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C-Town Comes to Dixwell

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 27, 2007 1:27 pm | Comments (10)

Isaiah Williams used to have to walk to a different neighborhood for a decent deal on diapers. Now that Dixwell Avenue has a new C-Town, he walks a block.

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To Have (Health Care) And Have Not

by Paul Bass | Feb 27, 2007 10:00 am

The insured, too, often have trouble getting health care—as their advocates, like AG Dick Blumenthal (pictured), know too well. Click here for coverage of an event on that subject covered by Independent Capitol correspondent Christine Stuart.

Ethics Train Steams Ahead

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 27, 2007 9:31 am | Comments (4)

“Do we lose more than we gain”¬ù by halting the revolving door between city officials and “lobbyists”? And with new ethics laws, will Rob Smuts (pictured at left) still get Christmas socks?

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Public Good Debated in East Rock

by Allan Appel | Feb 27, 2007 9:27 am | Comments (15)

Does a new state law pushed by New Haveners like Susan Campion (shown debating with Alderman Roland Lemar) protect property owners’ rights, or hamstring development? That was the question stirring debate between Campion and Alderman Roland Lemar (pictured) and others at an East Rock management meeting.

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Union Withdraws Election Petition

by Staff | Feb 26, 2007 7:56 pm | Comments (7)

The union seeking to organize blue-collar workers at Yale-New Haven Hospital has withdrawn the petition it filed with the government to hold an election, saying management’s violations have “destroyed any hope for a fair election.”

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Carjacker Takes Unattended Child

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 26, 2007 5:28 pm

A woman left her car running and her 14-month-old child inside when she jumped out to do an errand at Whalley and Sherman Avenues at 8:16 p.m. Saturday. When she came back, a man was sitting in the front seat brandishing a gun. He drove away with the baby, but promptly crashed the car across the street. The child was uninjured. DCF is investigating the woman’s behavior.

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Rebellious Lawyering

by TOM FICKLIN | Feb 26, 2007 2:26 pm

Social justice and law: That was theme this weekend of a “rebellious lawyering” conference. One highlight Saturday night was a speech by federal judge Thelton Henderson. Click on the play arrows to watch highlights videotaped by Tom Ficklin.

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Ching, Cling—& Clang

by Paul Bass | Feb 26, 2007 1:31 pm

Percussion—it’s not just banging on drums, as Oslo’s Eirik Raude demon- strated while roaming the Sprague Hall stage for a 30-minute rendition of I Ching. Click on the play arrow for a snippet. Click here to read, hear and watch more from a memorable evening.

Ching, Cling—Clang!

by Paul Bass | Feb 26, 2007 11:03 am

Percussion—it’s not just banging on drums, as Oslo’s Eirik Raude demonstrated while roaming the Sprague Hall stage for a 30-minute rendition of I Ching.

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Nature, Nurture & Regaining a Community’s Rhythm

by VJ Vitkowsky | Feb 26, 2007 10:06 am | Comments (2)

New Haven’s black community has lost its rhythm, said Bea Dozier-Taylor [pictured].  She wasn’t talking about beats and steps, but the moral fiber that unites communities into powerful, mobilized forces. She and other panelists at a Gateway forum called upon their generation to step up to the plate and take it back—as they debated the problem’s root causes.

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