Downtown Milford, where the 17th-century green ends at the famous stone bridge, pulses with activity. Boaters pull up to sun themselves on different decks at Archie Moore’s and Flipside, enormous patios overlooking the waterfall at the headwaters of Milford harbor draw crowds in the thousands to Stonebridge, Eli’s and SBC.

Shops and eateries shoulder against each other for the length of the tree-shaded green. This historic hot spot has a new face with an old profession: witchcraft.