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Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1) What are Jorge and Jorge doing in this picture?
A) Collecting samples for an Ag Station study of climate-changed early budding of native plants
B) Constructing “Pink Floyd/Round Brick Wall,” a multimedia installation to join Pitkin Plaza’s collection of public art works
C) Deconstructing a Pitkin Plaza planter
D) Replacing cracked concrete slabs
E) Installing new NHPD surveillance cameras
F) Building an outdoor chess board
2) What happened after volunteers started serving hot meals for the community out of Pitts Chapel Unified Free Will Baptist Church?
A) The line of hungry neighbors stretched two blocks out the door
B) The head of Yale’s dining halls sent over 50 pounds of leftover food after reading that UNH had done the same
C) One of the first patrons in line proposed marriage to her fiancee
D) Organizers dropped off meals at a nearby warming center after the health department temporarily shut the kitchen until they obtain a license.
3) Which of the following measures did Mayor Justin Elicker promise to take in his annual “State of the City” message?
A) Increase the number of walking-beat cops
B) Launch a systemic review of possibly wrongful arrests over the past 30 years
C) Increase the number of police surveillance cameras in town
D) Move City Hall to Fair Haven
E) Increase the number of housing inspectors
4) A new U.S. postal service “forever stamp” was unveiled at the Q House. Whom does the stamp honor?
A) Judge Constance Baker Motley
B) Mayor John Daniels
C) Basketball great John Williamson
D) The Five Satins
E) Norman Lear
5) What happened after a broken traffic light at Edgewood and Dwight reverted to “fail safe” blinking signals rather than red and green?
A) A speeder fleeing police crashed into a house
B) At least 5 crashes occurred in 16 days
C) An alder proposed replicating the blinking signals at 5 other intersections as a traffic-flow trial
D) The city eventually blocked off the intersection and diverted drivers to Day and Garden streets
E) Neighbors began gathering after dark to watch unexpected psychedelic light shows
6) What happened in housing court after a landlord attempted to evict two Guatemalan immigrants he brought to the country to work for his painting company, then allegedly fired for on-the-job injuries?
A) The judge ruled for the landlord, despite saying he felt sorry for the tenants
B) The judge ruled for the tenants
C) The judge ordered the landlord and tenants to participate in mediation
D) The judge ordered the landlord and tenants to participate in meditation
E) The judge jailed the landlord for cruelty
7) What is the plan for the vacant former Electrix factory on Liberty Street?
A) Renovate factory into a tech start-up incubator
B) Create a pocket park
C) Build 200 apartments, 10 percent of them “affordable“
D) Build an indoor flea market-style marketplace for vendors
E) Build 150 apartments, 100 percent of them “affordable”
8) Why did Dennis Serfilippi have 18 signatures rejected in a failed bid to petition onto a Democrat ward co-chair primary ballot?
A) The people who “signed” are members of the Glasgow Rugby team and live in Scotland, not New Haven
B) The 18 are registered Republicans
C) The 18 signatures were illegible
D) Serfilippi had listed his address on the front, but not the back, of a petition page he circulated
E) Serfilippi had forgotten to have the petition page notarized
9) Who this week said “I have to fix appliances tomorrow,” and where did the person say it?
A) A representative of Ocean Management, meeting with members of a Lenox Street tenant union upset about conditions at one of the company’s properties
B) Mayor Justin Elicker, riffing metaphorically on efforts to fix city problems at his “State of the City” address
C) Lead singer J. Russell of the Split Coils between songs during a set at Cafe Nine
D) The owner of Gallo Appliance on State Street, during a public hearing on policing in Cedar Hill
E) A student at Eli Whitney Technical High School describing his studies during a Capitol press conference on the opening day of the session, calling for increased state investment in education
10) What part of the city’s ADU (accessory dwelling unit) ordinance did the City Commission not recommend changing to allow for building more add-on apartments without special zoning permission?
A) A requirement that builders live on the premises
B) A requirement that ADUs be built on lots of at least 4,000 square feet
C) A requirement that ADUs be built onto existing structures
D) A requirement that parking be added
Answers to the puzzle, along with links to the relevant news stories, appear after the following podcast of a“Headlines and Basslines” segment (music and more headline talk) of WNHH FM’s“Dateline New Haven” program. (Click here to subscribe or here to listen to other episodes of Dateline New Haven.)
Answers
1) C Pitkin Plaza Planters Pulled
2) D fREsh-taurant Community Kitchen Launches
3) E How To Make New Haven “A City of 150,000 Thriving People“
4) A “A Dixwell Daughter”: Q House Unveils Constance Baker Motley Forever Stamp
5) B Spotlight Fails; Fender-Benders Mount
6) B Migrant Workers’ Evictions Stopped, For Now
7) E 150 Apts Eyed For Liberty Street
8) D Co-Chair Hopefuls Appeal Ballot Rejections
9) C Americana Keeps The Room Warm
10) A Plan Advances To Boost Add-On Apartment
