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For “Starsky & Hutch,” Armed Teen Was No Joke

by Paul Bass | Apr 9, 2012 11:18 am | Comments (1)

Finally, when the 6-foot-2 16-year-old who threatened to shoot him was safely behind bars, John Kaczor got behind the wheel of his cruiser. He turned to his partner in the passenger seat, Alex Morgillo. The two could finally relax. They could start joking as usual as they headed back to the night-time streets.

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Outlaw Dirt Bikers On The Radar

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 6, 2012 8:14 am | Comments (8)

A light breeze was blowing. The sun was shining down from a blameless sky. It was a beautiful day—the kind that makes Vincent Anastasio nervous.

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Alleged Rapist Caught

by Paul Bass | Apr 4, 2012 8:23 am | Comments (3)

A crowd helped police catch an alleged rapist in Fair Haven Heights.

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At Bella Vista, Losing The Battle With Smoke

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 2, 2012 11:20 am | Comments (6)

Nydia Canales has stuffed plastic bags into every crack around her door, caulked every gap in her walls, even put cling film over her light switches. She still can’t escape the cigarette smoke that filters into her apartment, triggering an allergic reaction that wakes her up coughing every night.

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Eagle Scout’s Sound School Tables Survive The Storm

by Staff | Mar 15, 2012 1:14 pm

17-year-old Chris Dmytruk has received his official Eagle Scout Award for his energetic work on the grounds of the Sound School, where he’s a senior. His family, which lives in the Heights, sent in this write-up:

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Grate Heists Hit The Heights

by Thomas MacMillan | Feb 29, 2012 2:27 pm | Comments (3)

As sewer-grate thefts mount in and around Russell Street, Lynwood Dorsey’s crew has started spray-painting numbers next to the replacements. They’re up to number 36.

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LCI, Q Ave Neighbors Huddle On Waterfront Plans

by Allan Appel | Jan 12, 2012 9:21 am | Comments (13)

As a not-for-profit pulled out of a plan to build supportive housing in a prime waterfront spot along the Q River, the city approached neighbors to explore a new idea: subsidized, workforce housing.

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Jaime Garcia Awaits His Gate

by Melissa Bailey | Dec 20, 2011 1:06 pm | Comments (1)

Jaime Garcia opened his back door to find a strange man parking his car in the driveway.

“What’re you doing on my property?” Garcia asked.

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Q River Neighbors Rally For Beach, Beech

by Allan Appel | Nov 10, 2011 9:32 am | Comments (19)

They came bearing laptops, photos, maps, and soil erosion projections. Their argument: an apartment complex for people with disabilities should not be built on this pristine site along the water in the Quinnipiac River.

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Constantinople Clobbers Incumbent In Battle Of Bella Vista

by Allan Appel | Nov 9, 2011 12:04 am | Comments (3)

Union-backed challenger Barbara Constantinople routed one-term independent incumbent Fair Haven Heights Alderwoman Maureen O’Sullivan-Best in what one supporter called “a slaughter” Tuesday night. The vote in Ward 11 was 633 to 112, with 555 of those votes coming from the five towers of the Bella Vista senior complex, where Constantinople lives.

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