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Bella Vista Struck By ... Double Rainbow

by Allan Appel | Jun 18, 2013 8:30 am | Comments (2)

The skies darkened and rain poured down in torrents shortly before 7 p.m. Monday. Then, just as suddenly, the rain ceased 15 minutes later—and Bella Vista merited its name.

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Subway’s Pitch: The Public “Needs” To Stay In Its Cars

by Thomas MacMillan | Jun 12, 2013 8:30 am | Comments (2)

Attorney John Acampora came up with a novel definition of “public convenience and welfare” in a pitch to New Haven’s zoners Tuesday night: the ability to get a sandwich without leaving your car.

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New State Policy Boosts Q River Building Project

by Allan Appel | May 21, 2013 4:00 pm | Comments (4)

Erika Morrison’s sons Gabe, Seth, and Jude will reluctantly give up some nifty forts they have built over the years at secret locations in the narrow strip of woods between Q Avenue and the Q River.

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Four Ranches Headed for Quinnipiac; No Horses on Site

by Allan Appel | Apr 22, 2013 2:09 pm | Comments (1)

A builder got permission to construct four new single-family houses to be built on upper Quinnipiac Avenue in the northeastern corner of the city between Assumption and Fiore Streets near the Bishop Woods school and preserve.

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Parents Back City’s 1st Montessori Charter

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 19, 2013 9:38 am | Comments (4)

“Hallelujah!” declared Kaye Harvey: If a new pre-K charter Montessori opens this fall, she said, she’ll have somewhere to send the tots who finish her tiny Montessori operation on Grand Avenue.

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He Didn’t Back Down

by Paul Bass | Mar 12, 2013 1:47 pm | Comments (3)

On his belt he had a gun. A baton. Mace. But when he suddenly had to wrestle an armed and intoxicated armed 270-pound man in the dark amid oncoming traffic on Route 80, Officer David Totino could use only one weapon: his hands.

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Seat Belt Unbuckled—& Crack, Heroin Bags Found

by Staff | Feb 18, 2013 3:33 pm | Comments (1)

A 29-year-old man from the Heights got in a lot of trouble for not wearing a seat belt.

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City Eyes 15 New Homes On The Q

by Allan Appel | Feb 4, 2013 2:25 pm | Comments (21)

A gap-toothed smile along Quinnipiac Avenue may one day be complete, as the city eyes a plan to fill this long-vacant lot with 15 new homes.

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Gunfire Erupts All Over Town

by Thomas MacMillan | Jan 14, 2013 4:15 pm | Comments (5)

(Updated 4:15 p.m.) Police rushed to four different neighborhoods within an hour in response to separate reports of gunfire Monday afternoon.

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“Hawkeye” Stayed Alert

by Paul Bass | Jan 4, 2013 4:00 pm | Comments (2)

Evan stayed up late with Dad watching Kofi Kingston and John Cena wrestle villains on a WWE New Year’s Eve special. Mom was out at work—surprising two real-life up-to-no-goodniks who broke into a liquor store.

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