New Haven Independent

Neighborhoods | December 14, 2009

Census Campaign Begins

by Thomas MacMillan | December 14, 2009 3:11 PM | Permalink

As the U.S. Census kicked off in New Haven, Sandra McKinnie offered 9,000 reasons to stand up and be counted.

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Neighborhoods | October 6, 2009

Mayor Vows To Plant 10,000 Trees

by Thomas MacMillan | October 6, 2009 7:42 AM | Permalink

Neighborhoods that plant together, stay together, Kris Sainsbury observed. It happened in City Point -- and it will now happen citywide.

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Neighborhoods | July 23, 2009

City Plan OKs Anti-Blight "Concept"

by Allan Appel | July 23, 2009 8:26 AM | Permalink

The City Plan Commission Wednesday night approved the idea behind adding a proposed new property maintenance ordinance to the city's existing anti-blight ordinance.

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Neighborhoods | July 20, 2009

From Horseshoes To Planes, Scavengers Do The Town

by Melissa Bailey | July 20, 2009 7:32 AM | Permalink

Armed with maps, running shoes and some outlandish costumes, 300 people hit the streets Saturday for the seventh annual citywide scavenger hunt, Cluefest.

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Neighborhoods | July 2, 2009

Neighbors Give Thumbs Up To Signal Work

by Leonard J. Honeyman | July 2, 2009 7:33 AM | Permalink

"People come flying through this intersection," Marty Feldman was saying. Just then a dozen cars zoomed through the intersection, oblivious to the flashing yellow light.

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Neighborhoods | May 21, 2009

City Plan Fair To Fowl

by Leonard J. Honeyman | May 21, 2009 8:49 AM | Permalink

Backers of equal protection under the law for all hens got eggsactly what they came for from the City Plan Commission. Well, they got within a feather of it anyway.

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Neighborhoods | March 31, 2009

Recession Can't Kill The Flowers

by Paul Bass | March 31, 2009 6:27 PM | Permalink

There was no city money to plant thousands of flowers around New Haven this year. So Betty Thompson and Valerie Lehtonen got to work.

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Neighborhoods | March 17, 2009

LCI Gets Interim Chief

by Melissa Bailey | March 17, 2009 11:27 AM | Permalink

After a national search failed to produce a candidate to head City Hall's neighborhood anti-blight agency, the mayor put A. Walter Esdaile (pictured) at the helm.

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Neighborhoods | February 19, 2009

Mystery Donors Endow A Neighborhood

by Allan Appel | February 19, 2009 11:32 AM | Permalink

As Chatham Squarers like Daniel Butler and daughter Evie gathered for sweet potato pie and a new potluck dinner tradition, they launched an effort to become the city's first "endowed neighborhood."

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Neighborhoods | February 17, 2009

Millard Who?

by Allan Appel | February 17, 2009 7:19 AM | Permalink

On Washington Avenue, Alex Curbelo knew that the man whose face adorns the dollar bill had given him the day off from school.

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Neighborhoods | December 23, 2008

Sliver Lots Up For Grabs

by Thomas MacMillan | December 23, 2008 9:08 AM | Permalink

New Haven is contemplating a "giveaway" of troublesome vacant lots that it can't sell cheap.

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Neighborhoods | November 20, 2008

Laundromat OK'd; Dominos Dumped

by Thomas MacMillan | November 20, 2008 2:48 PM | Permalink

Two neighborhood controversies landed in front of the City Plan Commission on Wednesday night. The board voted in favor of the Whalley laundromat and against the dominos club.

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Neighborhoods | October 23, 2008

Community Loan Fund Celebrates Two Decades

by Melinda Tuhus | October 23, 2008 7:45 AM | Permalink

The Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund has a deal for you: lend money to help build affordable housing, and get a 3 percent return on your investment -- better than many other financial institutions are offering these days.

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Neighborhoods | September 24, 2008

Whelley Meets Whalley

by Paul Bass | September 24, 2008 4:28 PM | Permalink

Michele Whelley is looking beyond downtown in her bid to boost business.

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Neighborhoods | September 15, 2008

Habitat Builds 29th Newhallvile Home

by Melissa Bailey | September 15, 2008 2:22 PM | Permalink

Habitat for Humanity was chased off of Winchester Avenue, but not out of the neighborhood.

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Neighborhoods | August 22, 2008

Whalley Sidewalk Vendors Under Fire

by Thomas MacMillan | August 22, 2008 9:16 AM | Permalink

Whalley property owner John Vuoso says street vendors make the avenue look "sloppy" and attract "riff-raff." Sneaker seller Danielle Legrand says she's trying to make a living like any other business person.

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Neighborhoods | August 8, 2008

The True New Haven "Grassroots" Tour

by Melinda Tuhus | August 8, 2008 9:05 AM | Permalink

These young gardeners hopped a bus to see a dozen neighborhood spots where people have brought beauty, and nature, to city streets.

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Neighborhoods | July 30, 2008

Soul Food Elevates Whalley

by Allan Appel | July 30, 2008 8:38 AM | Permalink

Business is booming at Mama Mary's Soul Food Restaurant, which opened two weeks ago on Whalley Avenue. No one was enjoying the collard greens and corn bread more than loyal customer Miss Daisy Jones.

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Neighborhoods | July 28, 2008

Condo Owners Fight To Stay Put

by Melissa Bailey | July 28, 2008 2:21 PM | Permalink

Shanda Roberts -- a single mom who grew up in foster care -- stands on the brink of losing her dream home, as two condo-owners struggle with their neighbors in an atypical foreclosure.

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Neighborhoods | July 10, 2008

Hill-Trey Truce Struck

by Paul Bass | July 10, 2008 4:30 PM | Permalink

The feud began when one group called the other "punks" and "faggots" on MySpace. School brawls ensued. The kids shot at each other in the street. Bystanders started getting hit: three shot one day, a murder another. It may have ended this week with a movie-like nighttime mass pow-wow on Winthrop Avenue.

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