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Young Scientist Offers Astroturf Warning

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 24, 2013 7:43 am | Comments (14)

One day before neighbors are to meet on the future of Bowen Field, a Hillhouse student shared the results of her relevant research: An astroturf field at the high school’s new gridiron would likely send rubber pellets leaching into Beaver Pond.

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Cop Tried To Pull Over Driver Who Then Got Into Fatal Crash

by Staff | Apr 22, 2013 2:40 pm | Comments (5)

(Updated)The cops tried to pull over a driver Friday night who ended up killing a 29-year-old woman in a car crash.

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WEB Gets A Plan Pitch

by Parker Collins | Feb 20, 2013 3:06 pm

A city planner came to Beaver Hills and Edgewood neighbors with a pitch—help us imagine how the whole city should look

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“They’re Done?”

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 18, 2013 5:36 pm | Comments (32)

In order to carry passengers down Goffe Terrace Monday, the Z3 bus had to swerve around a bank of unplowed snow, crossing the yellow lines into oncoming traffic.

The tight spot was one of dozens neighbors flagged as they called in complaints about narrow streets and high snow piles—questioning the city’s assertion that the post-blizzard cleanup is largely done.

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Charter Reform Idea: Put Kids On Ed Board

by Allan Appel | Feb 1, 2013 2:00 pm | Comments (3)

Whatever you do to the Board of Ed—how about putting some real live kids on it?

That was one of the most passionate ideas offered Thursday night about how to change New Haven’s charter.

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Bowen Field Borrowing Gets Final OK

by Thomas MacMillan | Jan 8, 2013 4:44 pm | Comments (2)

The city will issue bonds for $3.6 million to pay for an upgrade to Hillhouse high school’s football field—with a promise to address neighborhood concerns about the environment.

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Man Shot 4 Times

by Staff | Jan 8, 2013 9:23 am

A 21-year-old was shot four times at the Getty Gas Mart in Beaver Hills Monday night, after he ran into the store to escape a man he had been fighting with.

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Swales, Anyone?

by Thomas MacMillan | Dec 28, 2012 12:04 pm | Comments (2)

A new turf field might be good for the Hillhouse football team. Its new bleachers might be good for parents and fans. But will it be bad for the hooded mergansers, mallard ducks, and great blue herons who live nearby?

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Cost-Cutting Suggestion: Meadowlands East

by Paul Bass | Dec 7, 2012 4:12 pm | Comments (13)

The Jets and Giants share a home field in Jersey. Should Cross and Hillhouse do it in New Haven—and save taxpayers money?

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Cops Canvass Apartments After Royal’s Murder

by Staff | Oct 22, 2012 3:57 pm | Comments (2)

Detectives knocked on dozens of doors Monday at the Brendan Towers apartments off Whalley Avenue seeking clues about the murder of Christian Garcia.

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