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Un-“Notched,” SoHu Moves Downtown

by Thomas MacMillan | May 22, 2012 8:25 am | Comments (20)

As lawmakers signed off on a new citywide ward-boundary map, members of a tight-knit East Rock neighborhood found themselves politically exiled from East Rock—but still together.

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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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Mayor Enters New Urbanist Lion’s Den

by Paul Bass | May 14, 2012 5:42 pm | Comments (24)

It fills in a failed urban renewal highway. Does that make it “new urbanism”?

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Fiancee: Please Jail Me Instead

by Paul Bass | May 10, 2012 3:05 pm | Comments (3)

The man handcuffed in the cruiser wasn’t beating me, the woman on the Green insisted. She begged to take his place.

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Richter’s Deal Fizzles

by Melissa Bailey | May 9, 2012 12:01 pm | Comments (12)

Richter’s Cafe is back on the market now that a downtown bar owner has abandoned plans to revamp the historic pub.

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The Water’s Safe. Really

by Allan Appel | May 8, 2012 12:16 pm | Comments (2)

After a decade, good potable water has started flowing again from the noble public fountain at the southeast corner of the New Haven Green. But so far more birds appear to know about it than do people, and the people who notice think the H2O isn’t safe.

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Discovery Delays Coliseum Project

by Melissa Bailey | May 8, 2012 8:04 am | Comments (12)

A topographic challenge has stalled the plans of a Canadian developer looking to build on the grave of the New Haven Coliseum: It turns out the land around the downtown block goes up and down, up and down.

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New-School Fade Brings Big Tip

by Allan Appel | May 4, 2012 1:14 pm | Comments (1)

As young banker James Foti sat for a blended fade with a little gel for the front flip, barber Stacy Quattlebaum scraped his neck with the straight razor. He pronounced it the best part of the haircut; he could not explain why.

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Schiff Sniffs Out Subterranean Mystery

by Paul Bass | Apr 19, 2012 3:35 pm | Comments (10)

An electrician digging below Church Street to make way for a new traffic light hit a surprise brick wall. A call went out to New Haven’s new historical gumshoe. She had a hunch what the wall could be. And she followed it.

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The “Healing” Begins

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 18, 2012 4:08 pm | Comments (13)

With Occupy New Haven gone, the city is left with a “concrete” dust bowl and a tree that will likely have to come down. The grass could return by summer.

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