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Un-“Notched,” SoHu Moves Downtown

by Thomas MacMillan | May 22, 2012 8:25 am | Comments (20)

As lawmakers signed off on a new citywide ward-boundary map, members of a tight-knit East Rock neighborhood found themselves politically exiled from East Rock—but still together.

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City Wants Its Workers To “Buy New Haven”

by Paul Bass | May 3, 2012 4:10 pm | Comments (49)

Taking a page from a political campaign opponent, City Hall unveiled a plan to convince teachers, cops, firefighters, and other government employees to buy homes in town.

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Kwame & Straw Buyer Leave Trail Of Blight

by By Paul Bass & Caitlin Emma | Mar 9, 2012 1:00 pm | Comments (3)

A New Haven man living in public-housing projects managed to cough up more than $1 million to buy properties around town.

And an African liberation leader returned from the grave to run a mortgage scam that sowed neglect in struggling New Haven neighborhoods.

If you think that sounds preposterous, you’re not alone—federal investigators thought so, too.

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Who Sold What

by Uma Ramiah | Feb 17, 2011 12:27 pm

The following land-record filings took place between Feb. 3 and Feb. 11. They included a transfer of property from Fair Haven developer Angelo Reyes, who faces federal arson charges; the filings also include a document in which Carmen R. Diaz grants Reyes power of attorney.

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9 Garages Collapse

by Staff | Feb 3, 2011 7:47 pm

Nine garages collapsed in New Haven from the ice/snow storm of the past two days, and the city condemned a flat-roofed eight-unit apartment building.

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Who Sold What

by Uma Ramiah | Feb 3, 2011 11:59 am

The following land-record filings took place between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1, 2011.

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Next Come The Deluge & The Ice

by Melissa Bailey | Feb 2, 2011 5:26 pm | Comments (3)

After melting snow poured into a major downtown street, it took a backhoe, a shovel, and swift coordination to clear away the gushing water. It was the first of what could be many operations to come, as New Haven’s snow emergency turns into an ice and flooding emergency.

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Some Plows Were Too Big, Some Too Small

by Thomas MacMillan | Jan 28, 2011 6:06 pm | Comments (30)

As a main Fair Haven traffic artery remained “a nightmare” for drivers a day after a snowstorm, aldermen from neighborhoods across town demanded answers from City Hall about New Haven’s handling of the historic mounds of white stuff. And a new explanation emerged for why some smaller streets went days without getting plowed.

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Edgewood Park 8:45 A.M.

by Staff | Jan 27, 2011 3:35 pm | Comments (2)

Readers captured some of the beauty that blanketed New Haven Thursday.

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Nature’s Paintbrush

by Staff | Jan 13, 2011 4:17 am | Comments (9)

Readers sent in these “snow-tos” of Wednesday’s beautiful storm from bird’s eye and land’s eye views.  Nineteen inches of snow fell on the city, and transformed it.

(Note: We’ve reached photo capacity on this file. Thanks for these wonderful contributions!)

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