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Hersh Forecasts Grim Future in Iraq

by Christopher Gombeski | Jan 31, 2007 11:48 pm | Comments (1)

Before a packed crowd at the Yale Law School Auditorium, investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh berated the Bush Administration for its handling of the Iraq war and called President Bush “the most radical president we’ve ever had.”¬ù

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Street Dogs Still On the Loose

by Melissa Bailey | Jan 31, 2007 3:39 pm

A 45-year-old woman from Fair Haven was walking with a male friend on Clay Street at 12:43 a.m. Wednesday when they were approached by three unknown men with a gun. As the woman fled, she looked back and saw her friend being assaulted by the men. Police arrested one of three suspects in the assault, a 22-year-old man also from Fair Haven.

Read on for more crime details, according to police spokeswoman Bonnie Winchester.

The Casa Nostra restaurant at 232 Wooster St. reported burglars forced their rear door open overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.

And after 10 hours, a battery of law officials, with the Trooper One helicopter circling the skies, gave up a search for feral dogs that have hunkered down in the razed Rockview Circle housing projects in West Rock. One dog, believed to be the one which mauled a woman last week in Beaver Hills, was tranquilized but slipped away before the drugs set in. The six or seven street dogs, one of which has been attacking residents, have established underground lairs and hiding spots in the area, say police. One of the dogs is an Akita, a pretty, easily house-trained Japanese pooch, believed to be an abandoned pet.

After Tuesday’s resource-intensive search, police will no longer actively search for the dogs, said Winchester. Anyone who sees a suspicious-looking canine is encouraged to call 946-6316.

That Metal’s Twisted

by Staff | Jan 31, 2007 12:08 pm | Comments (7)

Yow! That mass of steel left behind from the implosion of the New Haven Coliseum continues to make for quite a closing heavy-metal performance at the gateway to the city. Rebecca Turcio sent in a bunch of photos; following are more of hers, as well as others sent to date.

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Cop, City Hall Push State for Street Outreach Bucks

by Melissa Bailey | Jan 31, 2007 8:28 am | Comments (1)

City Police Officer Shafiq Abdussabur (pictured at left) packed his briefcase and took his community policing message to Hartford as part of a multi-pronged New Haven push at the state Capitol for help with its youth violence initiatives.

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From Boston & Providence… To New Haven?

by Allan Appel | Jan 31, 2007 8:28 am | Comments (3)

Would New Haven be interested in a youth violence prevention program that can reduce homicides by 50 percent in a single year? Alderman Yusuf Shah and Bitsie Clark (pictured) were among those receiving a sneak preview of just such a promising program at a workshop convened at City Hall.

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Arbitrator Dismisses Complaints

by Paul Bass | Jan 30, 2007 4:14 pm | Comments (7)

Eight complaints of improper conduct by Yale-New Haven Hospital and the union trying to organize its blue-collar workers disappeared in one day.

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2 Fires Avoided At Clinton Ave. School; Cause Probed

by Melissa Bailey | Jan 30, 2007 3:52 pm | Comments (3)

Just 15 months after the sparkling new Clinton Avenue School reopened its doors, school officials noticed a burning smell. They pulled a fire alarm. After a second episode, an investigation began into possible flaws in the school’s design.

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The Latest From La Voz

by Staff | Jan 30, 2007 2:26 pm

Click the play arrow to watch the latest news about New Haven’s Latino community—in English and in Spanish—from the newsroom of La Voz Hispana. La Voz publisher Norma Rodriguez-Reyes and New Haven editor Hernando Diosa are the hosts.

Young Nature Artists Emerge

by Melinda Tuhus | Jan 30, 2007 2:22 pm | Comments (2)

What could have been so exciting to these participants on a New Haven Inner City Outings trip that they insisted on staying outdoors for more than two hours (when the wind-chill temperature was 13 degrees) busily collecting sticks, stones and pine cones?

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Anti-Gun Campaign Comes To Newhallville

by Melinda Tuhus | Jan 30, 2007 8:21 am | Comments (76)

Gun crimes are back on the rise in Connecticut, but new momentum—and newly elected legislators—offer hope of strengthening gun laws, this suburban mom from Trumbull said as she brought a statewide campaign to Newhallville.

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