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Candidates Call For Deeper Response To Newhallville Violence

by Paul Bass | May 23, 2013 7:14 am | Comments (11)

Days after another daylight fusillade of bullets on Newhallville’s streets and a decision by Yale to pull out of a home-building project due to safety concerns, mayoral candidates Wednesday called for creative new approaches from the city to bring order to the neighborhood.

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Yale Flees Newhallville After Prof’s Mugging

by Thomas MacMillan | May 21, 2013 4:01 pm | Comments (61)

After an 83-year-old architecture professor was attacked at the Lilac Street building site of a Yale-designed house, the university plans to pull out the newly installed foundation—and has decided it’s just too dangerous to build a home in Newhallville.

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Back To The Future On Lilac Street

by Thomas MacMillan | May 20, 2013 4:22 pm | Comments (30)

New Haven’s population is on the rise, along with a 17-foot-skinny new Newhallville home that may offer a glimpse of the densely packed neighborhoods of the city’s past—and future.

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2,000 Cheer On A Revived Freddie

by Melissa Bailey | May 19, 2013 8:25 pm | Comments (5)

A little drizzle didn’t stop “Action Jackson,” Spiderman, the Mob Squad, and far-flung drill teams from rolling, stomping and roaring down Dixwell Avenue Sunday for the annual Freddie Fixer parade.

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2 Sunday Fixes: The Freddie Parade & A Mayoral Debate

by Staff | May 17, 2013 1:58 pm | Comments (2)

The annual Freddie Fixer Parade, which draws thousands of people from throughout the region to Dixwell Avenue, begins at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Then, at 4 p.m., the seven Democratic candidates for mayor all plan for the first time to participate in a debate together, this one focused on economic development.

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Lawyer Launches Bid For Open Aldermanic Seat

by Thomas MacMillan | May 15, 2013 4:50 pm | Comments (47)

Newhallville Alderwoman Alfreda Edwards announced Wednesday she won’t seek reelection and threw her support behind trial lawyer Michael Stratton. He launched his campaign by taking aim at unions and “political bosses” who he said are wasting taxpayer dollars—by, for example, having twice as many firefighters as the city needs.

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Gatison’s Farewell

by Staff | May 3, 2013 12:12 pm

Come and celebrate as Lincoln/Bassett School Principal Ramona Gatison “twirls into retirement.”

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DSS On The Move, Slowly

by Allan Appel | Apr 30, 2013 11:29 am | Comments (3)

The curb cut is in on Humphrey, and the signs are up.

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Borders Shift In Newhallville, Wooster Square

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 18, 2013 11:28 am | Comments (7)

Defying advice from the city’s top attorney, aldermen have changed the boundaries of two neighborhood voting districts.

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“It’s All Right To Cry”

by Parker Collins | Apr 5, 2013 1:02 pm | Comments (4)

Regardless of class, race, or level of education “the one thing everybody can do is love these kids,” Steve Perry said. Specifically, he meant young African-American males.

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