by | Jun 6, 2015 2:42 am | Comments (14)
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Debby Sullivan, Garzon and Kim Sullivan read results at 1:30 a.m.
Kimberly Sullivan and Coral Ortiz will be the first high school students to sit on New Haven’s Board of Education, following a pre-computer-age-style hand count that lasted 10 hours.
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by | Jun 5, 2015 11:51 am | Comments (8)
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Edward Joyner brought the “Comer Method” to schools around the country. Now he wants to turn his attention to his home city’s schools.
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by | Jun 4, 2015 11:48 am | Comments (0)
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“Jesus?! Like in-the-sky Jesus?” asked a bewildered man on the Lower Green as he approached Jesus Garzon’s campaign table, advertising his candidacy for the Board of Education’s student seat as a first-ever election drew nearer.
“Yup, ‘Vote for Jesus!’” he replied.
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by | Jun 3, 2015 10:12 am | Comments (0)
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Sullivan (left), a candidate in the first Board of Ed student election.
At a campaign event replete with free doughnuts and dancing to the Cupid Shuffle, a candidate for New Haven’s school board wanted voters to know her plans for reforming secondary education — and, just as importantly, that an election is taking place at all.
by | May 20, 2015 1:35 pm | Comments (6)
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Martin Clark is campaigning hard on two issues: smart boards, and smart sex.
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by | May 18, 2015 11:43 am | Comments (11)
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What a difference two years make.
by | Apr 14, 2015 4:12 pm | Comments (26)
Smith: Independent quest.
Mayor Toni Harp has turned to a seasoned labor political hand to run her reelection campaign, as two familiar faces from the Newhallville neighborhood took initial steps up to oppose her.
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by | Mar 20, 2015 5:11 pm | Comments (26)
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Without any rallies or public announcement, Mayor Toni Harp has formally launched her reelection campaign.
Harp (pictured), the city’s first female mayor, has filed papers in the City Clerk’s office to form a campaign committee and scheduled a fundraiser.