by | Nov 28, 2023 3:49 pm | Comments (9)
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Grubbs: After 35 years, it was time.
The Rev. Bonita Grubbs has more big plans for Christian Community Action, the anti-poverty agency she runs.
She concluded that it’s time for someone else to put them into practice.
Continue reading ‘Anti-Poverty Champion Bonita Grubbs Retires’
by | Nov 27, 2023 11:48 am | Comments (0)
Next: Chris George and successor Maggie Mitchell Salem.
Running a $12 million-a-year nonprofit with 138 staffers helping resettle 1,000 refugees a year is a big enough challenge.
Add to that inheriting the helm of such an effort from a person who made all that possible over 18 years.
by | Nov 27, 2023 11:40 am | Comments (2)
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Marcia LaFemina, Yolanda Caldera-Durant, Ann Harrison at WNHH FM.
Some 86,000 jobs are going begging in Connecticut, many of them paying a living wage and not requiring a college degree. Thousands of people without college degrees need those jobs. So put those people in the jobs — simple, right?
Not so simple.
by | Nov 16, 2023 5:18 pm | Comments (1)
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Tzippy Shmilovitz.
The 5,591 miles separating New Haven and Tel Aviv got a lot farther since Oct. 7 for Tzippy Shmilovitz.
Continue reading ‘Israeli Correspondent Navigates Fears, Hope’
by | Nov 16, 2023 11:47 am | Comments (3)
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Attorney/musician Steve Mednick at WNHH FM.
By day Steve Mednick has been helping cities rewrite their constitutions. By night he has been writing songs about the storms in our political universe.
by | Nov 8, 2023 12:23 pm | Comments (1)
Jonathan Q. Berryman at WNHH FM.
Dr. Jonathan Q. Berryman isn’t lamenting how technology has changed our world. Instead he’s harnessing it to help young people find their voices in the choir.
by | Nov 3, 2023 10:36 am | Comments (2)
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Inside one of the Rosette Street mini-shelters.
Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1. The city has issued cease-and-desist orders against the Amistad Catholic Worker House for its construction of 60-to-100-square-foot huts for the homeless in its backyard. What has been Amistad’s Mark Colville’s response to the orders?
A. He’ll take the shelters down
B. He’ll cease but not desist
C. He’ll desist but not cease
D. He’ll keep them up
by | Oct 27, 2023 9:57 am | Comments (0)
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A pre-Election Day messaging session.
Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1) What existential issue is motivating the most visible opponent of the New Haven charter reform referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot?
A) 4‑year mayoral terms
B) fiscal solvency
C) lifetime appointments to the volunteer Board of Park Commissioners
D) lifetime prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders
E) chartered airplane flights to Las Vegas
by | Oct 24, 2023 3:28 pm | Comments (1)
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Maritza Bond and Rafael Ramos at WNHH FM.
Rafael Ramos grabbed a Swiffer and a damp rag and hit the streets this week, to help save the lives of the youngest New Haveners.
by | Oct 17, 2023 4:02 pm | Comments (2)
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Dada Shambhushivananda at WNHH FM.
Dada Shambhushivananda looks at the wars and ecological disasters ravaging the planet, and sees a need for human beings to change our way of thinking.
by | Oct 4, 2023 8:25 am | Comments (2)
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Kimberly Stoner at WNHH FM.
Connecticut environmentalists are waging a years-long quest to convince voters to pass an ERA — and not your mother’s ERA.
Continue reading ‘Climate-Change Campaigners Eye State Constitutional Amendment’
by | Sep 28, 2023 3:04 pm | Comments (0)
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Fire Lt. Derrick Meade, Board of Ed's Abigail Rivera, Fire Capt. Troy Frost, and Asst. Police Chief David Zannelli at WNHH FM.
Three grown men who literally fight fires and crimes for a living received surprise plaques Thursday for helping try to put out a metaphorical fire — young people entering adulthood in challenging times with no path to productive careers.
by | Sep 27, 2023 11:40 am | Comments (0)
Kristen Ford is leaping into a white man’s rock dream — on the wings of a Righteous Babe.
by | Sep 22, 2023 9:05 am | Comments (10)
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Abdul Osmanu at WNHH FM.
Someone forgot to tell Abdul Razak Osmanu to turn bitter and cynical.
Continue reading ‘Gen-Zer Emerges From Political Trenches With Idealism Intact’
by | Sep 15, 2023 9:55 am | Comments (36)
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Attorney Norm Pattis at WNHH FM: "You couldn’t hang your dog" on the Jan. 6 gallows.
Norm Pattis convinced a judge to cut in half the prison terms the federal government wanted two Proud Boys leaders to serve on seditious conspiracy charges for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol. The New Haven criminal defense attorney has now filed an appeal to have them cleared of the charges altogether. Too much is at stake for our democracy, Pattis argued — for the ability of Americans to freely express their views challenging the government.
Continue reading ‘Pattis Presses Proud Boys' "Patriotic" Case’
by | Sep 8, 2023 8:55 am | Comments (0)
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Julia Bullock.
The following writeup was submitted by Babz Rawls-Ivy, the host of WNHH’s morning radio show “LoveBabz LoveTalk” and the editor-in-chief of the Inner-City News.
Yale Schwarzman Center announced its 2023 – 24 season lineup featuring boundary-pushing artists and powerful performances. From Corinne Bailey Rae to Renée Fleming, attendees from the Yale and New Haven communities will experience deeply personal and culturally immersive performances.
Continue reading ‘Yale Schwarzman Center's Season Announced’
by | Aug 11, 2023 11:00 am | Comments (4)
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Officer Yelena Borisova and Sgt. Paul Finch at WNHH FM.
Police Sgt. Paul Finch and Officer Yelena Borisova are looking for you. But don’t worry — you’re not in trouble.
by | Aug 9, 2023 12:01 pm | Comments (4)
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Sean Cassidy and Steve Weiss at WNHH FM.
Arvinas stayed. It grew. It kept growing. It has dropped its anchor to keep on growing, here in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘10 Years In, Biopharma Success Story Plants Deeper City Roots’
by | Aug 3, 2023 1:42 pm | Comments (25)
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City Engineer Giovanni Zinn at WNHH FM.
New Haven’s next set of bike lanes will be separated from car traffic — but not by “delineators.”
Continue reading ‘Zinn: Next-Gen Bike Lanes Reflect Infrastructure Lessons Learned’
by | Jul 27, 2023 1:26 pm | Comments (17)
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Scanlon at WNHH FM: "We stink at communicating with people."
Connecticut’s comptroller had good news to tell the public. Would anyone listen, let alone believe it?
by | Jul 24, 2023 1:23 pm | Comments (5)
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State Senate Prez Pro Tem Martin Looney.
Marty Looney found himself in a political conversation that summed up the challenge that he and his fellow progressives face at the state Capitol. It happened not in the halls of power, but at a Dunkin Donuts.
by | Jun 23, 2023 11:08 am | Comments (1)
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Schools Supt. Iline Tracey at WNHH FM.
Show you care. Even when you need to be firm.
Continue reading ‘Tracey's Parting Message: "Show That You Care"’
by | Jun 21, 2023 8:51 am | Comments (4)
Lorenzo Boyd and Gary Winfield at WNHH FM.
Three years after the murder of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning, Lorenzo Boyd and Gary Winfield continue working step by step to recraft the way Connecticut approaches policing and criminal justice.
Continue reading ‘3 Years After Floyd Murder, Some Progress Seen’
by | Jun 20, 2023 3:01 pm | Comments (1)
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Mercedes Jackson parked her Nissan Altima Coupe in the going-out-of-business Whalley EbLens parking lot Tuesday to enjoy a “7.2” breakfast and catch a few private minutes before “hitting my first client.
Continue reading ‘The Word On Whalley: Mercedes Plans Last-Chance EbLens Run’
by | Jun 20, 2023 9:06 am | Comments (10)
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Hamden mayoral candidates Walter Morton IV, Lauren Garrett at WNHH FM.
As Hamden’s search for a police chief enters its second year, two mayoral candidates agree the acting one is doing a good job.
They won’t say if that means he should get the permanent slot.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Mayoral Candidates Differ On Chief Process -- But Not The Chief’
