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Epstein Votes No

by Allan Appel | Feb 28, 2008 3:59 pm

New Haven Police Detective Clarence Willoughby, who is facing trial for larceny and forgery, was approved for a $58,541 pension in a six-to-one vote by the trustees of the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement Fund Board on Tuesday morning. The only nay was cast by Rick Epstein (pictured), the chair of the Board of Police Commissioners, who also sits on the pension board.

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Will Downtown Plan Worsen Traffic?

by Melinda Tuhus | Feb 28, 2008 12:50 pm | Comments (12)

The mayor’s plan to transform Route 34 and reconnect downtown to the Hill sounded great to this woman But she wanted to know: Can the transportation infrastructure keep pace?

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Custodians vs. Aramark: Round 2

by Allan Appel | Feb 28, 2008 12:17 pm | Comments (10)

The Board of Education is probably not interested in correcting its unionized custodians’ punctuation with the required comma for the appositive (“Hey, Aramark!”). The custodians are getting their point across, anyway, with this billboard that faces BOE headquarters across Union Avenue.

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Budget Watchdogs Release Plan

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 28, 2008 8:32 am | Comments (10)

No more handouts to Tweed Airport, the Shubert Theater, or the Peace Commission. Sell the city skating rink. As the mayor prepares to unveil a proposed new city budget Thursday night, those are some recommendations from a group of citizen watchdogs.

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Stakes Raised

by Paul Bass | Feb 27, 2008 5:43 pm

That’s how students and principals at two city high schools said they made a national “best” list.

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2 Arrested In Robberies

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 27, 2008 3:38 pm | Comments (2)

A taxi driver showed up to collect someone at 70 Clinton Ave. at 8:37 p.m. Tuesday. Here’s what happened, according to police:

The “patron” didn’t get in the back— he opened the driver’s side door. He simulated a gun and demanded cash or he would “blow the driver’s head off.” The cabbie turned over some cash.

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Surprise! Non-Profits Get Tax Bill

by Paul Bass | Feb 27, 2008 1:01 pm | Comments (7)

After receiving a hefty, first-ever city tax bill, Dorothy Giannini-Meyers fears she’ll have to raise monthly rents $88-$130 on fixed-income seniors at the Tower One housing complex. Unless lawmakers act.

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Beauty on Display

by Melinda Tuhus | Feb 27, 2008 11:20 am

This Yale undergrad was photographed as part of an exhibit “Celebrating Black Women in New Haven and Yale” because she wanted to illustrate “a different side of a black beautiful woman.”

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When Is Enough, Enough?

by Staff | Feb 27, 2008 10:13 am | Comments (2)

The following opinion article was submitted by Andy Ross.

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Rell, Dems Spar On Charter Oak

by Christine Stuart | Feb 27, 2008 9:02 am

Democrats and Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell took each other to the proverbial mat again Tuesday as they argued over Rell’s Charter Oak Health Plan approved last year by the legislature. The Independent’s Capitol bureau chief reports here.

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