by | Feb 22, 2021 9:41 am | Comments (0)
In proud pop-music fashion, Zoo Front’s “Off The Rails” — off its first EP of 2021, I Need Time — marries happy music with contemplative lyrics, as sunny guitars and a hip-swaying beat are used to convey a message very much of the minute.
by | Feb 19, 2021 10:23 am | Comments (0)
What if the equations that dictate how Connecticut disseminates Covid dollars encourage segregation?
Stamford Mayor David Martin discussed how the state miscalculates diversity on this week’s episode of The Municipal Voice, a co-production of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and WNHH.
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by | Feb 18, 2021 11:06 am | Comments (0)
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Wednesday night Holberton School on James Street was once again the place to find live music, as the District Arts and Education series that began last fall continued with New Haven-based musician Kevin MF King, livestreamed through the organization’s Facebook page.
by | Feb 17, 2021 4:59 pm | Comments (2)
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Joan Brissett, among 80 vaccinated at Bethel Church’s pop-up clinic.
Joan Brissett went to church Wednesday not to pray, but to get a Covid-19 vaccine shot.
She found peace.
by | Feb 16, 2021 5:31 pm | Comments (2)
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Sen. Blumenthal Tuesday with the owners and staff of Pan Del Cielo 2.
The Mera family has kept their Pan Del Cielo 2 family bakery in Fair Haven afloat in the pandemic with some federal help — and is now looking for another infusion to keep the bread loaves rising.
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by | Feb 16, 2021 2:38 pm | Comments (7)
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Ed board’s Conaway: “Next logical step.”
New Haven Public Schools sixth through eighth graders will have the option to attend some in-person classes starting on March 4, Superintendent Iline Tracey announced Tuesday.
by | Feb 16, 2021 12:54 pm | Comments (0)
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YNHH healthcare providers get vaccinated as part of Phase 1A.
Until the pandemic struck, I had presumed there were but three advantages to being over the age of 75: no more colonoscopies, no more jury duty, no more … I forget what.
Then along came Covid-19, and ageism was stood on its head. My generation was in line to be saved, at least figuratively, as we comprise around 80 percent of all deaths from the novel infection. The actual experience of vaccination provided a few lessons and indelible memories.
by | Feb 15, 2021 5:18 pm | Comments (5)
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Birna Bermudez gets her first delivery from Lucina Capuano.
A visitor came to Birna Bermudez’s home from New Haven’s public schools and dropped off a new form of pandemic assistance: 14 meals’ worth of fresh fruits and vegetables.
by | Feb 15, 2021 1:46 pm | Comments (2)
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Sandra Pittman with her blackened salmon platter.
The oil sizzled as soon the salmon fillet hit the pan.
That noise was the hint that the fish would turn out crispy but not overcooked, explained Sandra Pittman, chef and co-owner of Sandra’s Next Generation.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Sandra’s Bourbon-Glazed Salmon’
by | Feb 15, 2021 10:53 am | Comments (2)
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Kristina Powell, Blaize Levitan under the chuppah at Book Trader.
What do you wear to a wedding during a pandemic?
Blaize Levitan and Kristina Powell and their guests wore matching face masks — pink and red, custom made — in a Covid-conscious Valentine’s Day ceremony held Sunday at Book Trader Cafe.
by | Feb 15, 2021 10:15 am | Comments (7)
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Our schools are short-changed by millions.
(Opinion) Educational Cost Sharing (ECS) is a funding mechanism that was intended to level the playing field in funding school districts. Instead, it has benefited majority-white schools.
by | Feb 15, 2021 10:13 am | Comments (0)
Two sisters played a piece from a Puerto Rican composer. A young maestro showed what the violin could do. And a quartet revisited — and reintroduced — a classic. The Saturday evening virtual performances and the Q&A that followed were all part of Music Haven‘s third Album Drop, an ongoing concert series that shows how the New Haven-based organization continues its work of nurturing its students and bringing more music to the Elm City.
by | Feb 12, 2021 11:29 am | Comments (0)
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The author, at Lanman.
I recognized one old friend walking with a cane and stoop
Beneath the inviting basketball hoops
by | Feb 12, 2021 11:24 am | Comments (3)
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Artist Meg Bloom looked over the pieces in “Buried in the Bones,” her new show at City Gallery on Upper State Street, running now through Feb. 28. “I love rotted trees and dead flowers,” she said. “I’m always interested in that, things decaying and falling apart, but with a touch of life in there.” If it sounds like she’s responding to current events, she is. But it’s also a statement about the way the New Haven-based artist has been doing art for decades.
Continue reading ‘Artist Meg Bloom Finds Response In Persistence’
by | Feb 11, 2021 1:22 pm | Comments (12)
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Director of Public Health Nursing Jennifer Vazquez has resigned.
March 12 will be Jennifer Allis Vazquez’s last day as New Haven’s director of public health nursing.
Vazquez has played a prominent role in helping schools partially reopen during the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Feb 10, 2021 4:57 pm | Comments (3)
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Nurse Rosellen Moore vaccinates Juan Rodriguez, 75.
New Haven rolled out the next phase of Covid-19 vaccinations Wednesday with a pop-up clinic at Berger Apartments on Derby Avenue.
Continue reading ‘City Rolls Out Next Vaccination Phase; 27 Seniors Get Shots At Berger Apartments’
by | Feb 10, 2021 2:21 pm | Comments (5)
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Ricky Evans with Brisket Kansa-Lina Fries creation.
For Ricky Evans, owner of Ricky D’s Rib Shack, cooking up comfort food behind a grill totally beats wearing a suit and working in Corporate America.
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by | Feb 9, 2021 12:33 pm | Comments (3)
(Updated) Any Connecticut resident who is 65 or older can now schedule an appointment to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
by | Feb 9, 2021 11:01 am | Comments (3)
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Ty Scurry.
“I have so much stuff planned for this place, and everybody’s like, ‘you’re crazy, you’re only 19 — how are you going to get all this done?”
So Ty Scurry — actor, singer, Wilbur Cross graduate, and theater director at Hillhouse High School — said with a humble chuckle about assuming ownership of Family Music Center in Hamden, which he hopes to not only rebuild out of its Covid-19 shutdown, but expand into a community-based center for students of the visual and performing arts.
Continue reading ‘New Owner Keeps The Family In Music Center’
by | Feb 8, 2021 7:38 pm | Comments (3)
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Chris Murphy in New Haven Monday.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy made two New Haven stops Monday to discuss his efforts to bring back federal funding for youth summer enrichment programs and the FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries (FEED) Act.
by | Feb 8, 2021 1:21 pm | Comments (0)
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Nicole Ellis, owner of Around The Clock Restaurant and Bar on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, said new customers looking for Jamaican food often have two questions.
First: “Do you sell oxtail?”
And second: “Is it soft?”
by | Feb 8, 2021 10:42 am | Comments (2)
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The Hamden community honored seven people who have been helping care for those affected by COVID-19 with an intimate in-person ceremony, lively online audience and takeout banquet-style meals from a local caterer.
by | Feb 5, 2021 5:44 pm | Comments (5)
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YNHH healthcare providers get vaccinated as part of Phase 1A.
Yale New Haven Health is disseminating between 4,000 and 6,000 coronavirus vaccines in Connecticut and Rhode Island every week. Officials believe the hospital system could distribute eight times that number, if only they had the supply.
Continue reading ‘YNHH: We Could Be Vaccinating 8x As Many People’
by | Feb 5, 2021 4:12 pm | Comments (54)
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Local landlord Galina Zalman: “We only use food banks.”
After taxes, utilities, repairs, and tens of thousands of dollars lost through unpaid rent amid the Covid-19 pandemic, landlord Galina Zalman said she made a total of $2,552 in 2020 — sending her to a food pantry as she struggles to keep three local rental properties afloat.
by | Feb 5, 2021 12:51 pm | Comments (10)
The latest daily total shows seven more reported Covid-19 cases among people at five New Haven pre-K‑5 schools.