by | Jul 25, 2023 4:10 pm | Comments (2)
Kristina DeNegre: ""It feels amazing to be home again."
A former New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) principal is returning to the district to fill a long-vacant assistant superintendent post, after the Board of Education approved Madeline Negrón’s first executive appointment since stepping into the top schools role.
by | Jul 20, 2023 3:30 pm | Comments (1)
Incumbent Mayor Justin Elicker and Board of Education challenger Andrea Downer emerged victorious in the last round of ward-level endorsement votes, this time by Beaver Hills Democrats.
by | Jul 6, 2023 3:30 pm | Comments (5)
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Goffe Terrace looking west towards Winthrop on April 1.
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Police Chief Jacobson and Mayor Elicker at Thursday's presser.
City police have arrested a 40-year-old New Havener for the shooting deaths of fellow city residents Jonathan Garcia, 27, and Marquis Darnell McNeill, 40, on Winthrop Avenue in early April.
Continue reading ‘Suspect Arrested In Winthrop Double Homicide’
by | Jun 25, 2023 4:52 pm | Comments (4)
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Shanay Cannon and Shaniah Matthews amid the rubble of their mom's third-floor bedroom.
With their mom on the phone, two sisters walked through the still-smoky wreckage of their home, hoping to preserve what mattered most to them, the day after a fire destroyed it.
Continue reading ‘Displaced Family Sifts Through Fire's Ashes’
by and | Jun 21, 2023 12:39 pm | Comments (19)
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City climate czar Steve Winter: e-bikes are a "big step to fill gaps in our transit system"
Eco-minded New Haveners looking to get out of their cars and onto two battery-assisted wheels will soon be able to apply for up to $1,500 in state-subsidized vouchers to help cover the costs of purchasing a new electric bicycle.
by | Jun 13, 2023 4:54 pm | Comments (3)
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Kaniya Rogers and Alayjah Ford: "I’m feeling good and excited to be graduating."
Sporting graduation caps covered in colorful flowers and pink feathers, Kaniya Rogers and Alayjah Ford took advantage of the few moments before graduation to celebrate their time at Hillhouse High School — and to look forward to hoped-for careers in healthcare and cosmetology.
Continue reading ‘210 Graduate From Whose House? Hillhouse!’
by | Jun 7, 2023 8:47 am | Comments (3)
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Darlene Brumell (right) and grandson Amir at NHS fest.
Sherman Avenue brightened to the sounds of beating drums and the flavors of falafel, barbecue, and tacos at Neighborhood Housing Services’ (NHS) ninth annual multicultural festival.
by | Jun 1, 2023 12:14 pm | Comments (12)
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Abdussabur with Beaver Hills neighbor Rivka Fenton in November 2020 acting in response to a string of attacks on Jews in Beaver Hills.
I applaud President Biden and Vice President Harris on making an important first step to addressing the crisis of growing antisemitism our nation is facing. As someone who has spent weekends patrolling to keep my friends and neighbors safe while they worshiped, I appreciate President Biden for saying what has been evident for years in America: this is a severe problem, and it’s getting worse.
by | May 25, 2023 4:23 pm | Comments (15)
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ESUMS junior Leah Mock gives the board a D for its work on reducing waste.
Class was in session for the Board of Education, and the assignment was to help save the earth.
A report card handed out by student-graders about the school board’s work on energy efficiency, reducing food waste and transportation emissions, and investing in a healthy and sustainable future looked pretty bleak: three C’s, one D, and an F.
Continue reading ‘Climate Grades Are In ... & Don't Look Good’
by | May 25, 2023 12:10 pm | Comments (8)
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Walter Pop Smith little leaguers play ball!
Coach Wayne Morrison to City: Please level the playing field.
City Little Leaguers pitched, slid, struck out and hit homers at the Munson Street baseball fields on which generations of baby baseball players have practiced for nearly 70 years — while attentive parents and coaches fretted about how the skewed state of those playing grounds could stymie their kids’ games and self-esteem.
by | May 22, 2023 2:28 pm | Comments (7)
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EHC member society Presidents Marjorie Drucker, Diane Petaway, Gloria Horbaty, Carolyn Baker, Laura Parisi.
As culture wars continued raging elsewhere across the country, an island of cross-ethnic cooperation and understanding celebrated a milestone in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘35 Years Later, Ethnic History Steps Into Future’
by | May 22, 2023 1:00 pm | Comments (14)
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Brian Jenkins and Tom Goldenberg outside the Armory at Sunday's endorsement.
Brian Jenkins returned to a former armory in his old stomping grounds to issue a call to arms: to elect Tom Goldenberg as the city’s next mayor.
by | May 18, 2023 12:02 pm | Comments (3)
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One buzz led to another Thursday morning for Taveius Winder.
Continue reading ‘The Word On Norton Parkway: Into The Weeds’
by | May 16, 2023 12:15 pm | Comments (2)
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King-Robinson STEM teacher Jonathan Hill, with seventh grader Thomas: "They solve their own problems in here."
Eighth grader -- and budding engineer -- Nevaeh James building her hydraulic system.
As her hands worked deftly on a new in-classroom engineering project, King-Robinson eighth grader Nevaeh James glanced back and forth between a basic model of a hydraulic system and her own build — which she had designed to be bigger and with an additional moving claw.
Continue reading ‘Student Engineers Put Pressure To Practice’
by | May 5, 2023 4:07 pm | Comments (7)
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Hillhouse senior and aspiring future congresswoman Ma'Shai Roman.
School board student representative Ma’Shai Roman is on track to graduate from Hillhouse High School in less than two months to pursue a college degree in political science with the goal of one day becoming a U.S. congresswoman.
If you had read her that sentence two years ago, Roman likely wouldn’t have believed it — as she was in the midst of transferring to her third high school while struggling with her mental health, all against the backdrop of the isolating and education-disrupting effects of a global pandemic.
Continue reading ‘Ready For College, Hillhouse Senior Persevered’
by | Apr 26, 2023 8:56 am | Comments (9)
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Ta’LannaMonique Lawson-Dickerson with NHPS students Chyna Lopes, Naylanee Alejandro, and Kate Kim at April monthly Citywide Student Council meetup.
Roughly 40 high-schoolers from across New Haven gathered on Sherman Parkway to cast their votes in support of having a greater say in school district decision making, higher-quality facilities, a more socially relevant curriculum, and increased investment in student well-being and restorative justice.
Continue reading ‘Student Voices Heard In Citywide Council Vote’
by | Apr 19, 2023 8:20 pm | Comments (8)
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Supt.-to-be Madeline Negrón with current NHPS leader Iline Tracey.
Former New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) teacher, principal, and director of education and current Hartford Public Schools Acting Deputy Superintendent Madeline Negrón will become the city’s next top schools official starting July 1, thanks to a unanimous vote of approval taken by the Board of Education Wednesday afternoon.
Continue reading ‘It's Official: Negrón OK'd As Next Superintendent’
by | Apr 18, 2023 5:04 pm | Comments (7)
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Cops and social workers were at the door.
“No one’s in trouble!” one called out.
Continue reading ‘After Homicides, Winthrop Gets A Check-up’
by | Apr 3, 2023 4:59 pm | Comments (3)
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Susan Comito takes a swing as pickleball enthusiasts square off at the Floyd Little Athletic Center-hosted regional tournament (below).
“Let’s pickleball,” city youth and rec director Gwendolyn Busch Williams called out, her words carrying through the rafters of Floyd Little Athletic Center and eliciting cascades of cheers and hoots.
Thus launched a scene unprecedented in the 385-year history of New Haven: hundreds of picklers pocking, popping, and dinking across a sea of orange nets in the 100,000-square-foot athletic space.
by | Apr 1, 2023 11:36 am | Comments (27)
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Goffe Terrace looking west towards Winthrop Saturday.
Two men were shot and killed in a parked car on Winthrop Avenue Saturday morning, becoming the city’s seventh and eighth homicide victims so far this year.
by | Mar 31, 2023 12:23 pm | Comments (6)
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Sayed Taha at NHPS career fair: “Students here also need a lot of help, love and support, and I hope I can give them that as a teacher.”
After teaching English in his home country of Afghanistan as recently as nine months ago, new New Haven resident Sayed Taha hopes to pick his educator career back up as a New Haven Public Schools teacher.
Taha was one of roughly 150 interested candidates to pursue that potential job opportunity at the district’s career fair — all as he continues to work with NHPS on moving up from his current role as a Hillhouse tutor by first receiving his teacher certification.
Continue reading ‘Hillhouse Tutor Works Toward Teaching Dream’
by | Mar 16, 2023 8:45 am | Comments (1)
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Warren Leftridge, Finn Crumlish, Amelia Tamborra-Walton.
Seymour, who works in a flower shop, has found an unusual plant. He stumbled across it during a total eclipse and has brought it to the store, where it’s attracting customers. His boss, Mr. Mushnik is pleased. But Seymour has discovered a terrible secret: the plant only grows by being fed human blood, and is ever hungry for more. Plus, it seems to be able to talk. What is Seymour going to do? And how will all of this affect the relationship he hopes to have with his co-worker, Audrey?
Continue reading ‘Hillhouse Drama Opens Little Shop Of Horrors’
by | Mar 8, 2023 2:00 pm | Comments (0)
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Kiomi Williams hopped into his Ford F150 truck Wednesday morning to head to class — then discovered he needed to call his friend Ed.
Again.
by | Mar 3, 2023 1:41 pm | Comments (1)
SCSU Prez Joe Bertolino, heading back to home state.
Joe Bertolino plans to step down from his role as president of Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) this summer to take up a new role leading a university in his home state of New Jersey.
by | Mar 2, 2023 10:50 am | Comments (14)
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Remaining pooches at city's under-investigation animal shelter.
A new HVAC system and veterinary care suite are coming to the city’s animal shelter — as ongoing investigations draw attention to the Fournier Street site’s lack of physical space for a growing number of abandoned animals, as well as to a chronic underinvestment in daily operations.
