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No Vote Leaves Ward 15 Up For Grabs

by | Jul 26, 2023 11:21 am | Comments (7)

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Incumbent Fair Haven Alder Ernie Santiago at Tuesday's convention: "I have work to do communicating with the leaders of my community."

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Challenger Frankie Redente, Jr. picking up Democratic primary ballot petition from 200 Orange St. on Wednesday.

In one competitive Fair Haven alder race, the local Democratic Party did not endorse any candidate — meaning that both incumbent Ernie Santiago and challenger Frank Redente Jr. will have to gather signatures to make it onto the primary ballot.

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Sound School Saves A Sharpie -- & An Oyster Reef

by | May 26, 2023 11:50 am | Comments (3)

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Neil Geist with local oysters in hand and a fleet of student-built sharpies behind.

Freshmen Alex Spruill and Dan Lopez, who worked two months on restoring Tenacious's decking.

As a student at the Sound School in the 1980s, Neil Geist helped to build a full-size model of the historic New Haven oyster boat, a 35-foot sharpie called Tenacious.

The Tenacious was so perfect and sailed so well the folks at Mystic Aquarium wanted to exhibit her. But the sea gods were not as protective on land. En route the boat slipped off the trailer, on I‑95, and broke in half.

But the story is going to have a happy ending.

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LGBTQ Sound Students Find A Safe Space

by | Mar 9, 2023 11:35 am | Comments (1)

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SAGA's Shane Emery, Drake Ortiz, Colton, Jacob Smith, and Pete Solomon.

Amid the sometimes rocky waves” of work and class and a tough time at home, Drake Ortiz has found a refuge in Sound School’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) — where they and their high-school peers can be themselves and talk about everything from their favorite movies to queer-friendly field trips to how best to prevent bullying of younger students.

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APT, Gateway Eye Long Wharf Moves

by | Feb 9, 2023 3:05 pm | Comments (21)

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Rendering of a proposed new "Gateway District" on Long Wharf.

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Community members hear a presentation at the Betsy Ross School Parish Hall.

A park and pedestrian-friendly walkway where cars now roar down Long Wharf Drive. 

An automotive trade school where the former Gateway Community College building is starting to crumble. 

A new home base for all of the APT Foundation’s New Haven substance-use treatment programs in a building specifically designed to address neighbors’ concerns.

Those ideas stand at the center of a new plan put together by top city officials on how to transform Long Wharf — a waterfront neighborhood currently dominated by big-box stores, parking lots, and the highway — into a mixed-use district bustling with education, healthcare, and outdoor recreation.

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Hill Holiday Bash Brightens Kimberly Square

by | Dec 6, 2022 9:00 am | Comments (1)

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Nova and Zora Zanders at Sunday's Hill holiday fest.

Eight-year-old Nova and her three-year-old sister Zora shared big smiles as they posed for a photo on Santa’s lap. When St. Nick asked Nova what she wants for Christmas this year, she surprised him. She said she didn’t care about what to ask for. 

I just want to be grateful no matter what I get.”

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One Down, 50 To Go: Street Paving Season Starts

by | Jun 16, 2022 1:27 pm | Comments (1)

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Construction begins Thursday morning on Sea Street in City Point.

Phase 1 of the milling and paving projects, which covers 51 streets on the west side of New Haven.

City crews started bright and early Thursday morning and milling paving Sea Street, the first of 51 roadways set to receive smoother surfaces over the next six weeks — and faster than in the past.

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Megalandlord Faces 4th Charge

by | Dec 2, 2021 3:55 pm | Comments (7)

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One of Mandy’s multi-family rentals on Greenwich Ave.

The head of local megalandlord Mandy Management has applied for a pre-trial diversionary program that could see criminal charges dropped in multiple housing court cases — at the same time he faces new criminal charges for code violations at a City Point apartment.

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Transplant Tries To Compost

by | Aug 25, 2020 2:38 pm | Comments (7)

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Rev. Donna Schaper.

Transplanting from New York City in March to West Haven has been interesting.

My daughter, her wife and her 1‑year-old baby showed up a month after we arrived in March. They left Brooklyn; we left Manhattan. Our two cars sit in our small driveway, still sporting their New York plates, the ones that keep us from being able to get into Lighthouse Point and other public” areas.

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Electric Cars? Fine. But What About Buses?

by | Feb 26, 2020 4:08 pm | Comments (0)

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Windsor-based environmental justice activist Leticia Colon de Mejias

Attendeesplan how to incorporate equity into climate change planning.

Electric vehicles are great, but what about buses running on time?

Leticia Colon de Mejias said that the people she talks to through her work as an environmental justice activist cannot afford electric vehicles, even if the state subsidizes discounted prices. They care more about getting from one place to another safely by bus.

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