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by Melissa Bailey | August 17, 2007 9:23 AM | Permalink

Johney Walker, shot to death at 18, will be remembered at a vigil Sunday at 6 p.m. at West Park and Elm Streets… The New Haven Symphony Orchestra has appointed William Boughton (pictured), best known as the founder and artistic director of the English Symphony Orchestra, as its new
music director. … American stars Donald Young, Mardy Fish, Vania King and Ashley Harkleroad have been granted wildcards into Pilot Pen Tennis— click here for details… Did the Democracy Fund dish DeStefano public money too early? Click here to read Randall Beach’s Register story… ARTE’s Scholarship applications — available here — are due by 5 PM August 31. … The NHPD is looking to raise $10,000 this month for a gun buy-back program: Mail your contributions to: Police Commissioner Cathy Graves at 257 Stevenson Rd, New Haven, CT 06515.

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