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Cops Investigate 3 Shootings

by Paul Bass | Jul 31, 2007 3:06 pm | Comments (8)

City police are investigating three separate shootings that took place early Tuesday morning and Monday night. Well, they’re doing the best they can. The witnesses aren’t helping.

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Welcome (Sort Of) To Waucoma

by Allan Appel | Jul 31, 2007 2:02 pm | Comments (1)

At this New Haven bar hard by the banks of the Quinnipiac River, the regulars were watching an Animal Planet program where a sturgeon leaped out of the water and broke a girl’s legs. They drank beers followed by whiskey chasers served up by bartender Scott Carr, who was laboring happily under signs reading “Free Beer Tomorrow” and “Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 1862.” And as the desultory conversation turned round and round, as it tends to do at watering holes, it was clear that neither Mayor John DeStefano nor the new municipal ID cards were wildly popular.

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A “Killer” Closing

by Nick Vinocur | Jul 31, 2007 8:53 am

“Killer Angels” offered a send-off to an innovative gallery in a garage off Wooster Square.

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Avery To Prepare New Haveners For Home Invasions

by Melinda Tuhus | Jul 31, 2007 8:52 am | Comments (15)

In the wake of the brutal triple murder in Cheshire, Officer Joe Avery plans to start offering advice on home invasions when he gives his popular “The Mind of a Burglar” talks in New Haven neighborhoods.

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Jepson Decisions Put On Hold

by Nick Vinocur | Jul 31, 2007 8:44 am | Comments (3)

A sparsely attended meeting of the aldermanic Education Committee fell short of fulfilling its agenda, as alders voted to discharge a motion on the purchase of a sliver of land next to the new Jepson School.

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To The Showers?

by Melinda Tuhus | Jul 30, 2007 1:54 pm | Comments (16)

The city is urging employers to offer showers for bike-community workers like Marco Costantini, who’s pictured sweaty after commuting from Guilford to New Haven on Bike to Work Day.

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Star Supply Plans Liquidated

by Melissa Bailey | Jul 30, 2007 1:11 pm | Comments (13)

On the deathbed of a fizzled plan to redevelop the end of State Street with boutiques and apartments, the Universal Hotel Liquidators is setting up shop.

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Cop Tires Slashed

by Paul Bass | Jul 30, 2007 10:02 am | Comments (3)

(Updated: 5:06 p.m.) A female officer directing traffic at Lamberton and Morris in the Hill Monday was struck by a motorist shortly after 8:30 a.m., according to mayoral spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga. The officer suffered “very minor injuries” and went to the Hospital of St. Raphael, Mayorga said.

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2 Visions, 2 Sides Of Town

by Staff | Jul 30, 2007 8:52 am

(Updated with fixed link.) The fishing family pictured above met up with a team of neighbors dreaming of a better Quinnipiac River Park—and lent some ideas. Click here for Allan Appel’s report. Across town, architects and Dwight neighbors envisioned a future of bike paths and common courtyards turning green. Click here to read Nick Vinocur’s report.

The Ultimate Garage Band Withstands The Rain

by Bry'onna Mention | Jul 30, 2007 8:32 am | Comments (2)

Drizzle, downpour, nothing. Drizzle, downpour, nothing.

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