by | Jul 21, 2017 8:06 am | Comments (4)
Candidate Van Hoesen says the pledge at Thursday night’s convention.
For the first time in a decade, New Haven voters citywide will be able to vote for or against a Republican in this November’s general election.
by | Jul 20, 2017 12:12 pm | Comments (3)
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Roth at January’s Women’s March in D.C.
Abby Roth no longer has an opponent for the Democratic nomination to get her old job back.
by | Jul 19, 2017 3:08 pm | Comments (17)
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Clifton Graves Jr.
The woman had been living in the woods in a tent, disowned by her family, homeless and battling substance abuse. New Haven’s Probate Court judge asked attorney Clifton Graves Jr. to help her not only get into treatment but find permanent stable housing.
by | Jul 19, 2017 12:38 pm | Comments (1)
Emma Jones and Americo Carchia.
Criminal-justice activist Emma Jones, who has worked in the Probate Court for over 20 years, has endorsed one of three candidates running to replace the current probate judge, Jack Keyes, who is retiring. Following is the text of Jones’ endorsement.
by | Jul 17, 2017 7:52 am | Comments (7)
When people in Beaver Hills look for calmer streets or a cleaner park, they have a team of alders speaking up for them downtown.
by | Jul 15, 2017 9:34 pm | Comments (11)
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Paca lambastes Harp administration at DTC candidate forum on Saturday.
Is New Haven a stable city that has become safer, more responsibly governed, and more attuned to the needs of its students and workers over the past four years? Or is it barely treading water, rife with violence and unemployment, led by a mayoral administration bent on political retaliation and deceit?
by | Jul 14, 2017 2:40 pm | Comments (4)
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Paca: Running on clean money.
Talk about a good deal: Marcus Paca has to turn over $2,910 — and he gets $19,00 in return.
by | Jul 14, 2017 8:38 am | Comments (25)
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Decker, Holmes at Thursday night’s announcement.
A political science graduate student who already doubles as a zoning commissioner and a union organizer is looking to pick up the batons of criminal justice reform and community engagement from an East Rock alder who has decided not to run for reelection.
by | Jul 13, 2017 12:10 pm | Comments (1)
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Ron Hurt, Jeanette Morrison, Evelyn Rodriguez, and David Reyes at WNHH radio.
Incumbent Alders Jeanette Morrison (Dixwell), Evelyn Rodriguez and David Reyes (the Hill) and alder candidate Ron Hurt Thursday talked about why they’re running for reelection and election this year on the latest edition of WNHH radio’s “Dateline New Haven” program.
by | Jul 13, 2017 8:02 am | Comments (24)
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Ward 26 Co-chairs Sharon Jones and Amy Marx, Ward 27’s Henry Lowendorf at forum, which ended in a split vote.
Upper Westville Democrats are torn on judging whom they want adjudicating cases in probate court: a practitioner in that area of the law, a familiar face in the neighborhood, or a service-minded newcomer.
by | Jul 12, 2017 3:22 pm | Comments (5)
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Kimberly Edwards and Sarah Ofosu pitch their candidacies Tuesday night.
One candidate promised to value constituent input and to promote government transparency and accessibility. The other vowed to fight for jobs, school funding, and lower taxes.
by | Jul 11, 2017 8:03 am | Comments (10)
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Democracy Fund’s Aly Heimer Monday in the city clerk’s office.
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Registrar Evans: unreachable.
Mayoral challenger Marcus Paca appears to have qualified to receive public campaign cash — once a dispute involving the beleaguered Registrar of Voters office can be cleared up.
by | Jul 11, 2017 7:49 am | Comments (4)
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Probate judge candidate Americo Carchia.
Americo Carchia never thought he would run for office until the looming retirement of the man he considers a mentor ushered him into the political arena.
by | Jul 6, 2017 8:35 am | Comments (6)
His wife warned him: Don’t mention all your former students and other individual supporters in your reelection kickoff speech; you’ll inevitably forget someone important.
Ed Joyner didn’t listen.
Continue reading ‘At Campaign Kick-Off, Joyner Calls The Roll’
by | Jul 1, 2017 10:43 pm | Comments (23)
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Harp heading into her Orange Street command center Friday.
Red is the color of power, determination, and fire.
Mayor Toni Harp invoked all three qualities in her dress and in a speech to the faithful at the opening of her 165 Orange St. campaign office.
Continue reading ‘Harp Opens Campaign Office With “Facts” Appeal’
by | Jun 29, 2017 3:47 pm | Comments (6)
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Edwards at the announcement.
Though a crowd of supporters spoke as if she has the coming election in the bag, Kim Edwards was taking nothing for granted.
by | Jun 28, 2017 2:28 pm | Comments (4)
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Hamilton, Douglass and Walker at the announcement.
They’ve worked together to fight blight and slumlords and to plan for development on Route 34. Now the three alders — dubbed “Three the Hard Way” and the “Three Musketeers” — representing Dwight, Edgewood and West River are seeking another term to focus in on jobs for their constituents.
Continue reading ‘“3 Musketeers” Run Jointly For Reelection’
by | Jun 26, 2017 8:00 am | Comments (9)
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The four candidates in Trowbridge Park Sunday.
Four candidates are running together for the Hill’s Board of Alders seats, pledging to work together to bring jobs to the neighborhood and more neighborhood input into future development.
by | Jun 20, 2017 12:33 am | Comments (5)
Ira Johnson, who had filed papers to seek a ballot spot in this year’s mayoral election, has decided to endorse Democratic mayoral challenger Marcus Paca instead.
by | Jun 16, 2017 8:15 am | Comments (39)
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Harp, Paca at their first joint forum Thursday night.
In Mayor Toni Harp’s New Haven, violent crime has fallen nearly 75 percent in six years. In challenger Marcus Paca’s New Haven, bullets still fly in struggling neighborhoods, with victims shot “even in their own homes.”
Young people are flocking downtown for walkable living and a startup-friendly culture, in Harp’s city. In Paca’s, economic development hasn’t touched the Westville, Grand Avenue or the Dixwell main drags.
by | Jun 13, 2017 7:31 am | Comments (22)
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Marcus Paca speaks to family and friends of Norman Boone at a repast after Boone’s funeral.
Mayoral candidate Marcus Paca said he believes that if Norman Boone had had access to the type of economic opportunities that keep people out of the street life that he might not have been a victim of gun violence.
Continue reading ‘Paca: Focus Needed On Roots Of Street Violence’
by | Jun 12, 2017 8:03 am | Comments (8)
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Greenberg announces reelection surrounded by city and state officials.
As he officially launched a bid for a third term as Wooster Square’s alder on a hot Sunday afternoon, Aaron Greenberg had some good news to report: Conte West Hills School’s pool will now open to the community for public swimming.
by | Jun 9, 2017 8:07 am | Comments (11)
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Ward 19 candidates Kim Edwards, Sarah Ofosu.
A race for an open alder seat in Newhallville and Prospect Hill confronts voters with a question: Who has greater perspective on a neighborhood — a lifelong resident who knows how it has worked since her grandparents’ time? Or a newcomer who brings an outsider’s fresh eyes?
by | May 30, 2017 7:27 am | Comments (6)
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Harp, Paca last week at their first campaign events.
Mayor Toni Harp said she is opting out of New Haven’s public-financing system for her reelection campaign, while opponent Marcus Paca is exploring jumping in.
by | May 22, 2017 3:43 pm | Comments (16)
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Tyler Kuhn & Jonathan Wharton at WNHH.
Stop the presses: Republicans will run for office in New Haven this fall.