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For Sale: 8 Acres, River View

by Allan Appel | Feb 26, 2013 12:01 pm | Comments (7)

Allan Appel Photo Know any canoe and kayak makers, propeller repair shops, or bait-and-tackle stores looking to expand big time? If so, city economic development officer Helen Rosenberg wants their number.

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“Grey” Plan Advances

by Allan Appel | Feb 25, 2013 2:58 pm | Comments (5)

Allan Appel Photo The Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) won enough approvals Wednesday night to match its mouthful of a name: City Plan Commissioners gave the go-ahead to a site plan for first $50 million phase of building upgrades of the East Shore water treatment plant. Wetlands management and coastal site plans also were approved.

A land swap with the city to make the upgrades possible was also approved, all by unanimous vote of the commissioners.

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Elicker: Let’s Learn From Nemo

by Paul Bass | Feb 14, 2013 2:10 pm | Comments (14)

Paul Bass Photo New Haven hadn’t seen a storm like it for more than a century. The next one might come much sooner.

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Malloy: “This Is Climate Change”

by Paul Bass | Feb 12, 2013 2:42 pm | Comments (20)

The governor recognized what he saw in Fair Haven Tuesday: a warming planet.

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After Sandy Success, Grey Wall Grows

by Thomas MacMillan | Jan 29, 2013 3:13 pm | Comments (2)

Thomas MacMillan Photo When Superstorm Sandy struck, the city’s emergency operations center wasn’t stuck using dead-tree technology. It had cutting-edge, locally developed software to coordinate a citywide response—a tool that’s now spreading to 29 other nearby towns.

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“Green” Vs. “Gray” On Sewage Plant Upgrade

by Allan Appel | Jan 18, 2013 3:21 pm | Comments (2)

Allan Appel Photo The East Shore water treatment plant is gearing up to spend the first chunk of a hoped-for $450 million to prepare for super storms and to send less sewage into the Q, Mill, and West rivers and Long Island Sound.

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Swales, Anyone?

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

Melissa Bailey Photo 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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Holiday Tree Pick-Ups

by Staff | Dec 26, 2012 9:00 am

Starting a week from Wednesday you can put Christmas trees out on the curb for city pick-up.

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Amid Budget Cuts, Esty Finds Solace At 360 State

by Paul Bass | Dec 20, 2012 4:03 pm | Comments (14)

The morning after absorbing another sucker-punch to his budget, Connecticut’s energy czar found a hopeful vision for the future in a downtown New Haven apartment lobby.

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2,000 LED Streetlights On The Way

by Thomas MacMillan | Dec 10, 2012 12:47 pm | Comments (12)

Thomas MacMillan Photo This spring, a bright white light began shining in Newhallville. With a new approval from city lawmakers, the light is spreading, and may one day engulf nighttime streets all over New Haven.

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GLEN ROAD POTHOLE
May 17, 2013 10:53 pm
Address: 72 Colony Road New Haven, Connecticut
Rating: 6

I'm back, again -- but then so is the famous GLEN ROAD POTHOLE. It was fixed in the...

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Pedestrian Signal
May 17, 2013 7:50 pm
Address: 107-133 Highway 243 New Haven, CT 06515, USA
Rating: 2

7:45 pm Friday May 17th - no pedestrians (I've been watching for several cycles -...

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