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Indiana Jones & The Bus Trolley

by Paul Bass | Jun 29, 2007 5:24 pm | Comments (4)

After years of fighting City Hall on behalf of bus riders, Mary Johnson had a once-in-a-lifetime experience: A city official responded to her complaint immediately—and fixed it.

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New Stats: Overall Crime Down, But Shootings Up

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 29, 2007 5:09 pm | Comments (11)

With a worrisome spike in shootings over the first half of the year, city officials said work needs to be done to reach two groups: Young at-risk kids and older men who’ve just gotten out of jail.

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News From The Compost Heap

by Paul Bass | Jun 29, 2007 11:16 am

Direct from the compost heap—er, newsroom—comes the latest edition of the weekly opinionated Independent v-log news summary. Special Raiders of the Lost Compost Edition. Click on the play arrow above to watch it. Click here, here and here for background stories related to this commentary; click here to watch past editions.

Mayor’s Team Opens Newhallville Office

by Allan Appel | Jun 29, 2007 11:08 am | Comments (8)

With a call for teamwork and a vision of continuing to “give people something to vote for, not against,” Mayor DeStefano presided over the grand opening of his Dixwell/Newhallville headquarters Thursday night.

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Relief On Tap For Flood-Prone Homes

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 29, 2007 8:51 am

For as long as they can remember, when it rains at high tide, the Murphys’ home gets “surrounded with water.” City officials said relief will come soon, in the form of a “duck bill.”

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Infant Mortality Back On The Rise

by Georgia Kral | Jun 29, 2007 8:50 am

Infant and fetal mortality—a problem New Haven tackled with success 15 years ago—has been going back up and is now higher here than in any other major Connecticut city. State Rep. Pat Dillon (pictured) called the latest numbers “an embarrassment.” Click here to read more about it.

Infant Mortality Back On The Rise

by Georgia Kral | Jun 29, 2007 8:47 am | Comments (5)

Infant and fetal mortality—a problem New Haven tackled with success 15 years ago—has been going back up and is now higher than in any other major Connecticut city.

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HANH Bows Out of 759 Quinnipiac Buy

by Allan Appel | Jun 28, 2007 6:38 pm | Comments (5)

This beautiful, early 19th Century Italianate house at 759 Quinnipiac Ave. with floor to ceiling windows is back on the market—as the housing authority, pushed by neighbors, has changed its mind about converting it to public housing.

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Indiana Jones Begins the Chase

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 28, 2007 2:26 pm | Comments (3)

(Updated: 5:20 p.m.) On his first day filming a chase scene through the city for Indiana Jones IV, a stunt man fell off a motorcycle and was sent to the hospital. These cars got weary zooming down College Street—one needed a jump start.

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Driver “Ambushed”

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 28, 2007 2:09 pm | Comments (8)

A man was driving down Grand Avenue when four people on bicycles ambushed his car. As he drove past 349 Grand Ave. at 9:33 p.m. Wednesday, the bikers surrounded his car, forced the door open, and mugged him. They took his car radio and wallet, and gave him a split lip.

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

A 30-year-old man is suffering from non-life threatening injuries afer being shot once below the chest at Newhall and Basset Streets in Newhallville. He walked into Yale-New Haven Hospital around 12:56 a.m. Thursday.

A 24-year-old was stabbed in the left side of the torso, at Sherman Parkway and West Division Street at 9:11 p.m.

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