Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) has purchased 266 State St., one of the brick buildings sandwiched between Cafe Nine on Crown Street and the State Street Parking Garage. The nonprofit plans to move into the building in 2022 and transform into a one-stop-shop for people experiencing homelessness.
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Dec 17, 2020 12:50 pm
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Seikichi Muto, owner and chef at Sonobana on Dixwell in Hamden, took a small ball of rice in a gloved hand and deftly made it just the right shape to accept a piece of raw, tender yellowtail. He did the same with with piece of salmon, and with a piece of tuna — as he has been doing for 34 years in the same location, and now during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Karen Ponzio |
Dec 16, 2020 10:52 am
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The monthly NHDocs series that debuted in November is already taking a turn towards adapting its offerings, this time considering not only the holiday season but the spirit of its generosity and good cheer. Moving the series to the third weekend of the month is only one part of the change. Adding in a filmed musical event and raising funds for a local beloved club are two more.
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Maya McFadden |
Dec 15, 2020 1:58 pm
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Rasheed at the Hill substation.
At 10 years old, Jamilah Rasheed had one used pair of shoes for school. Passed down from her cousin, the shoes were a size too small. Her family couldn’t afford anything else. A hole eventually formed in the back of those used shoes until Rasheed couldn’t wear them anymore.
She thinks back on that time as she enlists New Haveners to help a new generation of young people stay warm this the winter.
Penn (left). Goldson (right): “Selectively prosecuted.”
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Board of Education member Darnell Goldson did not necessarily harass New Haven Public Schools’ Chief Financial Officer Phillip Penn by implying that Penn was racist. He did violate board rules that promote efficient and respectful meetings.
This is the conclusion of a four-month investigation by Amita Patel Rossetti of the Waterbury-based law firm Tinley, Renehan & Dost.
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Karen Ponzio |
Dec 14, 2020 10:59 am
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S.G. Carlson & The Tines
Sam Carlson has made it one of his personal and professional goals to create new ways to help New Haven’s music scene survive, thrive, and proliferate. His latest endeavor involves video, a media he has used with success before. But this time he’s using it to showcase a live performance of three songs at one of New Haven’s live venues — even if that venue can’t be open for an audience to enjoy them in person.
Health Director Bond at presser: Ready to spread gospel.
• 1st up: frontline workers, 1st responders, frail seniors. • Other shots start “in a few weeks.” • Goal: 100 a day. • “Medical Reserve Corps” volunteers sought. • Moderna preferred over Pfizer. • Pop-ups, Meadow St. site planned. • Public education campaign readied. • City positivity rate soars to almost 3x “red zone” minimum. • YNHH bed-occupancy hits 75 percent. • New wave slams Fair Haven hardest. • 120 new hotel beds for homeless.
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Brian Slattery |
Dec 11, 2020 12:28 pm
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Owners Sukra Shrestha and Arjun Khadka, chef Krishna Paudel.
Arjun Khadka, the head chef and one of the owners of Cumin India on Skiff Street in Hamden, laid out a spread of Cumin’s more popular dishes. Among them were well-known fare like chicken tikka masala and garlic naan.
But the restaurant is also a place to sample Indo-Chinese dishes, a lesser-known facet of Indian cuisine that combines the influences of India and its neighbor, China. Among the many Indo-Chinese offerings on the menu is vegetarian Manchurian — vegetable dumplings topped with a sauce that pulls its ingredients from across Asia and elsewhere, and reminds us that India, as vast as it is, is also connected inextricably with the wider world.
New Haven Public Schools hired Lauren Strillacci at a $90,000 salary in late August. Three and a half months later, she has helped the district secure over $2 million in new income to upgrade its wireless networks and support pandemic food delivery.
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Brian Slattery |
Dec 10, 2020 10:48 am
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Zulynette stood on a stage blank enough that it felt like a void. “This show is a spell,” she said. “If you have lived a life, you have a story to tell.”
In teaming up with Zulynette, the Long Wharf’s artistic leadership is making good on its promise to ground the theater further in the community around it, even as it wrestles with the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
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Thomas Breen |
Dec 9, 2020 12:26 pm
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Clockwise from top left: Local pastors Steven Cousin, Boise Kimber, Hector Otero, and John Cotten.
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Fair Haven’s Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal, future learning hub site.
Four churches in Fair Haven, Dixwell, and Newhallville won permission to run daycare centers-turned-learning hubs — to offer relief to working parents who can’t leave their kids home alone during the day, and reliable internet and in-person educational support to students.
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Karen Ponzio |
Dec 9, 2020 10:51 am
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The Christmas season is a time for traditions such as tree lighting, gift giving — and punk music.
Yes, indeed — a celebration that includes punk music is one local tradition that will continue this year at The Cellar on Treadwell, as the annual Punxmas show will go on this Saturday, albeit in a much different way than previous years.
