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A Cat Is Born

by Linda Cuckovich | Feb 28, 2007 12:08 pm

At 6 p.m., Christopher Sidoli was still unassuming in a rumpled grey t-shirt, betrayed only by a silver chain and an errant tuft of chest hair. By 7:30, when the lights came up in the Shubert Theater, he had become something else entirely”“one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. Click here for a backstage peek at the transformation as the 25th anniversary tour rolls into town.

Another Crash At Westville’s Speedway

by Paul Bass | Feb 28, 2007 12:07 pm | Comments (14)

A screeching crash brought neighbors outside their homes for a familiar sight—a high-speed car accident at the sloping curve on Yale Avenue.

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A Cat Is Born

by Linda Cuckovich | Feb 28, 2007 8:53 am

At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Christopher Sidoli was still unassuming in a rumpled grey t-shirt, betrayed only by a silver chain and an errant tuft of chest hair. By 7:30 when the lights came up in the Shubert Theater, he had become something else entirely—one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats.

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A-Fence Taken At HANH Contract

by Allan Appel | Feb 28, 2007 8:41 am | Comments (7)

The company Dan Derrico works for came in as the second-lowest bidder and was not awarded a contract to replace 6,000 feet of fencing at the Brookside housing project. Hot under the collar at Tuesday’s public meeting of the housing authority’s Board of Commissioners, Derrico let them know why he thought “the lowest responsible bidder—¬ù wasn’t all that responsible at all.

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Fire Recruits Pour In; Weaker Crop of Cops

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 28, 2007 8:22 am | Comments (3)

A police recruitment drive harvested far fewer able bodies than the mayor and chief had hoped for to replenish abandoned walking beats. Meanwhile, the fire recruitment drive moves forward, with 700 applicants invited back for an oral exam, reported top fire brass.

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S & S: Working, and Waiting

by Allan Appel | Feb 28, 2007 8:13 am | Comments (1)

Last week Diana McFarland, a part-time Stop & Shop worker at the Amity Road store, was waiting to hear the results of the negotiations on a new contract between her union, UFCW Local 371 and Stop & Shop. She’s still waiting, and, according to Brian Petronella, president of Local 371, the outcome at this point does not appear to be a happy one. The key sticking point is health insurance.

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Democrats Unveil Their Own Rell-Care Plan

by Christine Stuart | Feb 28, 2007 8:08 am

Some state legislative Democrats introduced a new health care plan. It showed that they—unlike fellow party members pushing single-payer or full universal care,  but like the Republican governor—they can think small about a big problem. Click here for a report from Independent Capitol correspondent Christine Stuart.

She Says JoJo Has Her Moving Money

by Paul Bass | Feb 27, 2007 3:11 pm | Comments (6)

Anyone seen Gwen Buskey’s landlord? She’s not the only one who wants to know.

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Mr. Bean’s Pearls of Wisdom

by Paul Bass | Feb 27, 2007 1:24 pm | Comments (2)

What to do about a “dirty Australian” in a coffee shop? Read the following postings from one of New Haven’s liveliest interactive venues, the bulletin board at Koffee? on Audubon Street.

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Cops Target Cedar Hill

by Allan Appel | Feb 27, 2007 12:29 pm | Comments (10)

Sgt. Rebecca Sweeney introduced herself to neighbors in East Rock—along with a plan to set up a new substation in crime-plagued Cedar Hill.

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