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Home Invaders Make Off With Intrepid

by Melissa Bailey | May 14, 2013 5:13 pm

Two men broke into a house off William Street Tuesday afternoon, tied up the homeowners, then made off with their Grey 2004 Dodge Interpid.

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Blossom Umbrella Opens

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 23, 2013 11:33 am | Comments (2)

Peter Piscatelli took a peek on Friday: Not quite there. So he returned Monday to see Wooster Square’s iconic canopy of cherry blossoms open in full glory.

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Square Dance, Anyone?

by Allan Appel | Mar 28, 2013 7:57 am | Comments (2)

Is the state inviting us to do-si-do?

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Roll Over, Hendrix

by Paul Bass | Mar 19, 2013 2:56 pm

If you missed Woodstock, but you made it to Wooster Street Monday evening, then you still got to find out what happens when “The Star Spangled Banner” bursts into air—and reemerges as as an anthem for a modern age.

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Escape From Milford! Solar Firm Moves To City

by Thomas MacMillan | Mar 12, 2013 4:20 pm | Comments (14)

No more fighting highway traffic in bad weather. No more working in a sidewalk-less sea of strip malls. No more fretting about suburban crime or contributing to climate change.

A company called “Sunlight Solar” has said good-bye to all that—by moving from Milford into New Haven.

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History Bests Bungalows

by Paul Bass | Mar 11, 2013 12:00 pm | Comments (8)

The city has changed its mind for now about selling a downtown parking lot, while it has chosen an historic vision over a futuristic vision in selecting a builder to fill three Wooster Square lots with new two-family homes.

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Wooster Square Writer Snags A “Windham”

by Allan Appel | Mar 4, 2013 2:21 pm | Comments (1)

Move over National Book Award. Take a seat, Pulitzer. You too, Nobel.

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Demolition Art?

by Allan Appel | Feb 25, 2013 5:07 pm

Bricks, bricks, everywhere and not a building in sight. But maybe it’s art?

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Firefighters Battle 2 Simultaneous Early-Morning Blazes

by Thomas MacMillan and Paul Bass | Feb 22, 2013 5:48 pm | Comments (3)

As fire investigators probe two pre-dawn blazes, one fire-damaged building may have to come down. Another, on Ellsworth Avenue, will stand, thanks to a firewall that stopped flames from tearing through the entire building.

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Revival Unites Crosstown Episcopalians

by Allan Appel | Feb 5, 2013 2:33 pm | Comments (6)

The recent cold snap burst the pipes in Newhallville’s St. Andrews Church parish hall, but it didn’t burst the spirit of the congregation: The congregation simply brought its gospel choir across town to Wooster Square.

There they launched New Haven’s first-ever Episcopal revival meeting.

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