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The New Haven Independent’s editor talks government, politics and current events with local newsmakers.

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The New Haven Independent’s arts editor spins local — and only local — platters.

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Host: Babz Rawls-Ivy

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Host: Tom Ficklin

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Host: LA VOZ HISPANA DE CT

Latino news, views, and music.

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Extra Extra

City Files Support Brief
In Suit To Protect
Medical Research Grants

From Trump cuts.  Staff reports. 

Bomb Threat Targets AG

Tong, state government’s top Trump fighter, vows to continue fighting for and protecting Connecticut families.”  Staff reports. 

Martinez Keeps Going Green

With IKEA’s help, thanks to 30 new recycling bins.  Maya McFadden reports. 

The Rules Of The Lane

Review Crew’s Ryan Patrick Hooper returns to the bowling alley DJ stand and starts spinning. 

East Rockers Reckon 
With Neo-Nazi Demonstration

As police ID khaki-clad agitators as members of Nationalist Social Club and Atlantic Nationalist Club, at Wednesday meetup.  Zachary Groz reports. 

Kevin H. Diggs, 69

Kevin was an avid learner who loved UCONN women’s basketball and Broadway plays.  Obit. 

Sade Music On The Menu

Review Crew’s Ryan Patrick Hooper samples album-inspired suya-spiced duck & egusi potstickers at a Love Deluxe Dinner” vinyl tasting.

Smokestack Romance

John Moore’s charcoals bring the industrial past back to life. Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood reports.

Staying Rooted

YUAG photo exhibit gets in the weeds.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Collab reSETs

As Hartford nonprofit acquires local entrepreneurship incubator.  Maya McFadden reports. 

“Fix Our Homes”

Newhall residents make their case to Hamden town officials, again, to use ARPA $$ for crumbling foundations.  Lisa Reisman reports. 

Chris Ozyck, Seal Sleuth

Local environmentalist lays out theory for how Seymore” ended up on East St., in new FB page and videos.

Panic. Prepare

Frontline activists craft nuanced response to the New ICE Age.  Paul Bass reports. 

We’re 93rd!

For worst truck bottleneck in the country, at 91 and 95 highway interchange.  Jonathan D. Salant reports. 

One (Thou) For The Books

YNHH DEI arm launches Black History Month awards for high school seniors.  Staff reports. 

Whose Woods These Are?

Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood wonders/wanders inside a solo gallery show.

Legal Notice

Tax Abatement Committee meeting 2/25. Read more. 

Cellist Loops In

Johnathan Moore takes a technique he picked up at Co-op High to the Guggenheim in Manhattan.  Paul Bass reports. 

Another Whalley
Walgreens Closing

This time, at Whalley and Ellsworth avenues.  Paul Bass reports. 

Guitar Wizard Lights
Furniture Haven On Fire

Chris Randall reports.

Bathrooms, Bongs, & Butterflies

Is nowhere in New Haven safe? The latest News from the Compost vlog summary dives into the question.  Paul Bass reports. 

Climate Students Heartbroken

Students push NHPS to hire climate coordinators.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Call Him Aesop Diop

Iyaba Ibo Mandingo leads a Black History Month puppet show, at Stetson. The Arts Paper’s Grayce Howe reports.

No Excuses

• State corrections chief vows change amid gruesome detailing of Carl Robby” Talbot’s jailhouse homicide. CT Mirror’s Mark Pazniokas reports.
Thomas Breen reports on Robby Talbot’s hard road from clinics to Whalley jail, in 2019.

Jackie James Named
Hamden Development Chief

Staff reports.

Today’s Legal Notice

Bids sought for Union Station architectural repairs and improvements.  Read more. 

(Sigh) Seal Delivered

To Mystic, after checking out Chapel and East Streets.  Staff reports. 

Lost Tribe
Finds Its Way Home

At NXTHVN. Jisu Sheen reports. 

Owen Chambers, 96

From Jamaica to Connecticut, Owen enjoyed serving others and loved tennis, ballet, and tailoring.  Obit. 

Elks Flocking To The Library

As longtime Dixwell civic org teams up with Stetson for youth programming.  Allan Appel reports. 

Lede Buried

Thanks to mistimed civil rights context, Two Trains never leaves the station.  Jamil Ragland reports. 

Family Extended

At artist Marquis Brantley Sr.‘s CAW exhibition.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Why I Hate Spotify

Izzy True reviews Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine.

“Bomb” Remarks Lead
To Tweed Evacuation

Paul Bass reports. 

Carter’s Contract Up In March

Schools facilities consultant says prior commitments keep him from another city-paid extension.  Maya McFadden reports. 

State To Pay $3.75M To
Settle Inmate Homicide Case

CT Mirror’s Mark Pazniokas reports.
Thomas Breen reports on Robby Talbot’s hard road from clinics to Whalley jail, in 2019.

“Naked Power Grab”

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro impugns impoundment in guest essay in the New York Times. 

Blight Chains Broken

The Word on Grand Avenue.  Paul Bass reports. 

(S)nowhere To Hide

NHPS promises better supervision of snow-removal contractors after numerous failed” plow jobs.
• Contractor agrees with critique, blames district for late calls, and asks to be able to work with custodians union again.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Annette Glass, 76

Annette enjoyed playing cards, taking drives, and listening to music.  Obit. 

Life Sciences Felt In Frog Dissection

Maya McFadden Photos

East Rock seventh grader Jeryl searches for frog's large intestines...

...while others check out the frog's tongue and teeth.

East Rock School seventh graders Leia and Lesly suited up in gloves and eye protection to pierce through the unexpectedly tough skin of a frog — and discover, through hands-on education, what a real three-lobed liver looks like. 

Continue reading ‘Life Sciences Felt In Frog Dissection’

Ex-Jazz Club Encampment Cleared

Thomas Breen photos

Ocean workers clear Monterey-adjacent encampment ...

... which LCI's Taylor Munroe said has been the subject of neighbor and SeeClickFix complaints.

Wynter and two fellow Ocean Management workers hauled a mattress, a bicycle, two shopping carts, a frying pan, a wicker chair, a pile of clothes, and a host of other belongings and debris from a Dixwell Avenue homeless encampment Thursday and into the back of a U‑Haul.

The truck was parked on the sidewalk in front of the decrepit former Monterey Jazz Club — a long-vacant building that the Elicker administration tried to buy two years ago, but that still remains rundown and under megalandlord ownership.

Continue reading ‘Ex-Jazz Club Encampment Cleared’