New Haven Independent

The Contractors Are Coming!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:39:00 -0500

It was burned in a British raid in 1779, rebuilt in 1780, and badly ignored in recent years by the previous administration at the New Haven Museum and Historical Society. Over the July 4th weekend the historic Pardee-Morris House is showing not only its patriotic colors but a bright new coat of white paint and other signs of yet another comeback.

Motoryclists Hurt Cop

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:29:00 -0500

Officer Matthew Abate was trying to stop some motorcylists from breaking the law late Thursday night when one of them struck him with his hog, then skedaddled, police reported.

A Tax Holiday

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:56:00 -0500

You couldn't pay your taxes at City Hall Friday even if you tried. Kathleen Smith-Bogan and Lance Stewart tried.

Look Who Got Raises

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:32:00 -0500

Forty-one mayoral appointees and other non-union city employees -- 11 of them with salaries above $100,000 -- just got raises of up to 12 percent.

Hooker School Boundaries Revealed

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:15:00 -0500

The city released a list of who gets to go to in-demand Worthington Hooker School. That turns out to be bad news for people who live in one half of this building (but not the other). And what's Yale's Silliman College doing there?

Fair Haven Greened

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:09:00 -0500

Fair Haven is growing greener one tree and one block at a time.

Adult Day Care Blossoms at Orchard House

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:00 -0500

"When you come through these doors, you can feel the love."

Lisa Lawrence, the nursing director at Orchard House in Branford, is describing the feeling people have when they enter the adult day care facility which has served the shoreline from New Haven to Westbrook for nearly 30 years.

Pedestrian Struck

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:00 -0500

(Updated 3:59 p.m.) A pedestrian sustained a "severe head injury" when he was struck by a car this afternoon in the Dwight/Kensington neighborhood.

The crash took place at 1:21 p.m. at Edgewood Avenue and Kensington Street, police said. Unlike at a recent crash in Newhallville, the car's driver stayed at the scene. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital. He was conscious when he left, police said.

Officers William Coppola and Steven Manware (left to right in photo) of the police department's crash reconstruction team were on the scene for hours afterwards, as Edgewood Avenue was closed off to traffic between Kensington and Orchard.

Hill, Westville: Keep Our Mail Here

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:00 -0500

"Please don't let them close this post office!" Lottie Poindexter pleaded.

At Parachute Gallery, A Refugee's Story Unfolds

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:58:00 -0500

Moussa Gueye was arrested and tortured by the military government of his native Mauritania. Now the trained artist and architect delivers New Haven pizzas and washes dishes by night -- while, by day, he's an artist-in-residence with a lot to say about work, survival, and starting from scratch..

Panel Calls For Stepped-Up Oversight

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:40:00 -0500

Aldermen should start paying attention to how the schools spend millions of dollars. And they should tie spending to performance.

He's Got The Beat

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:42:00 -0500

Like New Haven's annual outdoor music scene, Eric Triffin is in full swing.

Neighbors Give Thumbs Up To Signal Work

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:33:00 -0500

"People come flying through this intersection," Marty Feldman was saying. Just then a dozen cars zoomed through the intersection, oblivious to the flashing yellow light.

Strings Silenced

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:45:00 -0500

Young musicians Wendy and Mary Linton face a summer without performance, after Yale pulled the plug on a prized community music program.

Attorney Arrested on Drunk Driving Charge

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:32:00 -0500

Attorney Todd R. Bainer, a vocal development critic and former Branford police commissioner, was arrested Friday on drunk driving charges after he ran a red light, triggering an accident that injured another motorist at the busy Cedar Street and Route 1 intersection, according to police.