New Haven Independent

Neighborhoods | May 16, 2008

Write Your Own Caption

by Paul Bass | May 16, 2008 12:01 PM | Permalink

But first check out the caption written by the author of a new book about New Haven's grassroots struggles against urban renewal.

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Neighborhoods | May 7, 2008

See, Click, Fix

by Melissa Bailey | May 7, 2008 10:09 AM | Permalink

A new web site lets you track neighborhood problems on an interactive map.

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Neighborhoods | April 16, 2008

Say: Quinnipiac Meadows

by Melinda Tuhus | April 16, 2008 8:42 AM | Permalink

Gerald Antunes has a name for his neighborhood -- and a mission for the neighbors.

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Neighborhoods | April 16, 2008

Say: Quinnipiac Meadows

by Melinda Tuhus | April 16, 2008 8:42 AM | Permalink

Gerald Antunes has a name for his neighborhood -- and a mission for the neighbors.

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Neighborhoods | April 9, 2008

Upper State Merchants Band Together

by Melissa Bailey | April 9, 2008 4:44 PM | Permalink

They moved here from New York following the buzz about New Haven. A break-in and several flower thefts later, they decided they needed to light a spark.

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Neighborhoods | March 24, 2008

Ways Of The Cross

by Staff | March 24, 2008 8:02 AM | Permalink

Watch Thomas MacMillan's slide show here of St. Rose members reenacting the Stations of The Cross throughout Fair Haven. Allan Appel reports here on Easter, Ukrainian style, on West River's streets.

Neighborhoods | February 21, 2008

Park "Friends" Sought; GPS Updates Maps

by Thomas MacMillan | February 21, 2008 8:10 AM | Permalink

A New Haven conservancy group would like to see more neighborhood involvement in the care of city parks.

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Neighborhoods | January 10, 2008

WEB's Crime Drops Most

by Paul Bass | January 10, 2008 7:44 AM | Permalink

Was it the guns and the Angels?

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Neighborhoods | December 13, 2007

How The Truce Happened

by Paul Bass | December 13, 2007 12:06 PM | Permalink

Word was that trouble was brewing between Dixwell and the Ville. So when a car pulled up to the basketball court -- and a gun appeared in window -- Tyrone Weston was ready.

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Neighborhoods | November 14, 2007

"Granite" Hits A Wall On State Street

by Melissa Bailey | November 14, 2007 11:47 AM | Permalink

A man who wants to open a piano lounge on State Street came up against a wall of protest from those who live or own property nearby.

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Neighborhoods | October 19, 2007

Boxer, & Old Neighborhood, Back Up For The Count

by Paul Bass | October 19, 2007 7:56 AM | Permalink

Scene: The Old New Haven Arena. The place is packed with Jews, refugees from Eastern Europe. In the ring is the Great Yiddish Hope, Julie Kogon, a pugilist whose punch serves as a symbol of ethnic pride and aspirations in a new land.

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Neighborhoods | July 12, 2007

A Cedar Hill Fairy Tale

by Staff | July 12, 2007 2:41 PM | Permalink

Cedar Hill Resident is on her street with a broom again, planning to make a call to the street-sweeping fairy. Maybe that'll work better than the countless calls she has made to city bureaucracy. Read on for the account she sent in to the Independent:

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Neighborhoods | May 17, 2007

Consiglio: 1 Plan Forward, 1 Cut Short

by Allan Appel | May 17, 2007 9:28 AM | Permalink

This man’s smiling because he got the go-ahead to build a new 9,000 industrial space in Fair Haven — although he has shelved plans for a separate rehab on River Street.

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Neighborhoods | May 4, 2007

Back To The Hood

by Gemma Joseph Lumpkin | May 4, 2007 8:28 AM | Permalink

Gemma Joseph Lumpkin (pictured) grew up in Newhallville. She was in for a surprise -- about what makes a neighborhood -- when she and her family moved back there from Westville. Read on for an installment of her Sheffield Avenue diary.

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Neighborhoods | May 3, 2007

The "Intensity of Neighborhood" Goes On Display

by Allan Appel | May 3, 2007 1:23 PM | Permalink

When Erna Caron told Ying-Ying Ma about living in Chatham Square, a lasting story was born -- about a meat freezer, about a family named Finnegan, about a river and oysters, about a multiracial urban "village," about community most of all.

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Neighborhoods | February 15, 2007

Finally, A Big Day for Big Daddy's Plowmen

by Melissa Bailey | February 15, 2007 8:28 AM | Permalink

As sleet and snow turned the city into a big slush pile, “Big Daddy” and a team of snowplow drivers hit the roads for their first big storm of the season.

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Neighborhoods | February 6, 2007

Who's Buying What, Where

by Paul Bass | February 6, 2007 10:07 AM | Permalink

Following are the latest home sales around town, according to deeds filed in the City/ Town Clerk's Office.

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Neighborhoods | January 29, 2007

Who's Buying What, Where

by Paul Bass | January 29, 2007 1:09 PM | Permalink

Following are details of home sales that took place in the city from Jan. 22, 2007, through Jan. 28, 2007, according to land records on file at the City/Town Clerk's Office.

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Neighborhoods | January 18, 2007

Who Bought What, Where

by Paul Bass | January 18, 2007 1:07 PM | Permalink

Here are some of the latest home sales just recorded in the City Clerk's Office:

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Neighborhoods | December 11, 2006

Who Got Hit

by Melissa Bailey | December 11, 2006 9:11 AM | Permalink

People who live in Newhallville, the north Hill area and downtown/Wooster Square condos have one thing in common this season: They've all been hit hardest by the latest round of property revaluations. Read on for a neighborhood breakdown.

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