To 69-year-old Linda Randi, who’s worked as a paraeducator in New Haven Public Schools for 38 years, more funding for the Board of Education would mean “I wouldn’t have to work a second job.”
Specifically, she said, she’d no longer have to work a nightly six-hour shift waiting tables on top of her full-time classroom hours.
Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story, along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1. Who is pictured above and why was he in the news this week? A. William Randolph of A Broken Umbrella Theatre Co., who starred in a production of The Grinch B. Sandy McLain, who was named the new city vital statistics registrar C. Legal aid attorney Rich Kuby, who defended immigrant workers in an eviction case in housing court D. Painting/power washing co. President and Fair Haven landlord Mark DeFrancesco, who succeeded in court in pressing an eviction against two of his immigrant worker/tenants who got injured on the job E. Wilson Woodworth, the “mystery” lender who tried to hide his identity while giving $12.25 million in loans to New Haven “nonprofit” housing corporations run by imprisoned sex offender Rabbi Daniel Greer F. Actor Jim Carrey, who made a surprise visit to a class at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School
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Laura Glesby
| Apr 18, 2024 4:04 pm
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Bassett Street smells like lemongrass and poppy seeds to 11-year-old Kauren, now that her favorite sweet-citrusy soap is up for sale in honor of the street where she goes to school.