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On Track, Off Track

by Paul Bass | Dec 21, 2006 11:50 am | Comments (14)

Gov. M. Jodi Rell came to New Haven Thursday to open a $33 million repair shop for Metro-North rail cars. Meanwhile, a long-overdue new train station parking garage remains stuck in its tracks — thanks in part to ongoing disagreements between the Rell administration and the New Haven mayor it neglected to invite to Thursday’s ceremony.

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Man Of The Year

by Paul Bass | Dec 21, 2006 11:31 am | Comments (3)

In a year when shootings left New Haveners feeling despair about how to address youth violence, Dixwell beat cop Shafiq Abdussabur offered inspiration. How he got to be a cop — and in a position to make a difference — offers another inspiring tale, about how to build a true “community policing” force.

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News From The Compost Heap

by Paul Bass | Dec 21, 2006 11:29 am

Direct from the compost heap … er, newsroom … comes the latest edition of the Independent’s opinionated v-log news summary. Special Year-End, Year-Ahead Crystal Ball Edition. Click on the play arrow to watch the video.

A Home in the Hill for the Holidays

by Allan Appel | Dec 21, 2006 7:06 am | Comments (3)

One of the least commented on aspects of the Christmas story is the absence of affordable, low-income lodging that prevailed in Biblical Bethlehem. So it was such a gratifying way to help mark the season in New Haven to see the delight on the face of Katiria Ramirez as she celebrated the completion of her new house at 77 Frank St. in the Hill. What did Ramirez’s two-year old son Edison think of the 1890-era house, with beautiful hardwood floors, French doors leading to a spacious back deck, all restored with period detail on the outside and utterly modernized on the inside?

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He Lied—& Was “Credible”

by Paul Bass | Dec 20, 2006 12:52 pm | Comments (10)

(updated) This Yale-New Haven Hospital honcho warned workers that joining a union could cost them incentive pay. An arbitrator caught him spreading false information — and forced him to apologize to his “fellow employees.” However, the arbitrator also found the honcho to be a “credible witness” overall, more so than his accuser. It’s a case that both sides can interpret as bolstering their case in the newest phase of the battle between the hospital and union organizers.

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Mayor Pledges Municipal ID Cards, Take 2

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 20, 2006 12:51 pm | Comments (27)

One day before a landmark immigrant protection policy takes effect at the city police department, Latino rights advocates delivered a giant Christmas card to the mayor, with thanks and Christmas wishes for further protection. Mayor John DeStefano answered with a revived pledge to introduce municipal ID cards.

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HMO As “Rogue Business Partner”

by Christine Stuart | Dec 20, 2006 8:09 am

The governor said they should do it. The Freedom of Information said they’ve got to do it. A state judge ordered them to do it. Yet HMOs went to court to try yet again to avoid telling the public how they are spending $700 million of the public’s money on health insurance for the poor. Said State Rep. Chris Donovan (pictured): “The HMOs are acting like rogue business partners who are hiding the books.” Click here to read more.

“Why Have My Taxes Doubled?

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 20, 2006 7:10 am | Comments (7)

Linda Rogers Vereen (pictured at left) — one of the Wooster Square/downtown condo-owners hit hardest in this year’s property revaluation — marched to City Hall Tuesday to seek some answers — and maybe a break on her ballooning tax bill. Follow along as one woman starts on a taxpayer’s protest.

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Evergreens for Walgreens, Godot for Winthrop & Whalley

by Allan Appel | Dec 20, 2006 6:46 am | Comments (2)

The news from the latest “WEB” (Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills) management team meeting: The new “cookie-cutter” Walgreens will at least have some older trees around it. No prospective buyer’s in sight for the lot at Whalley and Winthrop. And crime has dropped.

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Boot is Back

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 19, 2006 11:54 am | Comments (3)

Parked illegally? Watch out, towing rates are going up from $48 to $77, and private towers will start using the Boot, thanks to this proposal approved by the Board of Aldermen Monday. … Aldermen also approved Arlene DePino’s proposal to extend a moratorium on building permits on paper streets … And the city approved a new Coastal Plan, which includes putting signs like the one above in areas where developers must allow public access to waterways. Click here to read the city’s new zoning rules, which give the city more legal power enforcing guidelines on developers.

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