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- Derby Cheerleaders Win Championship
- Mar 21, 2010 2:03 pm
- Best in New England! This describes the Derby cheerleading squad to a tee after winning the Division 4 New England Cheerleading championships at...more »
- SPRING FIRE SAFETY TIPS
- Mar 19, 2010 9:37 pm
- Spring and summertime present the return of several seasonal fire hazards with activities shifting outdoors. Among the most common involve cooking...more »
- Old Band Learns New Tricks
- Mar 19, 2010 9:09 pm
- Editors Note: On the eve of their first gig as a reunited band, Old Man Noises band member David Broder of Shelton sent out this press release...more »
CT News Junkie »
- OP-ED: Just How Lame Is Lame?
- Mar 21, 2010 5:04 am
- When Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced that she wouldn’t seek re-election on Nov. 9, 2009, the question that arose was not whether she would be a “lame...more »
- OP-ED: Waiting For A Breakout Moment
- Mar 21, 2010 5:00 am
- For the first time since the retirement of Gov. Lowell Weicker in 1994, Connecticut’s voters will go to the polls unable to elect a new governor as...more »
- Lamont Arrives Late; Budget Dominates Democratic Debate Too
- Mar 19, 2010 9:51 pm
- The frontrunner in the Democratic primary for governor, Ned Lamont, was late to the first televised debate Friday.
Obituaries »
George Caesar
posted: Mar 18, 2010 9:18 am
George Caesar Sr, 73 of New Haven, CT departed this life March 14, 2010. Born in New Haven, CT to the late Donald Caesar and Madeline Holland Caesar on June 19, 1936. He leaves to cherish his memory; daughters, Felicia Armstrong, Cheryl Attaway,...
Jermaine Lewis
posted: Mar 18, 2010 7:46 am
Jermaine E. Lewis, 22 of New Haven, CT passed away March 17, 2010. Born in Riverside, CA on December 15, 1987 to William and Dawn Lewis of New Haven, CT. Jermaine had a love for school, dirt bike & motor cycle riding, driving, hanging with friends,...
Shirley Brown
posted: Mar 17, 2010 5:09 am
Shirley Brown, 77 of New Haven, CT passed away March 6, 2010. She was born in Suffolk, VA on December 22, 1932 to the late Daniel Harrell and Roxanna Clanton-Harrell. Shirley leaves to cherish her memory; son, David (Elaine) Harrell of West Haven,...
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Witness: Shelton Mayor Took $30K Cash From Safe
Jodie Mozdzer reports from federal court in New Haven.
All About The Budget, From The Democrtic Side
Guv debate: Christine Stuart reports.
“Wilding” Youths Arrested
John Locke—& Five City Teachers—Win Election
Probate Election Revs Up
Bf’d.
marcia chambers reports.
City Planners To Church: Show Us The Parking
Hamilton St. youth center OK’d.
Thomas MacMillan reports.
All About The Budget
GOP gubernatorial candidates debate. Christine Stuart reports.
Today’s Debates
Housing reentry ... Overturned convictions ... Tier 1 ... Playwright ...
Dwight Co-Op Deal Advances
NAACP Wants Fed Probe
Ansonia: Eugene Driscoll reports.
Today’s Legal Notice
Remains Were Dog’s
Thought to have been a baby. Thomas MacMillan reports.
The $100M Question
Obama & UConn’s hospital expansion. Christine Stuart reports.
Playwright Eaten By Black Bear
Bar sold.
Thomas MacMillan reports.
“Mathlete” Bound for Nationals
Q Terrace Homeownership Dream Deferred
George Caesar
He was 73. Obit.
Rookies Hear Frank Suicide Talk From Cop’s Survivor
Jermaine Lewis
He loved school, dirt bike racing. Obit.
Read Fedele’s Lips
Looney: Protect Student-Athletes From Concussion Effects
Click on arrow to watch his testimony (courtesy of Senate Dems).
Today’s Legal Notice
City Serv. & Env. Policy 3/25 5:30 p.m.
Cop Not Guilty In Garden Hose Case
Ansonia: Eugene Driscoll reports.
Today’s Legal Notices
Youth Serv. Comm. 3/24 5:30 p.m.
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Police: Passenger Threatened Cop With Gun
That Was John The Mason Speeding Away
by Paul Bass | Mar 19, 2010 1:16 pm | Comments (8)
Posted to: Legal Writes, Cop of the Week
Marco Francia recognized the mini-monster truck. Then he saw the company name plate on the back. As the chase hurtled toward East Haven, he started piecing together the crime.
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McMahon Likes Charters
by Allan Appel | Mar 19, 2010 11:03 am
Posted to: Politics
Test scores matter, but they’re not the whole story in evaluating either a kid or a school.
That was the take of new GOP U.S. Senate frontrunner Linda McMahon as she visited a city at the heart of the national school reform effort. She was one of three statewide candidates who came courting New Haven’s Republican Town Committee Thursday night.
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Thaddeus Makes A Trade
by Melissa Bailey | Mar 19, 2010 8:15 am | Comments (3)
Posted to: Legal Writes
“You lie under oath, don’t you”? the defense attorney asked.
“Yes,” the star witness responded. Under oath.
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Outraged Judge Reverses Murder Convictions
by Melissa Bailey | Mar 18, 2010 12:48 pm | Comments (23)
Posted to: Legal Writes
Declaring that two convicted murderers suffered a “manifest injustice,” a judge ordered two New Haven men set free after serving 16 years —but prosecutors have blocked their release, for now.
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Murder Case Centers On Drinking Buddy’s Tale
by Melissa Bailey | Mar 18, 2010 7:57 am
Posted to: Legal Writes
They hit Fireside bar, ended up at an East Street strip club—then Anthony Perrelli witnessed his two friends gunned down in a parking lot.
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12 Ex-Offenders Will Get Public Apartments
by Allan Appel | Mar 17, 2010 12:17 pm | Comments (26)
Posted to: Housing
The door is opening a little wider for ex-offenders to become law-abiding public-housing residents.
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To Principal, “Tier 1” Means “New Challenge”
by Paul Bass | Mar 17, 2010 7:47 am | Comments (19)
Posted to: Schools, Davis Street School, School Reform
Rushing back from City Hall, about to rush back to a press conference, Lola Nathan gathered together her teachers in a third-grade classroom. She had news for them. And a question.
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Want To Serve Juice To Teens? Call Cops First
by Thomas MacMillan | Mar 16, 2010 3:01 pm | Comments (5)
Posted to: City Hall, Legal Notices
Clubs like Toad’s may soon have to notify police before hosting events for minors.
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Hill Development On Life Support
by Thomas MacMillan | Mar 16, 2010 12:00 pm | Comments (8)
Posted to: Housing, The Hill
As the Hill Development Corporation struggles to stay afloat, the city is stepping in to buy back six crumbling houses the community development organization has failed to renovate.
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Schools Get Graded—& Shaken Up
by Melissa Bailey | Mar 16, 2010 7:51 am | Comments (13)
Posted to: Schools, School Reform

(Updated: 7:51 a.m.) One “failing” school, Urban Youth, will reopen as a charter; another, Katherine Brennan, as a reconstituted public school with a longer year and new rules.
The leaders of top-performing Davis and Edgewood Schools will get new flexibility to do more of what they’re already doing right.
And Principal Iline Tracy (pictured) got encouragement to continue whipping King/Robinson School into shape.
