Willie Joe Dunnigan, 82

Willie spent years working at Pratt & Whitney and loved dancing, the outdoors, and handiwork.  Obit. 

Hope On The Stage

During hip hop and folk punk show at Cafe9.  Brian Slattery reports. 

$trike!

State senate OKs bill boosting aid for workers on the picket line. CTmirror’s Mark Pazniokas reports.

Breakfast Is Other People

Jamil Ragland eats, reports.

Defunct Grenade
Found At Tweed

• Temporarily closes airport Wednesday morning.
• 39-year-old passenger to Charleston had packed ​“hollowed-out” grenade in luggage.
• After ​“clearing out a farmhouse.”
• Had planned to present it as a gift.
Laura Glesby reports. 

Dear Landlord

Review Crew Deadline Poet LindoYes reports from the scene of a tent-encampment sweep.

Canal Walk Connects 
City’s Past, Present, Future

Brian Slattery reports.

Cue The Sun

Jim Carrey steals the show at Best Video film series.  Karen Ponzio reports. 

More From Fair Haven Day

The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Eviction Bill Evicted

State legislators to pass on expanding tenant protections against no-fault evictions. CTmirror’s Ginny Monk reports.

Today’s Legal Notices

• Finance Committee 5/13
• Tax Abatement Committee 5/14
• Finance Committee 5/16

Elevator Up!

Regicides ride to the rescue.  Paul Bass reports. 

Who Said Wrasslin’s Not Real?

Review Crew’s Fred Noland re-suspends disbelief at ​“Hoodslam.”

“Flawed Beyond Repair”

Westville Alder Adam Marchand explains why he voted not to adopt proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution.  Staff reports. 

Armed Teachers,
& One-Man Theater

Collective Consciousness production of ​“Black Book” by Austin Dean Ashford (pictured) wrestles with guns in schools.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Bitsie Fund Reopens
For 2024 Arts Grants

Staff reports.

Just Kidding

Legislators scrap last-minute proposal to provide state health benefits to a select few, including New Haven Dems town chair Vinnie Mauro. CTmirror’s Mark Pazniokas reports.

Fair Haven Teachers
Thanked With Ice Cream

& soda, for ​“Staying Afloat”-themed educator appreciation event.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Sequined Stacey Takes The Mic

And turns Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood’s karaoke world upside down. 

Fair Haven Day Keeps Growing

On Grand Ave.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Yale Rep Travels 
To “The Far Country”

For Lloyd Suh’s latest play, set in 1930s San Francisco.  Donald Brown reports. 

TCB With TOD

State reps OK ​“Work Live Ride” bill to encourage more housing near transit. CTmirror’s Ginny Monk reports.

Michael Vincent Brangi, 67

Michael was a US Marine Corps veteran who was born in New Haven and lived in South Carolina.  Obit. 

Legal Notice

Tax Abatement Committee meeting 5/14. Read more. 

Legal Notice

Finance Committee meeting 5/16. Read more. 

The Truth Kills

Review Crew’s Jamil Ragland stayed up all night thinking about All My Sons after the final curtain fell.

Legal Notice

Finance Committee meeting 5/13. Read more. 

Today’s Debates

1776? … 1967 … 1968 … 1968? … 2021 … 2024 … 2034 … Tents … Tenants … Seder … Sorrow …

$3.8M Flows In

• Annual Great Give tops goal for 500+ nonprofits.
• ​“Foundationettes” harmonize on air to seek donations in the final hours of the ​“Great Give” fundraising marathon enters final stretch.  Paul Bass reports. 

Time To Breathe

At new ​“Unbothered” art exhibition at Known on Orange St.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Who Doesn’t Love
A (Fictitious) Shoot-Out?

Review Crew’s Fred Noland gets to see Mario Van Peebles’ latest film in a classic theater rather than via streaming. 

Commercial To Residential

State Senate OKs as-of-right, housing-boosting bill. CT NewsJunkie’s John Ferraro reports.

Blue (Affection)

Orchid Gallery’s inaugural art show cracks open the questions.  Brian Slattery reports. 

“Alza La Bandera”

New Haven Academy’s Legacy Studios puts on In The Heights, at Cross. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Legal Notice

Joint Community Development / Legislation Committee meeting on 5/8. Read more. 

Legal Notice

Community Development Committee meeting on 5/15. Read more. 

Legal Notice

Joint Community Development / Health & Human Services Committee meeting on 5/15. Read more. 

Legal Notice

Joint Community Development / Health & Human Services Committee meeting on 5/23. Read more. 

Metal Mental Meditation

Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood practices yoga poses with 60 others on a filthy mat while heavy metal masters rage on stage.