New Haven Independent

That Was John The Mason Speeding Away

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:16 GMT

Marco Francia recognized the mini-monster truck. Then he saw the company name plate on the back. As the chase hurtled toward East Haven, he started piecing together the crime.

McMahon Likes Charters

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:03 GMT

Test scores matter, but they’re not the whole story in evaluating either a kid or a school.

That was the take of new GOP U.S. Senate frontrunner Linda McMahon as she visited a city at the heart of the national school reform effort. She was one of three statewide candidates who came courting New Haven’s Republican Town Committee Thursday night.

Thaddeus Makes A Trade

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:15 GMT

“You lie under oath, don’t you”? the defense attorney asked.

“Yes,” the star witness responded. Under oath.

Outraged Judge Reverses Murder Convictions

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:48 GMT

Declaring that two convicted murderers suffered a “manifest injustice,” a judge ordered two New Haven men set free after serving 16 years —but prosecutors have blocked their release, for now.

Murder Case Centers On Drinking Buddy’s Tale

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:57 GMT

They hit Fireside bar, ended up at an East Street strip club—then Anthony Perrelli witnessed his two friends gunned down in a parking lot.

12 Ex-Offenders Will Get Public Apartments

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:17 GMT

The door is opening a little wider for ex-offenders to become law-abiding public-housing residents.

To Principal, “Tier 1” Means “New Challenge”

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:47 GMT

Rushing back from City Hall, about to rush back to a press conference, Lola Nathan gathered together her teachers in a third-grade classroom. She had news for them. And a question.

Want To Serve Juice To Teens? Call Cops First

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01 GMT

Clubs like Toad’s may soon have to notify police before hosting events for minors.

Hill Development On Life Support

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:00 GMT

As the Hill Development Corporation struggles to stay afloat, the city is stepping in to buy back six crumbling houses the community development organization has failed to renovate.

Schools Get Graded—& Shaken Up

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:51 GMT

(Updated: 7:51 a.m.) One “failing” school, Urban Youth, will reopen as a charter; another, Katherine Brennan, as a reconstituted public school with a longer year and new rules.

The leaders of top-performing Davis and Edgewood Schools will get new flexibility to do more of what they’re already doing right.

And Principal Iline Tracy (pictured) got encouragement to continue whipping King/Robinson School into shape.