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Jesse & Kimo Make It To The Stage

by Staff | Aug 29, 2008 12:36 pm

Denver — By the time Barack Obama took the stage, a grandson of Mexican immigrants had found a way to make a living again — and sneak past security to hear a story that sounded like his own. Melissa Bailey reports here.
• The (Fair Haven) House Goes For Obama
• 2 Cheers For Obama; Destefano and Dannel Do Denver.
• GOP Could Have Scripted This Bar Talk
• Protesters, Cops Chill; Mayors Plead For COPS; Rosa, Malloy Come Prepared; Larson Gives Up Tix; photo slideshow here.

• Old Friends Meet Up

Old Friends Meet Up

by Christine Stuart | Aug 29, 2008 12:23 pm

The Democratic National Convention was a mixture of politics and socializing with old friends, like Rev. Jesse Jackson, who wandered past the Connecticut delegation and met up with state AFL-CIO President John Olsen.

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Jesse & Kimo Make It To The Stage

by Melissa Bailey | Aug 29, 2008 12:17 pm | Comments (1)

Denver — By the time Obama took the stage, a grandson of Mexican immigrants had found a way to make a living again — and to sneak past security to hear a story that sounded like his own.

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City Abandoning A Street That Never Was

by Allan Appel | Aug 29, 2008 11:07 am | Comments (1)

Joe Fargeorge remembers as a kid sledding tiny, steep Grannis Street. If you can call it “Grannis.” Or “street.”

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Cruz Family to Police: “You’re Forgetting Us”

by Allan Appel | Aug 29, 2008 11:05 am

Gloria and Emiliano Cruz, Sr. said they feel their murdered son may have become just another statistic to the New Haven cops.

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Colored Regiment Monument Previewed

by Allan Appel | Aug 29, 2008 10:32 am | Comments (5)

Howard Morrison couldn’t wait until next month to catch a glimpse of the monument to the 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment, which fought in the Civil War. Those soldiers trained and shipped out to the front from what is now Criscuolo Park, then known as Grapevine Point. That is where the monument is being readied for major unveilings and receptions on Sept. 20 and 26.

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BMI & Balloons on the Quinnipiac

by Melinda Tuhus | Aug 29, 2008 10:27 am

Good food and good health go together, so a health fair Thursday afternoon piggybacked on the farmers’ market at Quinnipiac River Park. Full story here.

Vote Early & Often—For Public Art

by Allan Appel | Aug 29, 2008 10:21 am

Election season is underway: Should the stage on the Green be transformed into a huge nomadic tent this winter , covered in colorful ribbons? Should three bell towers arise on the Green? Or should 9,000 lights on nine cubes evoke the Nine Squares? Click here for the full story.

BMI & Balloons on the Quinnipiac

by Melinda Tuhus | Aug 29, 2008 9:26 am

Good food and good health go together, so a health fair Thursday afternoon piggybacked on the farmers’ market at Quinnipiac River Park.

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Vote Early & Often—For Public Art

by Allan Appel | Aug 29, 2008 9:18 am | Comments (1)

Election season is underway: Should the stage on the Green be transformed into a huge nomadic tent this winter , covered in colorful ribbons? Should three bell towers arise on the Green? Or should 9,000 lights on nine cubes evoke the Nine Squares?

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