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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Host: Shafiq Abdussabur

8:00pm – 9:00pm
Host: Paul Bass, Editor of the New Haven Independent

The New Haven Independent’s editor talks government, politics and current events with local newsmakers.

9:00pm – 10:00pm
Host: Jazz Haven with Stan the Man

10:00pm – 11:00pm
Host: Cliff Furnald

11:00pm – 12:00am
Host: Pete Mezzetti

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Anti-Immigrant Flyers

Found in East Rock and trashed by neighbors, in the wake of Trump executive order blitz.  Laura Glesby reports. 

Warrant: Friend’s Death 
Followed Fight Over Gun

Shaquille Pearson’s family, police gather to mourn homicide, announce arrest.  Nathaniel Rosenberg reports. 

Fair Haven Alder 
First To File For Reelection

Frank Redente, Jr. seeks a 2nd term repping Ward 15.  Thomas Breen reports. 

Strings & Steel

Make sure the day belongs to MLK, at 13th annual Music Haven-St. Luke’s Steel Band show. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

The Best & Brightest

Of African-American screen actors have one of them days.”  Jamil Ragland reports. 

What About City Clerk,
Registrar & Board of Ed?

Democracy Fund board seeks $ to expand to citywide races beyond just mayor.  Nathaniel Rosenberg reports. 

Freedom Dreamt

At 29th MLK Day poetry slam.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Pah-Pah-Pah Ba-Buh

Tap-rock crew hosts open rehearsal as part of inaugural dance residency at NXTHVN. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Swimming With The Trash Fish

Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood takes a sculptural dumpster-dive into the lies we’re living through.

Legal Notice

Tax Abatement Committee meeting 1/28. Read more. 

Why They Walked Out

On comedian David Cross. Review Crew’s Fred Noland reports.

Food Delivery Driver
Killed In Newhallville

On Sunday afternoon.  Thomas Breen reports. 

Of Gen Z & “The Rusty Years”

2 conversations that shine a light on the mess we’re in.  Lary Bloom reports. 

Brewery Birthday Bash

Fair Haven’s Armada Brewing turns 8 years old with a bang.  Arthur Delot-Vilain reports. 

Penn Rhodeen, 81

Penn was a music lover and one-time Legal Aid attorney who opposed the removal of the Grand Avenue Bridge.  Obit. 

Synchronicity Set

As Jazz Underground sets up at Three Sheets.  Etai Smotrich-Barr reports. 

Eighth Graders
Pay It Forward

By volunteering to mentor first graders at Fair Haven School.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Downsizing Miss Daisy

A slimmed-down restaging lands just as the world prepares to change again. Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood reports.

From The Banks Of God’s River

Jamil Ragland reports.

Cleaned Up In Aisle 5

Ribbon cut on extensive renovation at Whalley Stop & Shop.  Allan Appel reports. 

Warrant: Gun Dispute
Preceded Teen Homicide

Police believe Daily Jackson’s killer hated” Jackson’s late friend Uzziah Shell for allegedly stealing a gun from him.  Nathaniel Rosenberg reports. 

Flying Into LA

For a Black-Bowie glamberds gathering — just as the wildfires hit. Fred Noland reports.

Teachers union prez joins with other groups on state budget, housing fights.  Paul Bass reports. 

Watching, Texting, Praying

NHFD Chief Alston weighs in on LA’s wildfires.  Paul Bass reports. 

By $150K, for one of its four legal contractors.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Suspect Arrested
For 2023 Homicide

Thomas Breen reports. 

Dancer. Teacher. Culture-Bearer

Elaine Peters dies at 70. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Young Man Sings “Old Man”

At warmed-up Winter Blues Fest.  Jamil Ragland reports. 

Legal Notice

Education Committee meeting 1/22. Read more. 

Legal Notice

Community Development Committee meeting 1/28. Read more. 

Legal Notice

Joint Community Development/Tax Abatement Committee meeting 1/28. Read more. 

Star-Crossed
Lovers In Manhattan...

… come to Yale Rep, and a father joins LoveBabz LoveTalk to talk about it.  Staff reports. 

Self-Funders Reined In

As new rules take effect for mayoral public financing.  Nathaniel Rosenberg reports. 

Mary E. Smith, 88

The reverend loved to cook and sing, and her favorite gospel singer was Mahalia Jackson.  Obit. 

Senior Projects
Look Beyond Classroom

In HSC senior capstone class.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Bowie Week Ends With A Glam

Review Crew’s Jessica Galletta reports from Philly.

Tubis Strikes Again

As 2024 top typo catcher.  Staff reports. 

Bummers Battled

Canna-preneur offers fixes to biz barriers two years into legalization.  Paul Bass reports. 

How I Know

An arts writer’s primer on how to find out about events around town.  Karen Ponzio reports. 

Burning The Corners Of Memory

An artist reconstructs her family home and grapples with letting go. Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood reports.

Mandy's "Market" Rent Hike Slashed

Zoom photos

McClune and Schwan: $300 more is too much; Chen: That's the market.

Is Mandy Management raising the rent to align with market rates, or does the megalandlord practically set the market rates? 

That question was asked at a Fair Rent Commission hearing on Tuesday evening, at which Lenox Street tenants Douglas Schwan and Natalie McClune succeeded in getting a monthly rent increase knocked down from $300 to $100.

Continue reading ‘Mandy’s Market” Rent Hike Slashed’

New Haven's Birthday Present: 25 In '25

Thomas Breen photo

The grave of New Haven's first mayor: Not crazy about kings.

Where’s a good place to visit in New Haven in the first days of the Trump administration?

City Historian Michael Morand recommends the grave of Roger Sherman at the National Historic Landmarked Grove Street Cemetery — one of 25 local history stops included on a new list put out by the city in honor of New Haven’s 241st birthday.

Continue reading ‘New Haven’s Birthday Present: 25 In 25