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Dixwell | December 2, 2008

Garage Collapses After Fire

by Melissa Bailey | December 2, 2008 4:32 PM | Permalink

Just when gunfire had subsided down the street, a fire erupted in a Dixwell Avenue garage.

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Dixwell | November 26, 2008

Shooting Near School

by Staff | November 26, 2008 5:05 PM | Permalink

A school on Dixwell Avenue was in lock-down mode after a nearby shooting Wednesday morning.

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Dixwell | November 25, 2008

John 3:16 Delivers The Turkey

by Allan Appel | November 25, 2008 9:52 PM | Permalink

Inspired by her faith, Jackie Perry baked and sold $1,000 worth of brownies, so she could help Rita Mebana, a complete stranger, have a full Thanksgiving meal.

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Dixwell | November 21, 2008

Yale To NAACP: Jobs, Aid Solid

by Melinda Tuhus | November 21, 2008 10:10 AM | Permalink

Yale's commitment to financial aid remains "sacrosanct" and new campus construction will move ahead and create jobs despite the recession, a top Yale official told the local NAACP.

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Dixwell | November 11, 2008

Suspect Has Manslaughter Record

by Paul Bass | November 11, 2008 5:09 PM | Permalink

Police don't expect to bring any charges against a suspect in the death of Rickey Greene until at least the end of the week.

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Dixwell | November 11, 2008

Candidate's Brother Killed Over $20

by Melissa Bailey | November 11, 2008 7:09 AM | Permalink

First Willie Greene learned that his younger brother was killed during a Dixwell street argument. Then he learned who may have killed him: a man who worked last week on Greene's state representative campaign.

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Dixwell | October 30, 2008

Cops Take The "Scary" Out Of Halloween

by Caroline Berson | October 30, 2008 11:06 AM | Permalink

Trick-or-treating came early to Dixwell, thanks to members of a black police organization.

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Dixwell | October 30, 2008

Cops Take The "Scary" Out Of Halloween

by Caroline Berson | October 30, 2008 11:06 AM | Permalink

Trick-or-treating came early to Dixwell, thanks to members of a black police organization.

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Dixwell | October 9, 2008

$732,000 Remains Unclaimed

by Caroline Berson | October 9, 2008 10:50 AM | Permalink

With less than a week left to apply for Congress's economic stimulus package, seniors like Kenneth Mason lined up for a last chance to claim free cash.

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Dixwell | October 6, 2008

Singh Seeks A Home For A Song

by Allan Appel | October 6, 2008 3:22 PM | Permalink

Gurinder Singh and his mom Paramjit Kaur were in the market for a little house. The foreclosure sale of 210 Munson St. offered one possibility -- but with a mere five minutes for due diligence.

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Dixwell | September 22, 2008

Innovative Trauma Center Opens In Newhallville

by Caroline Berson | September 22, 2008 12:04 PM | Permalink

A novel technique has been helping trauma victims recover from violence in the West Bank — and now in New Haven’s Dixwell and Newhallville neighbor- hoods, too.

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Dixwell | September 19, 2008

Daniels Presses Lewis On His Legacy

by Thomas MacMillan | September 19, 2008 8:50 AM | Permalink

John Daniels, former mayor of New Haven, started the city's community policing program over 14 years ago. On Thursday night, he had a question for the new police chief: what happened to community policing?

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Dixwell | September 19, 2008

Dixwell, Newhallville Unload On City Hall

by Leonard J. Honeyman | September 19, 2008 8:50 AM | Permalink

Young government planners came to talk about two neighborhoods' futures. They got their wish -- and then some, including an opposing take on history from a distinguished woman with short-cropped hair in the third row.

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Dixwell | September 16, 2008

2 Neighborhoods' Future

by Leonard J. Honeyman | September 16, 2008 2:32 PM | Permalink

Newhallville, Dixwell planning parley Thursday night.

Dixwell | September 2, 2008

Deutsche Bank Grabs Dixwell Condo

by Allan Appel | September 2, 2008 1:06 PM | Permalink

The atmosphere at foreclosures can range from sad to grim to tragic. In the case of the condo at 130 Winchester Ave., it was genial -- because nobody present was bidding.

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Dixwell | September 2, 2008

Deutsche Bank Grabs Dixwell Condo

by Allan Appel | September 2, 2008 1:06 PM | Permalink

The atmosphere at foreclosures can range from sad to grim to tragic. In the case of the condo at 130 Winchester Ave., it was genial -- because nobody present was bidding.

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Dixwell | August 27, 2008

Cornell Scott's Legacy Continues

by Paul Bass | August 27, 2008 2:22 PM | Permalink

Sandra Joyner had one of New Haven's health care pioneers on her mind as she helped inaugurate a new clinic at the cutting edge of Connecticut's approach to taking care of children.

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Dixwell | August 18, 2008

A House for Precious?

by Sarah Vanderbilt | August 18, 2008 3:21 PM | Permalink

Timothy and Lois Maduh live in Hamden. They won a foreclosure auction for a Dixwell house not to move there, but to generate cash so they can buy a rundown ranch house and make it handicapped-accessible for their ten-year-old daughter Precious, who has cerebral palsy.

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Dixwell | July 25, 2008

Cops To Get "Aggressive"

by Melinda Tuhus | July 25, 2008 8:32 AM | Permalink

That doesn’t mean “excessive,” New Haven’s new chief told a Dixwell audience, as he vowed to start seizing kids’ dirt bikes and not view police officers as “social workers.”

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Dixwell | July 25, 2008

Cops To Get "Aggressive"

by Melinda Tuhus | July 25, 2008 8:32 AM | Permalink

That doesn’t mean “excessive,” New Haven’s new chief told a Dixwell audience, as he vowed to start seizing kids’ dirt bikes and not view police officers as “social workers.”

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