by | Mar 5, 2021 2:59 pm | Comments (8)
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If a high school holds its classes primarily outdoors, should it be allowed to reopen before other New Haven high schools?
For some Sound School families, the answer is yes.
Over 100 people have signed a petition by Sound junior Anthony Cirello asking to restart in-person classes at the aquaculture-focused school.
by | Mar 5, 2021 11:07 am | Comments (6)
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Lashonda Toon (right): Daughter was eager to return.
Eighth grader Brian McClain was the only student back in his classroom Thursday. And it made a difference: He mastered a lesson in eight minutes after struggling remotely for months with pre-algebra.
by | Mar 5, 2021 10:16 am | Comments (0)
New Haveners over 55 years old can get a Covid-19 vaccination this weekend at Hillhouse’s athletic center if they make an appointment today.
Continue reading ‘Weekend Vaccine Appointments Available At Hillhouse’
by | Mar 4, 2021 5:46 pm | Comments (10)
Gov. Ned Lamont Thursday announced that he’s easing Covid-19 restrictions in the state starting mid-March, as vaccines offer hope amid concerns from federal health officials that a rush to lessen precautions will lead to a new surge of cases.
by | Mar 4, 2021 4:15 pm | Comments (1)
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Rev. Keith King at Thursday’s pop-up.
Keith King, pastor of the Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church on Newhall Street, thanked the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) on Thursday for providing 54 Covid-19 vaccine doses at a pop-up clinic.
The sign-up list at the one-day clinic for the Pfizer vaccine was made up equally of parishioners of the predominately African American church and local residents.
Continue reading ‘Church Pop-Up Clinic Brings Vaccines To Newhall Street’
by | Mar 4, 2021 2:29 pm | Comments (1)
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Wilfred and Christine Rodie at CVS: One down, one to go.
Christine Rodie is a month shy of qualifying for the Covid-19 vaccine. She had a brief hope that she could take a no-show’s dose at the Whalley Avenue CVS — only to learn that there were four pages of names ahead of hers on the waitlist.
Continue reading ‘Vaccine Waitlists, But No Walk-Ins, At CVS’
by | Mar 3, 2021 5:25 pm | Comments (1)
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Dr. Lagarde vaccinates Jonathan Hill at Cross clinic Wednesday.
King/Robinson middle school STEM teacher Jonathan Hill breathed a sigh of relief.
Not only will he be returning to the classroom in person for the first time in nearly a year later this week. He’ll also be doing so with a first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine already in his arm.
by | Mar 2, 2021 6:35 pm | Comments (6)
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Fifty-four more people received Covid-19 vaccinations at Bethel AME Church on Goffe Street on Tuesday.
With the official expansion of vaccine qualifications from 55 – 65 years old starting this week, demand has mushroomed, and additional vaccination sites are popping up, and getting filled.
Continue reading ‘“Crush Covid” Sentiment Reigns At Church Pop-Up’
by | Mar 2, 2021 3:25 pm | Comments (0)
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Vaccinationat the Floyd Little Athletic Center clinic, co-run by YNHH and the city.
Next week marks the one-year anniversary of Yale New Haven Health’s first Covid-19 patient.
Over the past 12 months, the regional hospital system has seen 1,078 Covid-related deaths, more than 9,400 Covid patients discharged home, and roughly 113,000 vaccine doses administered, as in-patient numbers continue to drop.
Continue reading ‘10,000 Patients Later, YNHH Nears Covid Anniversary Amid Encouraging Trends’
by | Mar 2, 2021 10:37 am | Comments (16)
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Barbarotta: The person who used to do this got cut.
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Old air filter found during inspection at Nathan Hale School.
The next time one of the 6,244 filters that clean the air in school buildings does not get changed, New Haven school officials said, they intend to find out who did not do their job.
They said that at a hearing Monday night into embarrassing revelations about routine repairs overlooked for years in schools throughout New Haven, endangering students’ health.
by | Mar 1, 2021 7:43 pm | Comments (4)
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Lynn, Karl, and David Arezzini and Adam Boekman at Monday’s event.
Chapel Haven registered disappointment Monday with Gov. Ned Lamont’s updated statewide vaccine rollout plan, saying the agency’s off-campus residents and their families are dealing with mental anguish as a result of changed rules delaying their shots.
Continue reading ‘Chapel Haven Appeals To Lamont To Reconsider Vaccination Changes’
by | Mar 1, 2021 11:05 am | Comments (16)
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Patricia Kane: Tell the neighbors.
Newhallville residents expressed their support for a citywide proposal to require that all nearby residents receive mandatory notice of pending public regulatory decisions that could affect them.
by | Mar 1, 2021 10:51 am | Comments (0)
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LEAP Counselor Chynna: My LEAPer inspires me.
Almost 600 people connected over Zoom to celebrate the young leaders at LEAP, demonstrating the resilience the nonprofit teaches.
Continue reading ‘LEAP Celebrates With First-Ever Virtual Fundraiser’
by | Feb 26, 2021 5:59 pm | Comments (3)
• All teachers, adults 55 and over eligible starting Monday.
• New mass vaccination site opens this week at Wilbur Cross.
• New Haven resident-only sites at Bethel AME, Christian Tabernacle.
• City schedules pop-ups to vaccinate teachers.
by | Feb 26, 2021 5:08 pm | Comments (22)
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Lopez with her son on front porch of their Cassius St. apartment (pictured below).
Unemployed and undocumented, Sandra Lopez keeps falling further behind on rent as the state assistance she received last fall has long since run out.
Her hopes — and those of many others in the state who have fallen in dire financial straits over the past year — rest now on a soon-to-launch $235 million state rental support program designed to help keep low-income tenants afloat as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on.
by | Feb 26, 2021 4:43 pm | Comments (1)
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Gentle Hands owner Tennille Smalls: Sometimes I have to pinch myself that we did it.
While the pandemic proved fatal to some childcare centers, Tennille Smalls found a way to open a new one — with the help of a New Haven coalition that has enabled other providers to remain open.
by | Feb 26, 2021 11:01 am | Comments (2)
Dr. Don C. Sawyer, a sociology professor at Quinnipiac University, mentioned on Thursday evening that he’d co-edited a book called Hip-Hop and Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline, out now as of this week. The book’s themes — of how hip hop can be used in the education system as a force to empower and uplift students — could have been the subject of a lecture.
But “rather than me talking about the book,” Sawyer said, he wanted to “bring together people who are doing the work.”
by | Feb 25, 2021 6:03 pm | Comments (22)
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Four-year-old air filter at Worthington Hooker.
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Building Official Turcio at inspection: What about asthma?
It took the Covid-19 pandemic to reveal air filters that had sat collecting dust for years at public schools throughout New Haven.
The air — and the origin of the problems — is still not cleared up.
Newly released reports of Covid-sparked city inspections of 21 schools found that two-thirds had dirty or poorly maintained ventilation systems. About half had air filters that hadn’t been replaced in years prior to October, rather than twice a year as recommended.
by | Feb 24, 2021 6:59 pm | Comments (1)
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Varick’s vaccination pop-up Wednesday.
New Haven’s oldest Black church, Varick Memorial AME Zion Church, partnered with the Health Department to offer 51 vaccinations Wednesday at the city’s 12th pop-up clinic aimed at protecting communities of color from Covid-19.
by | Feb 24, 2021 11:10 am | Comments (0)
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“These simple words / by design / twisting thoughts / but I tried,” sings Tony Mascolo on “Mondays” the newest single from Big Fang. With the band’s forthcoming EP, Mascolo hopes to offer both musical and financial reprieve during the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Feb 23, 2021 11:16 am | Comments (10)
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CFO Phil Penn: Bad form to abandon plan so soon.
Help is not on the way from the state to close the gap between what New Haven schools need and what they’ll get, the system’s financial chief warned.
by | Feb 23, 2021 10:56 am | Comments (0)
Chico and Rita meet in a Havana club. He plays the come-on-strong would-be lover. She plays hard to get.
But the attraction between them is undeniable — not only through romance, but through music. She’s a talented singer. He might be the best piano player in Cuba. They both have heads full of ideas and ambitions. They know they’re better as a team.
Sometimes their passion is too much for them. And meanwhile, they’re living through one of the most tumultuous periods in their country’s history. Will they get what they want?
by | Feb 23, 2021 10:53 am | Comments (1)
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A dance party, spoken word performances, meditation, a student panel: New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) hopes to have something for everyone on Wednesday, the district’s first “Day of Hope and Healing” in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Feb 22, 2021 4:07 pm | Comments (24)
Schoolteachers and everyone 55 and older will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations under a revamping of rules announced Monday by Gov. Ned Lamont.
by | Feb 22, 2021 12:02 pm | Comments (2)
Fireside, the popular Annex restaurant and bar, is struggling to stay alive during the Covid-19 pandemic — and to remain in its Woodward Avenue digs.