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Feds Investigate Ex-Occupy Leader

by Thomas MacMillan | May 10, 2012 7:53 am | Comments (13)

As the Occupy New Haven camp fades into memory, federal agents have started paying housecalls to its erstwhile members and Fair Haven neighbors, and looking for a former leader who won’t answer their phone calls.

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Occupiers Plead “Guilty With An Explanation”

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 27, 2012 1:42 pm | Comments (15)

A judge ordered a dozen Occupiers arrested at last week’s police round-up to perform five hours of community service each—but not at Bank Of America.

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The “Healing” Begins

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 18, 2012 4:08 pm | Comments (13)

With Occupy New Haven gone, the city is left with a “concrete” dust bowl and a tree that will likely have to come down. The grass could return by summer.

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Free Speech Pricetag: $145,000

by Paul Bass | Apr 18, 2012 12:48 pm | Comments (3)

Officials took a victory lap after peacefully uprooting New England’s longest-running “Occupy” encampment Wednesday—then reflected on the cost, as well as the importance, of free speech.

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Cops Clear Occupy; Orderly Eviction, Arrests

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 18, 2012 9:23 am | Comments (19)

(Updated) Police made 13 arrests as they evicted New England’s longest-standing anti-corporate “Occupy Wall Street” outpost—this time before payloaders moved in.

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Housing Judge Rejects Last-Ditch Occupy Filing

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 17, 2012 5:19 pm | Comments (1)

A Superior Court judge rejected an 11th-hour complaint from Occupy New Haven Attorney Irv Pinsky at the close of business Tuesday, leaving no immediate legal recourse to prevent an expected Wednesday morning eviction.

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Occupiers Begin Dismantling Camp

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 17, 2012 4:01 pm | Comments (8)

Occupy New Haven began to tear down most of its 6-month-old encampment Tuesday afternoon, as the group lost the latest battle in a fight to stay on the Green. Occupiers said they plan to keep a small presence on the Green.

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Court Rules City Can Boot Occupy

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 17, 2012 11:05 am | Comments (15)

(Updated with exclusive details of court hearing.) In a victory for City Hall, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city does have the right to remove the 6-month-old Occupy encampment from the New Haven Green after one last round of lively courtroom debate.

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Occupiers Chase Drunk Frat Boys

by Staff | Apr 16, 2012 9:14 pm | Comments (2)

Police charged a Yale senior with larceny Monday evening after three Occupy New Haven members chased him and his friends to their frat house.

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Still Standing, For Now, A Half Year Later

by Neena Satija | Apr 16, 2012 8:06 am | Comments (3)

Members of New England’s stripped-down, longest-standing “Occupy” encampment celebrated an improbable six-month anniversary with live music and questions about how to keep their movement alive after an imminent expected end.

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