by | May 13, 2024 11:22 am | Comments (6)
221, 215, and 209 Church (with green ex-bank awning), now all now owned by Biohaven.
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded company, bought its third building on the same block of Church Street, transforming the commercial mission of a downtown block once known for banking.
by | May 13, 2024 8:43 am | Comments (2)
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Bessie "B.B." Duncan (second from left), with granddaughter Towanna (right) and great-grandsons Jerrell and Jeremy.
Bessie Duncan has plenty of wisdom to share upon reaching the age of 105.
One piece of advice: Drink one full cup of black coffee every morning, no cream, no sugar.
Another: Obey the law, because if you act up, you’ll suffer the consequences.
A third, at least in regards to this reporter: If this article about her centenary-plus-five birthday celebration is not accurate and true, she’s “gonna get” me.
by | May 10, 2024 2:00 pm | Comments (14)
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Clarice Elarabi (pictured) is suing the city for the death of her brother, chef and gardener Michael Randall, in a 2019 illegal rooming house fire on West St.
Clarice Elarabi woke up at 3:12 a.m. feeling “just so hot. Like, on fire.”
She stuck her head out of the window. She took a cold shower. She tried and failed to go back to sleep. “I was so hot,” she said, “I didn’t know what was going on with me.”
Two hours later, Elarabi learned that her twin brother’s house in the Hill had erupted into flames.
The blaze took his life. It hurled her into life-altering grief. And Elarabi is now preparing to argue in court that the City of New Haven could have prevented it.
