A dive into the history of the Black Panthers once again reverberated loudly into the present — from the Black Lives Matter movement to the backlash against critical race theory to the killing of Tyre Nichols — as educators and community members gathered online to hear award-winning author Kekla Magoon talk about her new book, Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People.
A dance venue. A community garden. A set of lights for the skate park. A … West Rock-bound gondola?
Those were a few of the ideas that made it onto a community-built wish list for $800,000 worth of improvements for Edgewood Park, as put together by roughly 100 parkgoers.
Luciano Reyes slipped on a Carhartt sweatshirt and a second pair of gloves Tuesday to rescue a paint job on Brownell Street before the temperatures turned colder.
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Brian Slattery |
Nov 15, 2022 8:59 am
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Sunday marked the first cold morning of the year, with rain, and at the Edgewood Farmer’s Market, people hurried from stall to stall. But another group of people gathered at the gazebo and soon headed farther into the park, unharried by the weather. The occasion was a walk of the New Haven Bioregional Group, into a part of the city where trees and moving water had something to do with preparing the Elm City, and the region, for the future.
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Laura Glesby |
Nov 3, 2022 11:55 am
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New Haven residents make up three-quarters of the patients served by a substance use disorder treatment center that currently operates out of a rented Whalley Avenue office building — and that plans on moving to the former CVS site at the corner of Whalley and Orchard.
A queen returned home from walking her 3‑year-old to school Tuesday morning — and reflected on the time back in her own school days when she learned her name’s royal origins.
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Thomas Breen |
Oct 12, 2022 1:46 pm
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An extra $500 from the state this summer helped Brian Murphy cover the costs of piano lessons and lacrosse equipment for his two kids as he and his partner sought to get back to “normal” after years disrupted by the pandemic and a sudden layoff.
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Thomas Breen |
Oct 7, 2022 3:02 pm
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Three city parks and a flood-prone west side road are slated to receive millions of dollars worth of upgrades thanks to a bevy of state and federal aid coming New Haven’s way.
Cyclists heading west across downtown towards Yale’s campus won’t have to take as many one-way-street detours, thanks to a new “contra-flow” bike lane on Wall Street that was the scene Monday of an official inaugural ride.
The Elicker Administration plans to convert eight underused parks buildings into youth, senior, and recreation hubs — with programming provided by both city staff and nonprofits.
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Olivia Gross |
Jul 25, 2022 9:17 am
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The concrete made the temperature seem twice as high at Edgewood Park’s skate park Saturday, but skateboards still flew through the crowd — and music filled the air at the first annual Seeing Sounds music festival.
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Maya McFadden |
Jun 2, 2022 9:48 am
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As a crew repainted the fencing of Edgewood Park’s tennis courts, park regulars like Byron Breland, Ernest Newton, Billy Bostic, and Kerry Ellington watched from a distance cheering on long-awaited renovations to one of New Haven’s communal gems.
One hundred and fifty New Haven middle and high school students put their pencils down and posters up Thursday to give the city a lesson on solidarity, passion, and leading through action.
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Thomas Breen |
May 3, 2022 8:45 am
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Eliyahu Mirlis won’t be able to gain control of the former yeshiva building at Elm and Norton streets anytime soon, after a state judge ruled that an automatic “stay” should remain in place as a nonprofit controlled by imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer pursues an appeal in a five-years-and-counting foreclosure case.
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Thomas Breen |
Apr 26, 2022 1:19 pm
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Five years after winning a sexual assault case against the rabbi who ran his yeshiva, Eliyahu Mirlis faces yet another potential delay in gaining control of the building — and beginning to collect some of the $22 million owed him.