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Pit Bull Attack Draws Crowd, Cop Gunshots

by Paul Bass | May 20, 2012 12:53 pm | Comments (37)

An elderly woman watched a pit bull suddenly maul her own dog and start tearing it apart until three officers arrived and fired a bevy of bullets into the attacker.

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Retaliate? Or Bury Tyrell?

by Paul Bass | May 18, 2012 2:32 pm | Comments (3)

Restless friends of a slain New Haven man had a choice presented to them: Keep the killing going. Or raise the money for a funeral.

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Register Pitches The Hill On Retail

by Paul Bass | May 18, 2012 11:31 am | Comments (27)

You won’t get a factory. You might get a supermarket.

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“Prom Dress? Or Diapers?”

by Ariela Martin | May 18, 2012 10:32 am | Comments (3)

Florence Brown never became a “statistic.” She returned to a city high school to tell teen moms they, too, can beat the odds.

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On City Budget, Compromise Wins The Day

by Thomas MacMillan | May 18, 2012 8:21 am | Comments (25)

No to new parking fees at Lighthouse Point Park. Yes to Helene Grant School construction and New Haven Academy renovation. No to a new police communications manager and a new home for Hyde School. Yes to a study of the city’s school “configuration.” No to a property revaluation in two years.

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Cutler’s Act II Underway

by Paul Bass | May 17, 2012 4:00 pm | Comments (3)

Phil Cutler may be packing up the beloved record store his family has run for 64 years. That doesn’t mean he’s leaving Broadway.

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Marchand: I’m No Rubber Stamp

by Thomas MacMillan | May 17, 2012 1:00 pm | Comments (16)

When it came to his first vote on a major development project, Adam Marchand hadn’t read the 200-page plan before him. He voted yes anyway.

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Victim’s Dad: Crips Had “Grip” In Their Sights

by Paul Bass | May 17, 2012 8:07 am | Comments (9)

The gun didn’t fire the first time a would-be Crip pulled the trigger on Tyrell Trimble. The second time, Trimble lost his life.

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Friday? Must Be Time For A Scam

by Nicolás Medina Mora Pérez | May 16, 2012 5:05 pm | Comments (7)

“Tyrell Jenkins” rolled into town in a car with New York plates. He strolled into Pete Persano’s AT&T Wireless Store on Chapel and asked for two 64 GB IPads worth over $300 each. He pulled out a First United credit card—and Persano smelled a scam.

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Duck Pond Reborn

by Thomas MacMillan | May 16, 2012 2:06 pm | Comments (8)

After a $300,000 overhaul, a revamped Edgewood Park duck pond is ready to welcome migrating terns, herons, egrets, alewives—and one lucky turtle.

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