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Your Bootfinder Bucks At Work

by Staff | Aug 30, 2007 12:39 am | Comments (1)

When the Bootfinder hauls away your car for back taxes, remember it’s helping kids like Joel Suarez (pictured at right) learn digital storytelling. So argued the mayor Wednesday, announcing a new round of youth programming grants totaling $150,000. Meanwhile, Suarez and other video-makers and essayists showed their stuff at a “Color of Words” celebration in the Hill. Click here and here for reports from Melinda Tuhus and Melissa Bailey.

Why Bush Could Appoint O’Connor As AG

by Paul Bass | Aug 30, 2007 12:38 am | Comments (3)

…And why Kevin O’Connor says it won’t — and shouldn’t — happen.

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Kids Get Bootfinder Bucks

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 30, 2007 12:30 am

When the Bootfinder hauls away your car for back taxes, remember it’s helping kids like Joel Suarez (pictured at right) learn digital storytelling. So argued the mayor Wednesday, announcing a new round of youth programming grants totaling $150,000.

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Hill Youth Shine

by Melinda Tuhus | Aug 30, 2007 12:29 am

This young woman won an essay contest in the Hill for expressing “voice and passion” in writing about her neighborhood.

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Student Assaulted

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 29, 2007 2:36 pm

A Yale grad student was assaulted while walking home on Prospect Street. Read on for details, according to Yale Police Chief James Perrotti:

“Consistent with federal reporting requirements and in order to increase
awareness about security matters, I write to let you know that a graduate
student was the victim of an assault that occurred Saturday night at 10:27
pm on Prospect Street near Hillside. The student was walking south on
Prospect Street when approached by two male subjects, one pushing a
bicycle, who were walking northbound. When they were close, the pair began
to punch the student and then fled down Hillside towards Mansfield. They
are described as being in their late teens, one approximately 6’ tall,
thin build, wearing a white sleeveless shirt with dark pants, and the
other approximately 5’10” tall, thin build, wearing a white shirt with
red shorts. The New Haven Police and the Yale Police are investigating
and ask for anyone who may have seen something to call us. The information
you may have could help solve the case. We have increased our patrols in
this area, and as always, I reiterate my request that you use the
University escort service or transportation system and not walk alone. If
you should witness suspicious activity, please report it immediately to
the police at 432-4400. Timely reports help tremendously in solving cases
and deterring crime.

Sincerely,

Chief James Perrotti”

Juvenile Review Board Coming to Town

by Allan Appel | Aug 29, 2007 2:10 pm

Young, first-time offenders headed into the juvenile justice system will soon be offered a new alternative route. This woman will be there to guide them on their way.

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Key Witness Wavers In Deep-sea Pollution Trial

by Nick Vinocur | Aug 29, 2007 10:21 am

The federal trial against a Greek shipping company accused of illegal dumping slipped into murky waters Tuesday, as a key government witness struggled to explain his reasons for testifying in the case.

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Report: One in Ten Still Not Covered

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 29, 2007 9:44 am

According to data released Tuesday from two national surveys by the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly one in ten Connecticut residents are uninsured and more than one in ten Connecticut children live in poverty. More than 3,500 low-income children in CT risk losing state insurance coverage if President Bush, as threatened, vetoes SCHIP legislation—Click here for a full analysis by Connecticut Voices for Children.

Fifth-Graders Get “Amistadized”

by Allan Appel | Aug 29, 2007 8:47 am | Comments (1)

“Welcome to one of the best performing schools in the state of Connecticut,” so Amistad Academy director Matt Taylor greeted some of the fifth graders and their parents who reported for their first-day at the award-winning charter school. In smart t-shirts and khakis, some as crisp as the fine 7:15 a.m. air, the kids lined up for what staff calls “Amistadization.”

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Tournament Keeps Kids Swinging All Year Round

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 28, 2007 5:19 pm

As the courts cool down from last week‘s celebrity tennis action, city leaders heralded the impact the Pilot Pen tournament has on the city, including helping the city tennis program reach over 1,000 city kids.

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