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East Rockers Debate “Ugly” New Tower

by Melinda Tuhus | Dec 19, 2006 12:49 pm | Comments (8)

East Rock area residents showed up at a meeting Monday hoping to have input into the siting of a 120-foot communications tower atop iconic East Rock. But they learned otherwise from city officials.

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Quick Stop Stop

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 19, 2006 11:53 am

Three people in three different parts of the city were mugged at gunpoint overnight Monday, and a man was stabbed. Read on for more crime details, according to police spokeswoman Bonnie Winchester.

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Too High

by Melinda Tuhus | Dec 19, 2006 8:19 am | Comments (4)

On the eve of a fateful state regulatory meeting, several dozen protesters rallied outside the Church Street headquarters of the United Illuminating Company to decry the company’s announced gigantic rate hike, which climbed in short order from 38 percent to 45 percent to 50 percent for residential customers. Jake Weinstein was up on stilts over it.

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Goldfield Wants To Grill Borgstrom

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 19, 2006 8:14 am | Comments (3)

In the wake of community outrage over a labor agreement “betrayal,” aldermanic President Carl Goldfield (pictured at right) wants to haul Yale New-Haven Hospital President/CEO Marna Borgstrom and her board of directors before the city’s aldermen to explain their actions and defend their “trustworthiness” in a possibly unprecedented round of testimony.

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No Endgame Seen

by Paul Bass | Dec 18, 2006 6:11 pm

As pro-union clergy gathered inside a Hill church to decry a “betrayal” by an “abusive administration,” no endgame appeared in sight Monday in the renewed labor impasse at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Click here to read more.

No Endgame Seen

by Paul Bass | Dec 18, 2006 5:09 pm | Comments (9)

(Updated) As pro-union clergy gathered inside a Hill church to decry a “betrayal” by an “abusive administration,” no endgame appeared in sight Monday in the renewed labor impasse at Yale-New Haven Hospital, although a spokesman said the hospital is “reaching out” to the other side.

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Man Dies Fleeing Cops

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 18, 2006 4:37 pm

A man with a criminal record and a loaded gun in the car died in a car crash as he sped away from traffic cops Saturday at 10:25 p.m., according to police. When DUI enforcement cops tried to pull him over, the driver allegedly sped away, running a red light and crashing into a vehicle at Church Street South and Union Avenue. The driver, 22 year-old Melvin Ledbetter, eventually died of injuries sustained during the crash. His passenger, a 23 year-old city man, was arrested for gun possession. He and the driver of the other car were treated for non life-threatening injuries.

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They’ve Got Hard Hats

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 18, 2006 8:07 am

Doreen Sayles (pictured at right with her sister, Mary) grew up in public housing with aspirations of being a carpenter. She just graduated from a city-backed job training class with a new hard hat and a construction job.

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Hill Health Aims For African-Americans’ Hearts

by Melinda Tuhus | Dec 18, 2006 8:07 am

With the help of a $150,000 grant, Hill Health Center is helping African-Americans either with diabetes or at risk of getting it, like Carleen Elliott (picture), fight back. Click here to read all about it. Click here to listen to Elliott describe the changes she’s made in her life.

Hill Health Aims to Reduce Heart Disease in African Americans

by Melinda Tuhus | Dec 17, 2006 10:23 pm

Carleen Elliott (at right in photo) has been trying to manage her diabetes for the past 15 years, and it’s been a struggle. Since becoming a patient at Hill Health Center three years ago, she’s learned better ways to cope. Now, a new $150,000 grant that targets outreach to African Americans, who are at high risk for heart disease, stroke, and precursors to those diseases, such as diabetes, is going to help her and others even more.

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