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Military Calls The Wrong Kids

by Melinda Tuhus | Sep 27, 2007 9:33 am | Comments (3)

Of all the city high-schoolers to get a recruiting call from the military — why Rachel Kobasa?

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ID Card Sign-Up Hits The Road

by Melinda Tuhus | Sep 27, 2007 9:31 am | Comments (7)

After signing up over 3,500 people at City Hall for the city’s new immigrant-friendly ID card, city staff are taking the show on the road to reach out to even more.

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Flying High with Higher One

by Allan Appel | Sep 27, 2007 8:44 am | Comments (4)

A thriving young tech company in Science Park hit a new height this week, garnering both a national ranking and a new mayoral hand jive.

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Help Find This Man

by Melissa Bailey | Sep 26, 2007 3:09 pm

Police are asking for the public to help them track down this man. Jose Fuentes (pictured) “may have
critical information” about a homicide that took place on June 12, 2007 in Edgewood Park, according to city spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga. Police described him as a 21-year-old Hispanic male of dark complexion, 5’11’‘, 160 pounds, last known address 23 Elliot St. The public is encouraged to call 946-6304 or 946-6316 with any information.

In other crime news, according to Mayorga:

A 26-year-old man from Bridgeport was shot in the lower back at 9:42 p.m. Tuesday in the back yard of 119 Ellsworth Ave. No arrests have been made.

And two men at 48 Truman St. were robbed by four men who apparently had a gun at 12:55 a.m. Wednesday.

Sprawl Invades Howe & Edgewood!

by Paul Bass | Sep 26, 2007 2:05 pm | Comments (11)

Fortunately, the sprawl is contained to the inside of one building, in photos like the one above. Immediately outside, in real life, a different story has developed, an answer to sprawl, as Dolores Hayden observed on a walk inside the block.

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Fence Sparks Neighborhood Debate

by Nicole Allan | Sep 26, 2007 1:52 pm | Comments (5)

Eric Traester said he feels like he’s living in a prison. Despite the quaint, well-kept brick front of his Dwight apartment building, every time he looks out his window he’s confronted with a looming, shiny metal fence he feels is more suited to a “white-collar prison complex” than a residential neighborhood. When he slips out his back door and through the Miya’s-adjacent parking lot to Howe Street, he’s confronted by another fence with three rows of razor wire.

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Storeowner Fights To Relocate As Stalled Condo Project Buys More Time

by Melissa Bailey | Sep 26, 2007 8:28 am | Comments (11)

A longtime business owner, forced to relocate to make way for a yet-to-materialize 19-story condo tower, wrestled with the city Tuesday over where he can move his liquor store. Meanwhile, the condo developers were granted a year’s extension of zoning approval to give them time to draft, or redraft, their plans.

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Read “Dirty Ho’s” Complaint For Yourself

by Staff | Sep 26, 2007 8:19 am | Comments (12)

“All the girls in this department are dirty ho’s.” So, allegedly, said a male detective in New Haven’s notorious once (and future?) narcotics squad. That quotation sits among allegations of sexual harassment and fake overtime in a civil-rights complaint filed against the city by a female New Haven cop. Now you can read the full complaint for yourself.

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City Launching 4 New Magnets

by Allan Appel | Sep 26, 2007 8:19 am | Comments (5)

Interested in sending your child to a New Haven public school where they teach Greek, Latin, maybe even Hebrew? The Board of Ed received word late Tuesday that it has received a three-year $6-7 million grant to help create one new magnet school and convert three other schools to magnets.

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Foreclosures Threaten Perrotti’s Empire

by Melissa Bailey | Sep 25, 2007 1:37 pm | Comments (6)

It was another day in court for New Haven’s Foreclosure King, as a judge ordered one of the biggest, most controversial landlords in town to turn yet another blighted property over to the bank.

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