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Teen Recovers From Drive-By

by Melissa Bailey | Jul 31, 2009 2:59 pm | Comments (1)

A 17-year-old was shot in the hand in an apparent drive-by shooting in the Hill Thursday afternoon, police said. The teen was walking on West Street at 1 p.m. when someone in a white Honda Accord fired several bullets at him. The Honda crashed into a parked vehicle and fled the scene.

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On 4 Cold Case Murders, Cops Never Gave Up

by Melissa Bailey | Jul 31, 2009 2:07 pm | Comments (5)

Detective Burnell Burrell had the killer’s name. Next he and Tyler Coward’s family needed patience.

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From Mean Streets to “Being Kids Again”

by Melinda Tuhus | Jul 31, 2009 10:37 am | Comments (5)

How does it feel to be a predator in the woods at night? Or, for that matter, the predator’s prey? Forty New Haven kids found out this week, through a five-day camping experience.

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A Recycled “Babel” Rises

by Allan Appel | Jul 31, 2009 10:25 am | Comments (3)

http://www.artspacenh.org/They brought their old stuffed animals, fan blades, crutches, plastic wheelbarrows, sneakers, household electronics, and even a pair of ice skates. The Salvation Army contributed endless pieces of fabric, carpet padding, and discarded vases and lamps. From the unloved and the abandoned, 11 area high-schoolers made eccentric, festive art.

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Harp: CHFA Needs To Reach Out

by Paul Bass | Jul 31, 2009 10:04 am | Comments (9)

After 30 years of wondering, Wendell Harp posed a question to chiefs of Connecticut’s top quasi-public urban lender: Why is he the only black developer they do business with?

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Splash Pad’s A Hit

by Allan Appel | Jul 31, 2009 8:34 am | Comments (8)

After the grand opening of the city’s newest splash pad was canceled due to a thunderstorm, 5-year old Joel Sosa and a dozen wet, squealing kids decided to make it official on their own.

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Youth March Nets Donations

by Adzua Agyapon | Jul 31, 2009 6:48 am

Briana Fuller, age 7, and her friends got warmed up and ready to walk laps around the New Haven Green by dancing and doing the “Cupid Shuffle.”

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At 11th Hour, Pro-City Hall Candidate Found

by Paul Bass | Jul 31, 2009 6:23 am | Comments (16)

Carlton Staggers registered to vote Thursday. He became a candidate for alderman. And he discovered a relative was already running for the same office.

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Contract Killer Turns On His Boss

by Melissa Bailey and Paul Bass | Jul 30, 2009 3:24 pm | Comments (4)

Police have solved four “cold case” murders, including one in which a contract killer turned in a man who hired him to knock off a 33-year-old Fair Havener, Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard said.

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Alderwomen Press For Legal Opinion

by Paul Bass | Jul 30, 2009 2:14 pm | Comments (19)

(Updated) Calling City Hall’s top lawyer “able and brilliant,” two alderwoman who originally sought to put his job up to a vote renewed their efforts to probe the legal basis of his hiring.

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