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Let ‘Em Stay Sick

by Paul Bass | Oct 27, 2005 4:18 pm

An estimated 2,200 children statewide are about to lose health-care coverage because of new premiums in the state’s HUSKY program. Following is the text of a press release on the subject from the advocacy group Connecticut Voices for Children. (Click here to learn more about efforts to fight for universal health care in Connecticut.)

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Halloweeners Say, “Boo(k)!”

by Paul Bass | Oct 27, 2005 3:34 pm

The Independent scored an exclusive interview Thursday with none other than the Very Hungry Caterpillar.

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“Miss” Gets Mad

by Gina Coggio | Oct 27, 2005 9:21 am | Comments (12)

On the eve of a display of her students’ personal vignettes, the Independent’s schoolteacher – diarist decides there are limits to how much she’ll take.

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Double Vows

by Paul Bass | Oct 26, 2005 9:52 pm | Comments (1)

It was a day for vows at City Hall Tuesday for Beaver Hills politicians. Alderwoman Babz Rawls-Ivy of the 28th Ward renewed her wedding vows the same day, and at the same place, that Thomas Lehtonen was sworn in to replace the late 27th Ward alderman, Philip Voigt. The Board of Aldermen staff captured the event with these pictures.

Edgewood Journal:  How to Measure Progress?

by Judi Janette | Oct 26, 2005 8:14 pm | Comments (1)

After a fire, a Victorian skeleton rises again on Elm Street. A cat corpse fares worse.

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“Yale Did the Right Thing”

by Paul Bass | Oct 26, 2005 7:56 pm

Yale responded to a protest by Chinese graduate students by enabling the student at the center of the protest to enable to stay on campus and in the country. Following is the text of a press release by the protest’s organizers praising Yale for doing “the right thing” in this case and outlining what some more of the “right thing” would entail.

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Why The Wait

by Paul Bass | Oct 26, 2005 2:44 pm | Comments (2)

New Haven’s Toni Walker says she and her fellow Democratic state legislators aren’t stalling. She says they want to wait an extra year for campaign finance reform to take effect so that it will work right.

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PTO Whoa

by Gina Coggio | Oct 26, 2005 9:56 am

It looked like one of those PTO meetings to grumble about. Then the parents gave the Independent’s schoolteacher- diarist a new perspective on what they face.

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DeStefano: A Plan for Kids Is Coming

by Paul Bass | Oct 25, 2005 9:19 am

Yes, kids need more to do in New Haven, Mayor John DeStefano acknowledged this week. DeStefano, who has taken heat in recent months on the issue amid a spurt in youth violence, said his administration is working on a new comprehensive policy on youth.

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A “Guilty” Plea for the Innocent

by Paul Bass | Oct 25, 2005 9:11 am

After attacking New Haven’s mayor for considering a plan to offer i.d. cards to undocumented immigrants, Guilty Party mayoral candidate Leslie Harper Blatteau (shown here with the mayor at last week’s debate) has switched gears. She now endorses the plan.

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