Support Independent Online Local Journalism!
Everything you read on newhavenindependent.org is free--as it should be. Information and community debate need to be free. As a non-profit, independent news organization, we have no giant media conglomerate to fund all the work that goes into publishing this site.
Your financial support allows us to continue providing the in-depth local news coverage and community discussion you can't find anywhere else. Please consider helping us keep it going by signing up as an Independent sustainer and contributing money to our operation.
Option 1: To become a sustainer make a monthly contribution through your credit card. Your contribution is tax-deductible. Click on the buttons below to sign up!
Option 2: Feeling generous? Become an Independent Angel. There are three levels of annual support qualifying supporters as Independent Angels:
Basic Angel: $250
Super Angel: $500
Ultra Angel: $1,000
To obtain your Angel wings, send a check made out to "Online Journalism Project," to PO BOX 3288, Westville Station, New Haven CT 06515. (Again, your contribution is tax-deductible.)
Thank you for your support!
Also, please let us know if you'd like your name listed on the site as an "Independent Sustainer." You deserve the credit!
$10/Month
$18/Month
Sustainers
NHI Ultra Angel
Stuart Kramer
NHI Super Angel
Andy Ross
NHI Angel
Harvey Koizim
NHI Sustainers
Edward Anderson
Josiah Brown
Harvey Koizim
Heidi Green
Paul Wessel
Roland Lemar
Raman Prasad
Cora Collins
John Halle
Andy Ross
Julie Cohen
Brett Hill
Charles Pillsbury
Wick Chambers
Carla Weil
Jack Gillette
Kelly Monaghan
Bruce Crowder
Healther A. Locklear
Frances Clark
Steven Berry
Scott Bass
Steve & Amy Eppler-Epstein
Teresa Burroughs
Randall Beach
David Moakley
Joel Schiavone
Alex Karman
Mark Oppenheimer
Cynthia Corden
Kimberly A. O'Brien
Daniel Chudnov
Lane Kirkby
Sara Warfield
Clare Morduch & Sheldon Toubman
Joanne Goldblum
Mark Firla
Stephanie Fitzgerald
Donald Sackheim
Victor & Susan Stein
Kathrin Lassila
Robert Oliver
The Branford Eagle Sustainers
Mary Jane Kelsey
Eliza Cleveland
Warren Gould
Beverly and Marvin Zimmerman
Gil Kelman
Richard P. Shanahan
Priscilla and William Kissick
Erin McBurney
Gail Brekke
CT News Junkie
Cindy Rodriguez
Joseph Clifford Barber
Edward Burt Anderson
Angela Randazzo Parr
Alison Grieveson
Leo and Sue Canty
New Haven Independent Press
Stuart Kramer
Susan Orr Braudy
New Haven Review
Deborah Applegate & Bruce Tulgan
Alice and Edward Mattison
Allan Appel & Suzenne Boorsch
Marc Wortman
Arts & Entertainment
City-Wide Open Studios Turns 10 in Style
Motivations Murky
Health Care
Clinics Short On Kids' Flu Vaccines
Breast Cancer's Beaten Path
Neighborhoods
See, Click, Fix
Say: Quinnipiac Meadows
Black History
"For Colored Girls," A Chance to Shine
Middle Passage Conversations
Branford Eagle
Branford Takes Tabor Case to Connecticut Supreme Court
Lonnie Reed Announces Run for 102nd Assembly Seat
Breaking News
Bleach Factory Evacuated
Library Parties On
Business/Labor/ Economic Development
Sign of Good Times
3 Stores Closing on Audubon
Castaway
Prozac Nation, Elm City Edition
Castaway #6: Wine Expert Nicholas Day
Citizen Contributions
New Stone Added
ECA Writers Going Places
City Hall
102 Layoffs Loom
City Hall Confrontation Defused
Compost
Your Government At Work
An Apparently Impertinent Question
Environment
How Long Is "Eventually"?
Capping Carbon -- or Not
Food
The Cheese Was From Here
Jacques Pepin Cooks For The Needy
Gina Coggio
Everyday An Adventure
Lucky Sevens
Gone Dishin'
Gone Dishin' For All Generations
Gone Dishin' For The Odds
Higher Ed
This Time, She Was The Emergency Patient
Yale: Story Was Bogus
Hometown Heroes
She Harnesses The Magic Of "Horse" Power
Goodness Gracie
Housing
Bank Is Only Bidder
Rescue Squad Swings Into Action
How To Help
How You Can Help
Relief Sought For Flood Victims
Immigrant Tales
The Devout: An Intersection Between the Divine and Secular
Ecuadorian Soccer Kicks Off
International
The Devout: An Intersection Between the Divine and Secular
Ecuadorian Soccer Kicks Off
La Voz Hispana
La Voz Reports
Defend The ID!
Legal Notices
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Legal Writes
Heist Attempted
Amber Alert Worked
Media
Kool Kiosks Advance
"Midland Kid" Takes Off
Obituaries
Obituaries (starting April 20, 2008)
Geovana Alexandra Tapia Gualán, 22
Opinion
Justice Should Trump Race
Bloomberg-Rangel in '08?
Parental involvement
Mom's Business Grows, Along With Xena
Parents Confront Mayo
Politics
Ralph's At It Again
Activist Takes On Mentor
Presidential Campaign
Obama Mania, Redux
Obama Mania, Redux
Public Events
City Circus Gets Fired Up
Tales From "Skid Row"
Reel News
Safe Space Found
School Reform "DOA"?
Religion
AIDS, Civil Rights Pioneer Dies
"Indeed He Is," 99 Years later
Schools
ECA Writers Going Places
Mayo to Rell: Restore Kids' Future
Science
Yale Opens Labs To City High-Schoolers
Help Name The New Science School
Serials
Chapter 7: Inauguration Day
Chapter 6: Precinct 24 Turns Out
Social Services
Girl and Woman Power Builds
From IKEA To A $37.50/Hr. Job
Solar Youth
Teens' Videos Reflect Real Life
East Meets, Crushes West
Sports
Ecuadorian Soccer Kicks Off
Ghost Of Big Brown Rises
State
Mayo to Rell: Restore Kids' Future
Labor Concessions Sought
Transportation
City Seeks To Bike to Bronze
City Dissed on Bikes; Feiner Offers Advice
May 8, 2008 7:47 AM
Now It's a $14M Hole
by Melissa Bailey | May 8, 2008 7:47 AM
Taxpayers and city workers stormed City Hall, as the New Haven's budget hole blew up to $14.2 million and the aldermanic president dropped the L-word -- layoffs.
Continue reading "Now It's a $14M Hole"
Justice Should Trump Race
by Tom Ficklin | May 8, 2008 7:46 AM
The fissures along America's racial divide, as seen through the reactions to Barack Obama's presidential campaign: Click here to listen to a podcast commentary by New Haven's Tom Ficklin (pictured).
May 7, 2008 1:16 PM
"They're Thieves"
by Melissa Bailey | May 7, 2008 1:16 PM
Anna Festa was trying to get two sick boys to the doctor when she looked out the window and saw her car was gone -- towed due to a "clerical error" at City Hall. Now she's fighting to get her money back.
Continue reading ""They're Thieves""
City Seeks To Bike to Bronze
by Melinda Tuhus | May 7, 2008 12:41 PM
After New Haven received only an honorable mention as a Bicycle Friendly Community, cycling advocates and the city’s transportation czar are brainstorming ways to improve the city’s chances next year.
Continue reading "City Seeks To Bike to Bronze"
Girl and Woman Power Builds
by Melinda Tuhus | May 7, 2008 8:12 AM
With help from a growing philanthropic campaign, young women like these are taking charge of their lives.
Continue reading "Girl and Woman Power Builds"
Sign of Good Times
by Allan Appel | May 7, 2008 7:56 AM
What's in the spiffy new sign alerting drivers that there's free parking for shoppers at Grand and Poplar in Fair Haven's busy commercial heart?
Sections
Neighborhood News
Special Sections
Some Favorite Sites
- At Risk for HD
- Branford Eagle
- Brian's Commentaries
- Business NH
- CT Energy Blog
- CT Green Scene
- CT Law Tribune
- CT Local Politics
- CT News Junkie
- CTV
- Conn Art Scene
- Crosscut
- Design New Haven
- Folk Alley
- Gina Coggio
- Gotham Gazette
- Hamden Daily News
- La Voz Hispana
- Len's Lens
- Magrisso Forte
- Media Attache
- Medical Intelligence
- Metrocrawl
- My Left Nutmeg
- NBC 30
- NH Advocate
- NH Register
- NH Review of Books
- OneWorld
- Only In Bridgeport
- Oral History Project
- Pittsburgh Dish
- See Click Fix
- Smartpill Design
- SoWhay Sonata
- Some Stuff To Do Today
- WFSB-TV
- WPKN Today
- WTNH
- Yale Daily News
- barista
Government/ Community Links
- Advocate Calendar
- Ald. Meetings
- Arts Council
- Beth El Keser Israel
- Bioregional Group
- Boys & Girls Club
- CTRIBAT
- Chamber of Commerce
- Children's Museum
- City of New Haven
- CitySeed
- Citywide Youth
- Community Loan Fund
- Community Mediation
- ConnCAN
- Dariba Referrals
- Data Haven
- Domestic Violence Srvcs.
- Elm City Cycling
- Empower NH
- Ezra Academy
- GAVA
- Habitat For Humanity
- Hill Health
- Hilltop Brigade
- IRIS
- Info New Haven
- Jewish Federation
- Job Finder
- Junta
- LEAP
- Mary Wade
- NH Land Trust
- NH/ Leon Sister City
- NHCAN
- New Haven 828
- New Life Corp.
- Parents Available to Help
- Planned Parenthood
- Police
- Preservation Trust
- Public Allies CT
- Public Library
- Public Schools
- Public Works
- Register Calendar
- SAMA
- STRIVE-New Haven
- Solar Youth
- Soul-O-Ettes
- United Way
- Urban Design League
- Urban Resources Initiative
- Westville Chabad
- Westville Renaissance
- Wooster Sq MT
- Workforce Alliance
- Yale Events
- Youth Continuum
Legal Notices
Flyerboard
Sponsors
N.H.I. Site Design & Development
NHI Store
Buy New Haven Independent Stuff
News Feed
Movable Type 3.35