, February 6, the Wallingford Public Library (WPL) announced the featured novel of its One Book, One Wallingford program this year, the book Girl Waits with Gun, by Amy Stewart. Through multiple events and programs in the near future, Wallingford residents will have the opportunity to read and discussRead More

Children’s Librarian Leaves Legacy of Learning

January 25, 2019 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Ms. Sunnie Scarpa, the current Head of Children’s Services at the Wallingford Public Library (WPL), will be leaving her post at the end of February. Throughout her time at the WPL, she has fostered partnerships between Choate and the Wallingford community. Ms. Scarpa began working at the WPL in MayRead More

Communes, Crew, and Contamination:  Our Town’s Former Lake

Communes, Crew, and Contamination: Our Town’s Former Lake

November 9, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Wallingford’s Community Lake was once a beautiful body of water enjoyed by many local organizations and Wallingford residents. The lake has now been reduced to a meager collection of muddy ponds. While the lake was a Wallingford staple for many years, the forty-five-mile stretch of the Quinnipiac River long predatedRead More

The Community Lake was opened for recreational use in the mid-nineteenth century after the relocation of the Oneida community and served the Choate School’s crew team. Photos courtesy of the Choate Rosemary Hall Archives

Communes, Crew, and Contamination: Our Town’s Former Lake

November 8, 2018 at 11:13 pm Comments are Disabled

Wallingford’s Community Lake was once a beautiful body of water enjoyed by many local organizations and Wallingford residents. The lake has now been reduced to a meager collection of muddy ponds. While the lake was a Wallingford staple for many years, the forty-five-mile stretch of the Quinnipiac River long predatedRead More

The Witchcraft Buried in Wallingford’s History

The Witchcraft Buried in Wallingford’s History

October 26, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

With Halloween fast approaching, many Wallingford houses are decked out in synthetic cobwebs, inflatable monsters, and plastic gravestones. But what many students and residents may not know is that Wallingford has a much stronger link to the supposed supernatural. Buried in the Center Street Cemetery is a woman accused ofRead More

Story Walks Encourage Reading and Exploration of Nature

September 21, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Four or five years ago, the Children’s Department of the Wallingford Public Library began hosting what it calls Story Walks. “The Story Walk is a way for children to enjoy reading and sharing a book by walking along a designated path,” explained Ms. Alyssa Johnson, a Children’s Librarian at theRead More

BoarCast to Replace Schoolwide Emails

May 20, 2018 at 12:38 am Comments are Disabled

Say goodbye to the floods of daily emails that come from the Student Activities Center (SAC) reminding you of club events, meetings, and other activities. With the introduction of BoarCast, students will receive only two of those emails a week, on Monday and Thursday, with information presented in a compressed,Read More

George Wildridge ’17 hikes during his gap year.

An Exit from the College Path

April 13, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Choate seniors are currently deciding what they will be doing after graduation. Most students decide to go on the typical college path, which means going to a four-year college in the United States. There are always, however, students in each graduating class who choose less conventional paths. These unique optionsRead More

Could Teachers Handle Choate Curriculum?

April 6, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Have you ever wondered what your teachers were like when they were younger? Believe it or not, the faculty on the Choate campus were once high school students. And what if they still were? What courses and extracurriculars at Choate would they participate in? We asked. Mr. Kyle Di Tieri,Read More