New Haven Independent

Wednesday Ticker

by Paul Bass | October 18, 2006 9:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

“Being Green is like being black”: As the two front-running gubernatorial candidates prepare to debate Wednesday night, Green candidate Cliff Thornton issued an ad about being excluded. Click above to watch the ad… A new preference for city residents in government hiring was approved; click here to read William Kaempffer’s story in the Register. And click here for his story about a city cop’s critical injury after getting hit by an SUV… Why do proportionately fewer black women get breast cancer, but more die from it? N’Zinga Shangi will discuss that live on CTV Thursday night with the director of Yale’s Breast Cancer program from 8 to 9 p.m.; there will be a call-in portion of the show… The New Haven Guardians want local people to become cops. Click here for details about a workshop the group’s holding this Saturday at the Stetson branch library to guide people through the application process… A bunch of people around town, as young as 14, have been arrested recently for selling crack or holding an illegal gun. Click here for a round-up in a police press release… Joe Lieberman wants to sandwich a bipartisan Senate lunch in between partisan Tuesday and Thursday meals if he gets reelected; click here for Christine Stuart’s report…

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