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Candy Meets Aristotle At St. Martin De Porres

by Allan Appel | May 13, 2013 4:27 pm | Comments (2)

Last week they tried to prove they exist. Next week they will debate when a cake is a cake. Today’s challenge: define the meaning of “fair”—not the outdoor party but the ethical term.

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His Tea Didn’t Get Cold

by Paul Bass | May 7, 2013 3:26 pm | Comments (5)

Detective Bertram Ettienne had just finished polishing off a plate of bacalao with yuca at Collado Restaurant in the Hill when a murder suspect happened to walk in. Ettienne saw no reason to jump up.

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70 Years Later, Putnam Street Reborn

by Melissa Bailey | May 1, 2013 8:15 am | Comments (8)

Seven decades after she moved from Putnam Street to West Haven, Marie Gagliardi returned to the house she grew up in to see years of decay reversed.

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$2.6 Million Hill Rescue Effort Launched

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 29, 2013 11:09 am | Comments (6)

Two years after a not-for-profit housing agency abandoned 65 apartments amid financial troubles, Shaquana Shaw and her dad grabbed an airless paint machine and joined a rescue mission.

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GARLiC Grows In The Hill

by Ariela Martin | Apr 26, 2013 9:36 am | Comments (1)

Monday night marked the opening of GARLiC, an art initiative in the Hill to encourage green artistic endeavors while helping the environment.

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Lab Mice Catch Break From Jackhammer Ruckus

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 26, 2013 8:28 am | Comments (5)

Based on a complaint that jackhammers are threatening the tranquility of laboratory mice, the housing authority has agreed to spend an extra $22,000 to speed up demolition of a public-housing tower on Howard Avenue.

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Kermit Carolina Steams Ahead

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 24, 2013 7:42 am | Comments (6)

An “exploratory” candidate didn’t mention a name beginning with T.  But the reference was clear, and so was the point.

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Hill: Don’t Gentrify Us Out

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 23, 2013 3:51 pm | Comments (19)

Hill neighbors had a message for consultants studying how to build atop parking lots and stitch their neighborhood and downtown back together: Don’t price us out of our home.

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Ahoy! Shipping Container Apartment House Docking

by Allan Appel | Mar 26, 2013 12:22 pm | Comments (5)

Christian Salvati is building a Superstorm Sandy-“inspired” apartment house in the flood plains of New Haven.

He plans to perch it on concrete pillars 9 feet off the ground and fashion it from 26 pinned-together shipping containers designed for hostile conditions of the high seas.

Category Four Hurricane coming ashore in the Hill? Bring it on.

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Smith & Prusinski Hit Congress Avenue

by Melissa Bailey | Mar 26, 2013 8:23 am | Comments (5)

Officer Dana Smith laced up a new pair of Nike All Condition Gear boots and strolled down Congress Avenue—a stroll he and his partner will be taking five days a week, for eight hours at a time.

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