by | May 1, 2025 4:13 pm | Comments (14)
The latest renderings for the new Tweed terminal.
Tweed New Haven Airport moved closer towards building a new, larger terminal in East Haven — by submitting environmental permit applications to state regulators, and by pushing back against an environmental-assessment appeal in D.C.
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At Wednesday's protest outside the airport.
Nitza Jimenez went to her very-first political protest Wednesday — to urge Tweed flyers to join her in boycotting Avelo Airines for agreeing to run deportation flights for the Trump administration.
by | Apr 30, 2025 1:04 pm | Comments (17)
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Neighbor Anthony Germe: Too many parked cars, terrible sightlines.
The view from Germe's front door.
Should on-street parking right across from Tweed’s entrance be reserved for the block’s four residents?
Or will a “residential parking zone” on that stretch of Burr Street — for homes that already have driveways — do nothing to address the true traffic problems caused by the airport?
by | Apr 29, 2025 2:22 pm | Comments (11)
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DaGraca Masonry crew at work at Dean-Burr.
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Traffic-calming measures at Burr and Dean, now under construction.
A construction crew has begun building a new roundabout at the intersection of Dean and Burr Streets with the goal of redirecting some Tweed New Haven Airport traffic towards Townsend Avenue.
Continue reading ‘Construction Begun On Tweed-Adjacent Roundabout’
by | Apr 22, 2025 4:17 pm | Comments (11)
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Planned traffic-calming measures at Burr and Dean.
“I don’t believe you anymore.”
“Nobody cares about the residents here.”
“You people make all these promises, and nothing is done.”
Morris Cove residents lobbed those accusations and others against Tweed Airport, during a public meeting about a city traffic proposal intended to mitigate some of those neighbors’ concerns.
Continue reading ‘Tweed Traffic Pitch Meets Community Turbulence’
by | Apr 17, 2025 10:15 pm | Comments (29)
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At Thursday's protest at Tweed ...
... Alder Smith (center) addresses the crowd, alongside Alders Miller and Cupo ...
For the second Thursday in a row, demonstrators gathered by Tweed New Haven Airport to protest Avelo’s contract to carry out deportation flights for the Trump administration.
The crowd was three times bigger than last week’s — and saw local, state, and federal politicians turn out to show their support.
by | Apr 14, 2025 10:13 am | Comments (22)
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Sara Amato, Lisa Bassani, and Kathy Gonzalez (right) collecting signatures at Nathan Hale ...
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... to fight against city's new exit and roundabout plans for Tweed.
The Elicker administration plans to build a new airport exit and roundabout at Burr and Dean Streets to address heavy traffic near Tweed — prompting pushback from some Nathan Hale parents who are concerned that cars will now be directed towards an already “hectic” school zone.
Continue reading ‘Parents Petition Against Tweed Traffic Change’
by | Apr 10, 2025 6:32 am | Comments (16)
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At Wednesday's protest at Tweed.
“Don’t let your vacations fund deportations!”
“Boycott Avelo!”
“Shame on Avelo!”
by | Apr 9, 2025 5:51 pm | Comments (29)
Sen. Prez Looney: Avelo's actions just the latest example of "caving to government dollars at the expense of human rights."
(Updated) Outrage continued mounting from both the grassroots and elected officials Wednesday against Avelo Airlines’ decision to run deportation flights, as more than 14,000 people (at last check) signed onto a boycott petition.
by | Apr 4, 2025 3:07 pm | Comments (17)
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Pleased passenger Kaye Pugh: “I like smaller, friendlier airports.”
Chris Smith, from Meriden, had his flight out of Tweed to Charlotte cancelled at the last minute, got little help on site, and he was number 71 waiting on his telephone for customer service for rebooking or refund.
Hamdenite Anna Collins, on the other hand, was over the moon at how smooth her flight was back from Houston, where she was visiting her grandmother. Leaving from Tweed instead of Newark saved her hours of travel with two rambunctious little ones, and the price was right. Amazing, she quietly declared.
That was part of the busy scene on a recent afternoon at Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport (HVN).
Between those two poles of pleasure and pain was also a range of views on the flying experience courtesy of the two discount carriers, Avelo and Breeze, in and out of the rapidly growing Morris Cove airport.
Continue reading ‘View From The Terminal: Pleased & Pissed Off’
by | Mar 21, 2025 8:03 pm | Comments (10)
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Lt. Brian McDermott, cleared by IA.
A city police investigation found that Morris Cove’s former top cop did not provide special treatment for the neighborhood’s alder.
According to Police Chief Karl Jacobson, the alder in question eventually received a misdemeanor ticket for leaving the scene of a car crash.
by | Feb 25, 2025 11:39 am | Comments (27)
At Monday's online school board meeting.
(Updated) Nathan Hale School is missing a certified second-grade teacher — bringing eight parents to ring the alarm bell at the Board of Education about their students falling further and further behind thanks to the staffing shortage.
by | Feb 13, 2025 4:21 pm | Comments (4)
Tweed New Haven Airport was cleared out Thursday morning after a passenger on board a plan about to take off started talking about bombs.
by | Dec 10, 2024 3:36 pm | Comments (6)
For the first time in 20 years, there’s more than one airline operating out of Tweed New Haven Airport.
by | Dec 9, 2024 2:16 pm | Comments (7)
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Avelo steps on Breeze's big week.
The race is on — as one budget airline announced four more flight destinations from Tweed, a day before another budget airline plans to kick off its tenure at the Morris Cove airport.
by , and | Nov 5, 2024 6:58 pm | Comments (19)
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Memori votes for Kamala Harris.
As dozens of children lined up to drop “ballots” into a “ballot box” in a Newhallville-based kid election, 9‑year-old Memori cast a vote for Kamala Harris, while 11-year-old Syair cast a vote for Donald Trump.
The issue most on their minds? Tax policy.
Continue reading ‘Scenes From The Polls: Kids Cast "Ballots" For ... Tax Relief?’
by | Nov 1, 2024 12:03 pm | Comments (26)
Rendering of expanded Tweed airport.
New Haven’s airport has received a $4 million federal boost to help construct a new 81,000-square-foot terminal that will include four more gates.
by | Oct 28, 2024 10:13 am | Comments (4)
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Principal Foreman: On a mission to "Transform Troup."
As more than 90 percent of Troup School’s students have been showing up for classes so far this year, Troup School Principal Eugene Foreman showed up to a Morris Cove gala — to be recognized for helping turn around the reputation of a state-designated “turnaround” school.
Continue reading ‘"Turnaround" Troup Principal Honored At Gala’
by | Sep 30, 2024 3:14 pm | Comments (8)
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At Tweed for Avelo's first flight to Puerto Rico, last November.
Temporary office, ticketing, and passenger-waiting trailers can stay for another three years on Tweed’s New Haven side — as the regional airport works to build up a new terminal in East Haven by 2027.
Continue reading ‘3-Year Renewal OK'd For Temporary Tweed Trailers’
by | Sep 26, 2024 10:35 am | Comments (10)
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Keynote speaker Rev. Barber: "Poverty is a structural reality."
Rev. William Barber had a message for dozens of legal aid staffers and supporters: After 60 years of serving New Haven, don’t “rest your case” against poverty.
Barber, the co-chair of the revived national Poor People’s Campaign and a professor at Yale, was the keynote speaker at a gala for New Haven Legal Assistance Association (NHLAA), an event that filled the beachside venue at Anthony’s Ocean View on Wednesday night.
by | Sep 9, 2024 12:15 pm | Comments (26)
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At Tweed for Avelo's first flight to Puerto Rico, last November.
Tweed’s operators are looking to keep in place for another three years temporary office, ticketing, and passenger waiting trailer buildings on the New Haven side of the airport property, as they continue to try to relocate the terminal to a new larger permanent structure on the East Haven side.
Continue reading ‘Renewal Sought For Temporary Tweed Trailers’
by | Aug 21, 2024 9:50 am | Comments (4)
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On the trail again ...
A walk by the New Haven Bioregional Group followed part of the route through Morris Cove of the proposed Shoreline Greenway Trail, which will connect the Farmington Canal Trail to the shore. In the process, it revealed a complex history of land use, and the ways that the push and pull of industrial use versus green spaces have shaped — and continue to shape — the neighborhood.
Continue reading ‘Shoreline Walk Reveals The Gray & The Green’
by | Jul 16, 2024 9:12 am | Comments (4)
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Milton Collins: Now 100, doesn't look “a day over 80.”
As guests entered Milton “Uncle Chip” Collins’s 100th birthday party at Amarante’s Sea Cliff, they might have had trouble distinguishing the World War II vet, beloved New Havener, aesthete, and now centenarian from a crowd of dancers. However, Collins could be found by the band, grooving along to swanky jazz.
by | Jun 21, 2024 9:34 am | Comments (13)
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LeQuire (right) and students at Tuesday's "goodbye picnic."
Hillhouse rising senior David Coardes discovered his love for painting thanks to high school art teacher Rebecca LeQuire.
On a sunny afternoon at Lighthouse Point, he gathered with a handful of classmates to say goodbye to LeQuire — not because Coardes is graduating, but because LeQuire is leaving the district after what she says have been years of complaints insufficiently addressed by central office.
by | Jun 10, 2024 9:44 am | Comments (4)
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Doug Rae with Dave Rodriguez of CT Junior Soccer Association ...
... at Saturday's dedication ceremony in East Shore Park.
A spirited group of 75 gathered on the edge of the East Shore Park soccer fields on a sunny, wind-swept Saturday morning for a dedication ceremony honoring Doug Rae — who founded New Haven Youth Soccer in the early 1980s with a vision that “players from all backgrounds can develop as members of the community through mentoring, teamwork, and friendship.”