Author: Lisa Figlioli

Lisa Figlioli is a retired public relations professional whose research focuses on the people and communities of New England. Her article “Anything but Customary for Amherst,” an account of Robert Frost’s years teaching at Amherst College, appeared in Yankee magazine. Her essay on the diary of a nineteenth-century Deerfield, Massachusetts, woman was selected for inclusion in an anthology published by a Modern Language Association-funded project. With her son, Michael Miller, she investigates local history in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her most recent article, “The Lost Church on the Hill: Immigrants and Upheaval in Greenwich,” appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Connecticut Explored.

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Dumpling Pond: Legend, Folklore, and Local Memory in Greenwich, Connecticut

During the American Revolution, a defiant miller’s wife hurled freshly made dumplings into the Mianus River in Greenwich, Connecticut, rather than surrender her family’s dinner to a group of enemy Redcoats. From that moment, the section of the river where she cast her dumplings became known as Dumpling Pond. Every Greenwich elementary school student learns […]

by Lisa Figlioli