The following write-up was submitted by Site Projects.
In the center of Fair Haven, a patient audience sits on the ground in the shade of a tree watching the artists — three of them — work paints and brushes, sometimes from ladders, sometimes sitting on the sidewalk. A mash-up of black scribbles covering parts of the wall is being transformed into recognizable figures: the legs of a horse, perhaps the front end of a trolley.
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Addie Davis-Wardlaw |
May 28, 2025 4:15 pm
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Laura Dixon, Addie Davis-Wardlaw, Dr. Pamela Monk-Kelley, and LaShante' James.
Monk-Kelley and Davis-Wardlaw, lifelong friends.
This following writeup was submitted by Addie Davis-Wardlaw.
My daughter, Laura Dixon, and my college roommate and best friend’s daughter, LaShante’ James, both received the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) 2025 Assistant Principal of the Year award for their respective school levels. Laura received the elementary award for her exceptional work at John Barry Elementary School in Meriden, and LaShante’ was honored with the high school award for her dedication at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk.
My friend, Dr. Pamela Monk-Kelley (LaShante’s mother), and I, Addie Davis-Wardlaw, first met at Southern Connecticut State University in 1973 while attending their summer program designed to acclimate minority students to college life. There, our friendship began.
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Dr. Aurea Evelyn Jaca |
May 22, 2025 10:57 am
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At the Truman career fair.
The following citizen contribution was written by Truman School Principal Dr. Aurea Evelyn Jaca about a career fair hosted for middle schoolers on May 16.
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Alder Frank Redente and Kevin Sanabria |
May 6, 2025 7:14 pm
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Fight Life Wrestling Heavyweight Champion and New Haven native Richard Holliday having fun with kids in the front row at Fair Haven School auditorium.
NYC Tag Team Midas Black and Jay Lion with ring announcer Kurt Adonis.
The following writeup was submitted by Ward 15 Alder and Elm City Wrestling Club General Manager Frank Redente and BST Wrestling Head of Production Kevin Sanabria.
Growing up in New Haven, the professional wrestling shows put on by the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) were at the New Haven Coliseum seemingly every month. Fans poured in from across the state to see talents like Andre the Giant, Undertaker, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H. The last wrestling show at the New Haven Coliseum was held over two decades ago, in August 2002 – and with the closure of the Coliseum in the same year, wrestling lost its New Haven home.
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Kate Goodwin and Glenda Reyes |
Apr 8, 2025 2:09 pm
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Kaitlyn Goodwin, Jenny Heikkila Diaz (JHD), Anthony Yovina, Mae Bunseng Taing, James Taing, Natalie Ochoa and Glenda Reyes.
In Hillhouse's library during the Taings' talk.
The following citizen contribution was written and photographed by Hillhouse social studies educators Kate Goodwin and Glenda Reyes regarding a Monday morning visit by Bunseng Taing and his son, James, who spoke with Hillhouse students enrolled in the class Modern World History.
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Melissa Liriano |
Mar 7, 2025 9:31 am
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Stephanie James, Claudia Reynolds, LEAP Board Co-Chair Ann Baker Pepe, Paula Jackson, LEAP Director of Children’s Program Chance Jackson, and Ferris Nelson.
This Citizen Contribution was submitted by Melissa Liriano, LEAP’s communications coordinator.
LEAP (Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership, Inc.) celebrated the 30th anniversary of its annual LEAP Year Event on Feb. 27, 2025. The event, held at the Dixwell Community Q House, was a resounding success and raised over $500,000 to support LEAP’s free programs for underserved children and teens in New Haven.
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John A. Taylor Jr. |
Feb 26, 2025 1:54 pm
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This citizen contribution was submitted by John A. Taylor Jr., chief executive officer of Elevate Charter Schools.
In an extraordinary display of talent and determination, Booker T. Washington Academy student Tiana Haynes has etched her name into the annals of middle school basketball history.
The New Haven Free Public Library Foundation (NHFPL Foundation) is thrilled to announce the honorees for its highly anticipated Mardi Gras 2025 celebration. The annual event, a cornerstone of the Foundation’s fundraising efforts, will take place on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the Ives Main Library in Downtown New Haven (Rain Date: Friday, March 7, 2025).
This year, the NHFPL Foundation will recognize two distinguished individuals whose dedication has significantly impacted the New Haven Free Public Library and the broader community:
Resident Suki Godek outside her Catholic Worker House "tiny" home.
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At DESK's drop-in center.
The following release was submitted by the Wessel Fund:
The Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen and Amistad Catholic Worker are this year’s recipients of the Unsung Heroes Award from the Irmgard and Morris Wessel Fund.
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Lisa Rodriguez |
Dec 19, 2024 2:18 pm
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This Citizen Contribution was submitted by Army Sergeant First Class (Retired) Lisa Rodriguez.
This month, James Hillhouse High School was honored to be a stop on this year’s Wreaths Across America convoy along their way to Arlington National Cemetery.
The school was tapped because of Hillhouse JROTC’s yearly participation in the National Wreaths Across America Day wreath-laying ceremony over the last four years. The convoy started in Maine and traveled for six days, making three stops each day at designated locations until they reached Arlington. They stopped at Hillhouse on Dec. 10.
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Naseema Gilson |
Nov 12, 2024 11:13 am
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Babz Rawls Ivy and Chrissy Tracey talk mushroom foraging.
Drummers greet visitors to new CitySeed HQ.
This citizen contribution was submitted by Naseema Gilson, CitySeed’s director of development.
The smells of Nepalese momos and jerk chicken wafted down the stairs, as guests poured into a former Fair Haven factory for “A Night of Food, Community, and Conversation.” The drumbeats and skirt swirls of Movimiento Cultural Afro Continental’s drummers and dancers greeted visitors at the top of the stairs, along with a message: Welcome to CitySeed’s new home.
Gary Hogan (center) with top cops and Beaver Hills neighbors after Wednesday's meetup.
The following Citizen Contribution was written by Ward 28 Democratic Ward Committee Co-Chair Gary Hogan, about a recent neighborhood meetup with top city police to discuss crime in Beaver Hills.
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John Curtis |
Sep 19, 2024 11:02 am
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Ibrahim Yusif: “I'm trying [to bring my family from Sudan to New Haven], but it's a difficult thing.”
Ibrahim Yusif grew up near the city of El Geneina in Darfur in western Sudan. One of five brothers and three sisters, he lived on the farm where his family grew mangoes, guavas, lemons, tomatoes, okra, sweet potatoes, millet, corn, and beans. “We harvest it over there and we take it to El Geneina to sell, before the war.”
Yusif is one of a growing number of Sudanese refugees who have relocated to New Haven — and are urging city residents and political leaders in their adopted home country to pay attention to, and to help stop, one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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Justin Harmon |
Aug 27, 2024 3:00 pm
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Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School dancers.
This Citizen Contribution was submitted by New Haven Public Schools Director of Communications and Marketing Justin Harmon.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Mayor Justin Elicker joined Supt. Dr. Madeline Negrón in a convocation celebrating the contributions New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) staff will make in the coming school year. The event was held Tuesday, Aug. 27 at the Lyman Center, Southern Connecticut State University.
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Makayla Kidd |
Aug 7, 2024 9:12 am
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Metro's Class of 2028.
This citizen contribution was submitted by Metropolitan Business Academy summer intern and rising senior Makayla Kidd about the school’s Summer Bridge program, which ran from July 15 to July 19 and is designed to help prepare incoming freshmen for their first year of high school.
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Crystal R. Emery |
Aug 1, 2024 1:30 pm
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Howard K. Hill, recognized for decades of doing the work.
The following article was first published in the Inner-City News.
The setting was gorgeous and fit for the night to celebrate Howard K. Hill and his immeasurable contributions to this community for more than 20 years.
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Troy Z. Frost |
Jul 30, 2024 8:51 am
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At Thursday's financial literacy workshop.
This Citizen Contribution was submitted by New Haven Fire Department Captain Troy Z. Frost. It details a July 25 financial literacy workshop hosted for 25 New Haven high schoolers by the NHFD.
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Dawn M. Slade |
Jun 17, 2024 2:33 pm
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This Citizen Contribution was submitted by Dawn M. Slade of DMS Public Relations.
Guilty or not guilty? That was the question considered in the mock courtroom in the auditorium of King-Robinson Interdistrict Magnet And IBSTEM School, from 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. on June 12, 2024, as members of the King-Robinson Mock Trial team tried the case of the People v E and T.
The young lawyers included: Kaleb Perez, Keerome Suggs, Keysean Wagner, Tyrique Thigpen, Tyler Thigpen, David Samules, Joshua Dennis, and Amir Fludd. David Samules was an attorney and an expert witness (forensic pathologist), and Joshua Dennis was an attorney and one of the eyewitnesses (a white-haired fisherman).
