by Paul Bass | Dec 10, 2018 2:34 pm | Comments (1)
As the state prepares to return to New Haven for feedback on a planned new Union Station garage, some leading local voices are questioning much of the idea — or whether it makes sense to build it at all.
by Sam Gurwitt | Dec 10, 2018 12:10 pm
Just south of the parking lot, a large yellow backhoe sat atop a mound of dirt, logs, and other bits of debris in a large clearing. Tires had gouged the mud all around into deep ruts.
To the east, the clearing sloped down to a small marshy area, on the other side of which the Farmington Canal Trail could be seen through the trees. A large mat of straw mulch had been laid out on the slope, covering the exposed soil below.
by Markeshia Ricks | Dec 10, 2018 7:41 am | Comments (2)
A first-of-its-kind community center for those who battle sickle cell anemia will be named for former First Lady Michelle Obama and, according to plans, open for business by the new year.
Continue reading ‘“Michelle’s House” Will Tackle Sickle Cell’
by Thomas Breen | Dec 7, 2018 12:18 pm | Comments (2)
Andres Concha-Brito spends his days installing carpets in Fairfield County mansions. Anneisha Haye spends her days overseeing housekeeping at a Whalley Avenue hotel.
Both can now return from a hard day’s work to homes of their own. They’re among the city’s latest property purchasers, thanks to a decades-old nonprofit that helps working class New Haveners become first-time homeowners.
by Sam Gurwitt | Dec 7, 2018 12:14 pm
Continue reading ‘Closing Looms; School “Family” Presses On’
by Thomas Breen | Dec 7, 2018 11:30 am | Comments (6)
After more than a decade as New Haven’s point person for all things zoning, Tom Talbot is packing up and leaving City Hall.
by Christopher Peak | Dec 7, 2018 7:29 am | Comments (8)
Can a man’s online search history be threatening enough to retroactively justify his murder?
A defense attorney tried to present that argument by showing all the online auctions for brass knuckles, stun-guns and pepper spray that a man had been trawling through before his death.
by Allan Appel | Dec 6, 2018 9:09 pm | Comments (3)
Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, 19-year-old Electrician’s Mate Floyd Welch was pulling together the microphone and other equipment for church services on his ship, the U.S.S. Maryland, anchored, with a sister ship, two by two, along one of the inlets at Pearl Harbor.
Within a half hour of noise, confusion, and alarms, he and his 1,000 shipmates were at battle stations. Where he stood through the smoke on the forecastle, he saw a battleship lying on her side.
by Thomas Breen | Dec 6, 2018 12:08 pm | Comments (1)
A new small business that sells portable martial arts “wooden dummies.” A new nonprofit that brings people together in Newhallville. A fireman-cum-software engineer using tech to support emergency responders. And a citywide push to teach residents how to code.
Those are a few local entrepreneurial initiatives to emerge this week as the city took next steps toward a future as an innovation economy.
Continue reading ‘Coders, Collab Chart Economy’s Next Moves’
by Christopher Peak | Dec 5, 2018 8:51 pm | Comments (4)
In a third-floor interrogation room at police headquarters, a detective asked a man if he realized how many times he’d fatally knifed another man that morning outside the APT Foundation’s methadone clinic on Congress Avenue.
by Molly Montgomery | Dec 5, 2018 3:56 pm | Comments (14)
New Haven 20 years ago spawned a new test-score-focused set of charter schools known as “Achievement First” that challenged the approach of traditional public schools.
Now two women are trying to launch a private high school with a “Learning First” approach that also seeks to take education in a new direction.
by Christopher Peak | Dec 5, 2018 8:05 am | Comments (21)
Dave Cicarella, the teachers union president, narrowly defeated two challengers to win reelection to a fifth term at the helm of the New Haven Federation of Teachers.
by Paul Bass | Dec 4, 2018 4:13 pm | Comments (28)
Hemorrhaging younger cops to the suburbs, New Haven is looking to pluck suburban retirees to help build its force back up.
by Markeshia Ricks | Dec 4, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (9)
Two weeks.
That’s about how long activists pushing for a strong civilian review board (CRB) have to convince alders that citizens seeking to keep cops accountable should have subpoena power.
by Christopher Peak | Dec 4, 2018 7:45 am | Comments (11)
After emotional pushback on tough questions about how public money gets spent, two controversial no-bid contracts advanced — with a promise that answers will come before the Board of Education’s final vote.
At stake are programs that enlist veterans and street-savvy outreach workers to help troubled kids.
Continue reading ‘Ed Board Spars On Controversial Contracts’
• NHPS Advocates submits 9 other names.
Four-day Temple Plaza market will feature music, food, and gifts made by local artists’ and craftspeople.
Sandra’s, Cositas Deliciosas, Sanctuary Kitchen highlight a 3-course “course” at NH Museum.
Audience challenged at annual ceremony, which honored Hanan Hammen, Jackie Downing, Ruby Melton, Elinor Slomba, Hanifa Nayo Washington, Rosa DeLauro.
As 7-year-old “Brother Robert” lights up Goffe Street Park.
From concentration camp, to international testimony, to a new life here: 
Barracuda’s Salazar opens new spot, where there’s a lot to learn about the agave brew.
Akbar: Reputation “unfairly and repeatedly called into question.”
Marty Looney grants enviro council’s holiday wish.
New Haven musicians play tribute to a scene stalwart who died at 39.
Ed Joyner & Darnell Goldson finally have their duel — with rapier arguments instead of swords or shotguns.
Pond Lily Dam removal builds community, restores habitat.
@Cafe Nine.
NHSO’s Alasdair Neale starts a “listening tour” a year early. 
Lieutenant guv candidate sees need for “169-town” GOP revival strategy.
Officials detail updated snowstorm plans.
Say front-liners Richard Cho and Bonita Grubbs.
Delores was a longtime member of Immanuel Baptist Church and worked for the VA hospital and for Chesebrough ponds: 
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Elizabeth, a Hillhouse grad, was a retired customer service rep for the New Haven Register: 
