Updated: May 9, 2008 4:27 PM

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Today’s Debates

LayoffsIncident at City Hall Andy Ross is madAudubon retail Ward 19 crimeMarshals.

Melvin L. Daniels, 80

Melvin%20Daniels%2020001.jpgHe had 25 grandkids. Obit here.

Immigrant Workers Win

Settlement at Outback: Story.

Why She Forgave Her Daughter’s Killers

Picture%203482bb8.jpgRanea al-Tikriti reports.

Residents Displaced

In Fair Haven fire: Details.

Retirement Party

For Chief Ortiz: details.

Danger: Hair Dye

dawn%20with%20relaxer.jpgMelinda Tuhus reports.

He Wants His Patronage Job Back

Marcia Chambers reports.

5 Teachers Honored

Release. Background story.

“ilike”?

Answer.

Artists Shown “Doors”

P1012door0070.JPGLWT challenge. Release.

This Guy’s Good!

Ferrucci.jpgCheck out Reg’s Ferrucci. (You need to wait a few minutes for him to show up; it’s worth it.)

Trophy On Display

Super Bowl, at SCSU Monday.

Freddie Takes Holiday

Fixer parade off; Kaempffer story.

Session Critiqued

Christine Stuart reports.

Candelaria Takes Stand

Session_04-2.jpgOn judgeships. Release.

Heist Attempted

At check-cashing store. Details.

Stone Added

IMlast%20oneG_0065.JPGTo Iraq cairn. Details.

Today’s Legal Notices

Here.

Walsh Bails

As his newspaper’s circulation tanks and its parent company goes broke, NH Register Publisher Kevin Walsh made it official: He’s leaving to take a top job with Yale-New Haven Hospital, whose board he served on and for which his editorials shilled. Details. Comment.

Anticlimactic End

Christine Stuart reports (here, here, here) on the legislative session’s midnight close.

Elm-Ivy Winners

Group%20S23hot%20-%20Use.JPGYale town-gown picks here.

Amber Alert Worked

DSCN9241.JPG5-year-old safe. Story.

Today’s Debates

Audubon retailNewhallville’s fault?Reading $$$ cutMayor Perez?Budget thread

The Secular & Divine

Picture%204.pngFather Jim’s latest from Ecuador.

Special Session?

Christine Stuart reports.

Chapel Smash

0506081242a.jpgDetails.

ECA Writers Honored

Details.

See Click Fix

SeeClickFix_Screen_Shot.gifNew web tool to map neighborhood issues. Details.

Sins Spared

beer.jpgOpen container bill delayed; casino smoking ban killed. Stuart reports here & here.

Anna Gets Her Money Back

by Melissa Bailey | May 9, 2008 3:04 PM | Comments (5)

DSCF0179.jpgThis time, the road to Tony’s towing lot had a happy ending.

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Who’s To Blame?

by Paul Bass | May 9, 2008 1:13 PM | Comments (3)

One’s a city Democrat. The other, a suburban Republican. The two state legislators went toe-to-toe on the question of whom to fault for the collapse of a reading program and other New Haven budget woes.

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Mayor’s Favorite Marshal Rakes In $196K

by Melissa Bailey | May 9, 2008 9:52 AM | Comments (8)

DSCF0173.jpg“I’m the best,” boasted Peter Criscuolo, the marshal at the center of an ongoing towing scandal, as he filed his latest eye-popping income statement.

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Slow Down For Jerry

by Paul Bass | May 9, 2008 9:47 AM | Comments (3)

Click play arrow. Comment.

102 Layoffs Loom

by Paul Bass | May 8, 2008 5:22 PM | Comments (39)

DSCN9304.JPG(Updated 9:36 p.m.) City Hall now plans to start turning away some men from homeless shelters, kill an early-reading program, eliminate 160 positions, and close a senior center, three police substations, and the Dwight School in order to balance the coming year’s budget.

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City Hall Confrontation Defused

by Paul Bass | May 8, 2008 2:53 PM | Comments (16)

DSCN9267.JPGCops rushed to City Hall Thursday afternoon to subdue an “out of control” man allegedly yelling that he was “taking ‘em all out.”

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The Cheese Was From Here

by Allan Appel | May 8, 2008 12:14 PM | Comments (1)

nhizinc%20008.JPGA top downtown chef served a menu full of local produce — as a fan prepared to convince others to do the same.

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Now It’s a $14M Hole

by Melissa Bailey | May 8, 2008 7:47 AM | Comments (30)

Taxpayers and city workers stormed City Hall, as the New Haven’s budget hole blew up to $14.2 million and the aldermanic president dropped the L-word — layoffs.

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Justice Should Trump Race

by Tom Ficklin | May 8, 2008 7:46 AM

2tom%20picture%20at%20stl%20lukes_1.jpgThe fissures along America’s racial divide, as seen through the reactions to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign: Click here to listen to a podcast commentary by New Haven’s Tom Ficklin (pictured).

City Seeks To Bike to Bronze

by Melinda Tuhus | May 7, 2008 12:41 PM | Comments (4)

mike%20p.jpgAfter New Haven received only an honorable mention as a Bicycle Friendly Community, cycling advocates and the city’s transportation czar are brainstorming ways to improve the city’s chances next year.

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