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Newhallville | December 28, 2009

Newhallville Toy Giveaway

by Staff | December 28, 2009 8:19 AM | Permalink

Lt. Rebecca Sweeney-Burns sent in these photos from the annual toy giveaway she organizes in Newhallville. "We distributed over 300 toys, gift cards, books, and coats," she writes. "It was truly a incredible day thanks to everyone that donated and everyone that helped distribute at the event."

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Newhallville | December 23, 2009

Shotgun Snatched

by Paul Bass | December 23, 2009 3:24 PM | Permalink

Police are looking or a man who escaped, but left behind a sawed-off shotgun, after a Newhallville chase.

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Newhallville | December 11, 2009

"Swap Shop" Nixed

by Thomas MacMillan | December 11, 2009 10:57 AM | Permalink

Maria Variest tried her best to convince city zoners that her boyfriend's proposed business would not be a pawn shop.

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Newhallville | December 7, 2009

She Has Her Eye On A Home -- & A Community

by Melinda Tuhus | December 7, 2009 11:07 AM | Permalink

Keisha Moye-Obuekwe (pictured) took a new homeowner's class offered by Neighborhood Housing Services. Now she's in the market to buy her first home, so she checked out an NHS open house in Newhallville.

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Newhallville | November 23, 2009

That Wasn't The TV Or The Firing Range

by Paul Bass | November 23, 2009 7:24 AM | Permalink

When Lossie Gorham heard gunfire around 10:30 Sunday morning, she figured it came from the "cops and robbers" movie she had on.

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Newhallville | November 23, 2009

"Who Knows Your Breasts Better Than You?"

by Riquee Blackman Jarmon | November 23, 2009 7:19 AM | Permalink

A team of volunteers hit Newhallville Saturday with a pitch for women to get mammograms -- and they weren't letting the latest official proclamation steer them away from people under 50.

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Newhallville | November 16, 2009

Kimber House Slated For Foreclosure

by Melissa Bailey | November 16, 2009 12:17 PM | Permalink

The IRS and two mortgage lenders are chasing after a prominent preacher and city fire commissioner, as Sheffield Avenue loses another house to foreclosure.

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Newhallville | November 9, 2009

They Had Front-Row Seats To A Shootout

by Paul Bass | November 9, 2009 4:55 PM | Permalink

(Updated) Mike Garvin and Sterling Bagley were on their way to deliver a refrigerator when they found themselves staring at two kids spraying each other with bullets on Dixwell Avenue.

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Newhallville | October 30, 2009

Man Spared Jail In Fatal Fistfight

by Melissa Bailey | October 30, 2009 4:23 PM | Permalink

Two old friends met up in court. One asked the judge to send the other to jail. Then the two men hugged.

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Newhallville | October 27, 2009

It's Built, and They're Coming

by Melinda Tuhus | October 27, 2009 7:59 AM | Permalink

Gerald Barnett (pictured) lives on Goodrich Street, the dividing line between New Haven and Hamden. With the completion of the Farmington Canal Rail Trail between the two towns Monday, it's more like a uniting line, and he can ride either way with ease.

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Newhallville | October 19, 2009

He Found Zoners Hard To Please

by Thomas MacMillan | October 19, 2009 7:00 AM | Permalink

After one year, five appearances before city boards, and tens of thousands of dollars, Jose Carrero got the green light to paint cars at his new garage.

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Newhallville | October 16, 2009

Bullets Fly, ShotSpotter Catches

by Thomas MacMillan | October 16, 2009 3:18 PM | Permalink

Gunmen let loose with a barrage of gunfire behind a building on Sherman Parkway as a roomful of police officers looked on -- with satisfaction.

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Newhallville | October 9, 2009

After Tragedy, LCI Cleans Up

by Melissa Bailey | October 9, 2009 2:43 PM | Permalink

Two days after a man was shot dead in a Newhallville hallway, tenants were still walking past a pool of blood -- until the city and neighbors stepped in.

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Newhallville | October 7, 2009

Police Probe Newhallville Killing

by Melissa Bailey | October 7, 2009 12:46 PM | Permalink

(Updated: 3:31 p.m.) Alfreda Edwards woke up Wednesday morning to the sound of gunshots next door.

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Newhallville | September 29, 2009

Party Co. Bolts From Newhallville Bash

by Thomas MacMillan | September 29, 2009 3:34 PM | Permalink

When he got to Dixwell Avenue to drop off a bouncy castle, the driver for a suburban party company fled in fear. Javaughn Harris was sure he'd have to cancel his festival.

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Newhallville | September 11, 2009

Newhallville Race Evokes "Plantation Politics"

by Melinda Tuhus | September 11, 2009 7:11 AM | Permalink

The new face on the campaign trail knocked on a door to make a political pitch. Instead, he ended up participating in a seminar on how politics really works in New Haven and the black community.

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Newhallville | August 12, 2009

Hillhouse Team Tackles Vacant Homes

by Elise Granata | August 12, 2009 8:14 AM | Permalink

Winchester Avenue lay quiet, undisturbed in mid-morning. Well, except for the ode of demolition heard from abandoned homes 678 and 664, tackled by some of the toughest linemen in town.

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Newhallville | August 11, 2009

The Earth Moves On Winchester

by Paul Bass | August 11, 2009 12:37 PM | Permalink

New Haven's last Winchester gun factory has lost its face -- and the ground around it is being dug up and transported -- to make way for the newest project in fast-changing Science Park.

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Newhallville | August 10, 2009

Reunited, Newhallville Goes Old School

by Elise Granata | August 10, 2009 9:57 AM | Permalink

About 600 hugs, updates and numbers were exchanged in Saturday night's festive heat as Newhallville neighbors old and new mixed it up at their first reunion. Memories, too, were on display.

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Newhallville | July 29, 2009

Cops, Neighbors Meet

by Melinda Tuhus | July 29, 2009 10:33 AM | Permalink

Lamont Moye (pictured with his daughter, Iyana) asked Newhallville's new district manager if he was having any luck ridding the streets of illegal dirt bikes, for which the neighborhood is infamous. "Have you seen any?" the neighborhood's top cop asked him.

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