Hometown Heroes | May 13, 2008
Firefighter Of The Week
by Melissa Bailey | May 13, 2008 8:01 AM | Permalink
"When I handed down the cat, she went out like Superman," said firefighter Dino Ferraro (pictured). A six-foot-tall woman had leapt out of the burning building, head-first down a ladder, and grabbed onto his waist.
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Hometown Heroes | April 10, 2008
She Harnesses The Magic Of "Horse" Power
by Allan Appel | April 10, 2008 12:10 PM | Permalink
This woman's work bridges rich and poor, white and black and brown, old and young, the highly educated and the drop-out. It's the most wonderful job in New Haven, she said, and she feels blessed to be doing it.
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Hometown Heroes | February 18, 2008
Goodness Gracie
by Allan Appel | February 18, 2008 8:13 AM | Permalink
She knew how to listen -- and she made a difference. Upon her retirement, an original "community" cop heard stories about how she was a true pioneer.
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Hometown Heroes | February 13, 2008
Jerome & Uly
by Allan Appel | February 13, 2008 1:21 PM | Permalink
Jerome Lorde was dressed to look like someone accustomed to daily pick-up basketball games and prodigious amounts of Gatorade. He was on a larger mission, though, one harder to measure than the points in a hoops contest.
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Hometown Heroes | January 4, 2008
Landlord Arrives; Heat Comes On
by Paul Bass | January 4, 2008 9:20 AM | Permalink
In a deep freeze, Rafael Ramos comes to the rescue.
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Hometown Heroes | November 14, 2007
Surprise On The Third Floor
by Paul Bass | November 14, 2007 4:28 PM | Permalink
Principal Mary Suroweicki was in a meeting Wednesday talking about how well her students behave, when secretary Maria Moore broke in. Come quick, Moore said: There’s a fight upstairs
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Hometown Heroes | November 14, 2007
Campion, Streeto Honored
by Kevin Halligan | November 14, 2007 8:26 AM | Permalink
Firefighter Lt. Andrew Campion and Police Lt. Joseph Streeto (pictured) received standing ovations as they accepted the awards for police officer and firefighter of the year.
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Hometown Heroes | July 19, 2007
He's Been There
by Paul Bass | July 19, 2007 2:04 PM | Permalink
Edward Booker, a former gang member who's turning his life around, looked at the 14-year-old boy he recruited to a new summer program in Fair Haven. He saw himself.
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Hometown Heroes | July 2, 2007
Cop Of The Week
by Paul Bass | July 2, 2007 1:51 PM | Permalink
Erstwhile Morris Cove bike cop Sgt. Racheal Inconiglios is pedaling the 62-mile round trip to and from Hammonasset these days -- to gear up for a 250-mile ride from Yankee Stadium to Fenway Park in memory of 9-11's victims in blue.
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Hometown Heroes | April 27, 2007
"Rocket Man" & The Librarian Head For The Skies
by Allan Appel | April 27, 2007 8:27 AM | Permalink
What does an energetic school librarian do to relax after a spring break spent helping to set up a high school library in South Africa? Why, take one, long, deep breath, and then fly off to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with one of her star pupils (pictured) at the Bishop Woods School and help him launch his prize-winning science experiment into space.
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Hometown Heroes | March 6, 2007
He Gets His Hands Dirty -- Without Snitchin'
by Melissa Bailey | March 6, 2007 2:23 PM | Permalink
A man who single- handedly fends off a stream of loiterers and trash from his Beaver Hill street corner was honored as a model of civic engagement and neighborly pride.
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Hometown Heroes | January 18, 2007
Cop of the Week
by Melissa Bailey | January 18, 2007 12:55 PM | Permalink
How do you talk down a psychotic man off his meds, pacing in the house with a Rottweiler? It's kind of like acting in Body Double or Superman: The Movie. That is, if you're Lt. Ray Hassett.
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Hometown Heroes | December 21, 2006
Man Of The Year
by Paul Bass | December 21, 2006 12:31 PM | Permalink
In a year when shootings left New Haveners feeling despair about how to address youth violence, Dixwell beat cop Shafiq Abdussabur offered inspiration. How he got to be a cop -- and in a position to make a difference -- offers another inspiring tale, about how to build a true "community policing" force.
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Hometown Heroes | November 13, 2006
He's Kicking His Way To The Top
by Paul Bass | November 13, 2006 1:47 PM | Permalink
Miguel Roman returned to his job at Willoughby's a national Tae Kwan Do champ. Now he has his eye on Beijing.
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Hometown Heroes | November 8, 2006
Cops of the Week
by Melissa Bailey | November 8, 2006 9:38 AM | Permalink
"All you saw was the hands, shaking." The Rivera brothers realized there was a burning man inside the burning car.
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Hometown Heroes | October 19, 2006
She Saved Grandma's Life
by Paul Bass | October 19, 2006 1:56 PM | Permalink
Eight-year-old Shayla White found her grandmother unconscious. She kept her composure — and kept grandma alive.
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Hometown Heroes | October 19, 2006
Rodriguez Named Teacher of Year
by Paul Bass | October 19, 2006 1:53 PM | Permalink
Visitors crowded into Gloria Rodriguez's class at Wilbur Cross High School Thursday to watch her teach -- and congratulate Rodriguez (pictured), who's been in the classroom for 23 years, as she received the city's "Teacher of the Year Award." The well-wishers included Myrna Montalvo of Truman School, who completed her stint as the 2005-6 teacher of the year. Click here to watch Montalvo, a 25-year veteran of the classroom, discuss the secrets behind the stamina of an award-winning teacher.
Hometown Heroes | August 24, 2006
Cop Of The Week
by Paul Bass | August 24, 2006 1:23 PM | Permalink
Officer David Runlett kept a cold wet cloth with him to stay cool on a blistering afternoon of traffic duty. Little did he know that it would help him save the life of an 18 month-old baby.
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Hometown Heroes | August 14, 2006
A Modern-Day "Esther" Moves On
by Allan Appel | August 14, 2006 2:21 PM | Permalink
Shouts of “Thank the Lord!” and “Tell it like it is, Moses!” filled a church hall for a tribute to one of Fair Haven’s most charismatic community leaders, Doris Moses.
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Hometown Heroes | June 18, 2006
The View From Grandma Ruth's Porch
by Paul Bass | June 18, 2006 7:04 PM | Permalink
The voices of gospel filtered down Dickerman Street Sunday morning. They came from the small wood-panelled sanctuary of one-story Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church, where 13 scattered bodies cooled themselves with paper fans, clapped their hands, and sang along with two women and a man playing a five-string electric bass.
Lord, make us one! they sang.
Lord make us one!
Lord make us one every day!
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