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Downer swears in Monday at city inauguration.
Troy Wyile walked onto the Wilbur Cross High School auditorium stage Monday to present a bouquet to his former tutor — as she embarks on a new route to help young people up their learning game in New Haven.
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EHC member society Presidents Marjorie Drucker, Diane Petaway, Gloria Horbaty, Carolyn Baker, Laura Parisi.
As culture wars continued raging elsewhere across the country, an island of cross-ethnic cooperation and understanding celebrated a milestone in New Haven.
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Isaiah Crowe of Gorilla Lemonade with Dena at Schwarzman.
With a single sip of lemonade, history was made on the lower level of Yale’s Schwarzman Center.
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Jade Greene at her Off The Tracks shop.
Fall has arrived early on State Street with Caramel Apple Pie, Skinny Pumpkin Teddy Graham, and Maple Glazed Donut shakes — all of which can now be filed under the category “health food.”
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Ma's House owner Cherisa Lloyd at new restaurant at former Lena's spot.
Ma's Favorite.
When Cherisa Lloyd enjoys the “Margie Special” at her new Westville soul food restaurant, she’s reminded of the love, strength, strong family values, and passion for cooking of her late mother, and best friend.
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"Team Get Right" and "Young Kings" square off in OT in day's final game.
Basketballs soared in the air. Stuntin’ Is A Habit played on the loud speaker. Families competed in spades. And grill smoke ignited the crowd’s appetites.
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24HrJunkies owner Tyron Clemmons.
Tyron “Ty” Clemmons saw a need for more work opportunities for youth — so he founded his own junk removal and landscaping business.
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LeaMOND Suggs on Chapel Street: making New Haven smell good again.
Two decades into running one of downtown’s longer-running commercial enterprises, LeaMOND Suggs was hooking up an old friend with a new olfactory sensation.
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Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz and SBA District Director Catherine Marx.
Chabaso Bakery offered Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Connecticut Director Catherine Marx a taste of their manufacturing processes, their pandemic recovery effort, and, of course, some fresh bread, during a tour of the business’s James Street headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.
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The pulsating orb-like structure in the Liberty Science Center appears to float, impossibly, high above the heads of people walking below, as if it’s lighter than air, or underwater. The fact that it isn’t just a sculpture, but in fact a playground for children, only adds to its improbable whimsy. Liberty Science Center is in Jersey City, N.J., but the shop that designed and built the orb, Luckey Climbers, is right in New Haven, on East Street. Its chief architect, Spencer Luckey, has been around the playground design business all his life. He took over the company from his father, and has made dozens of climbers for clients all over the world. But he also has a vision for the Elm City.
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Ribbon cut for TNP's three-year anniversary.
The Narrative Project (TNP) celebrated its three-year milestone of being “storytellers for good” who intentionally follow a model based on a grandmother’s living room.
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Veronica Alston.
Singer Veronica Alston is retiring her musician dream to drum up support for teen parents and eventually other vulnerable youth.
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Get 'Em Boy Boxing crew returns with national championships.
Hillhouse freshman Matthias Cruz, Hamden High sophomore Brianna Alers, and Wexler Grant sixth-grader Amir Foster returned home with flashy championship belts from a national boxing competition, then got back to work in the ring and at school.
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Local leaders at Tuesday's celebration.
The late New Haven born civil rights leader and federal judge Constance Baker Motley will get her due, if U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro succeeds in a mission in Washington.
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Foodies got a taste for what a new generation of local food entrepreneurs can offer on Wednesday evening at Elm City Market.
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Augustine in his Hillhouse art classroom.
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A masked superhero has walked the halls of Hillhouse High School for almost a year, mostly in secret.
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Reeves demonstrates crossover around defender to teens.
Fair Haven’s “basketball Mecca” is returning to the Farnam Neighborhood House with the help of a New Haven native looking to give back to his city.
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LaShanté James back at Southern, to make a change.
As LaShanté James outlined her plans to bring more student voices to the table at Southern Connecticut State University, her eyes couldn’t help but watch a trio of Greek steppers make music between their body and the pavement.
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Johnny Cummings: Keep your eye on the ball, not me.
Johnny “JC” Cummings stepped on the court where he once reigned, not to sink a three-pointer, but to pass along wisdom about the game of basketball to an up-and-comer he hopes will follow in his footsteps.
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WNBA’s Tanaya Atkinson at Friday’s giveaway.
Barber Brian MacCalla give 5-year-old Jayce Smith a shape-up at Friday’s back-to-school event.
As basketball star Tanaya Atkinson prepared to fly out of the country, she passed the rock to kids back home in New Haven to ensure they have filled book bags and free fresh hair cuts in time to return to school.
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Babz Rawls Ivy with Prosperity Foundation Executive Director Orsella Hughes at Monday’s porch launch.
Babz Rawls Ivy kicked off Black Philanthropy Month with the launch of a fund to aid Black women exiting prison and reentering society, hoping to ease a path she herself has successfully navigated.
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Chazareé and Darius Good.
When New Haven native Darius Good looks up at the stars, he sees his 1‑year-old daughter’s shining future.
Continue reading ‘Baby Inspires Dad’s First Children’s Book’
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BOE student rep Ma’shai Roman at her election at City Hall.
After a rough year of remote learning, Dwight teen Ma’shai Roman says New Haven schools need to do better with providing students with mental health help and resources.
Now she’s in a position to get that message directly to the people in charge.
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Jonathon Savage: Back in green Newhallville.
Jonathon Savage returned home to Newhallville with his green thumb ready.
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Tabrya Murdock-Washington at work in her studio.
Tabrya Murdock-Washington launched “The Brya Collection” hairstyling business amidst a pandemic — and less than two years after suffering from a gunshot wound that forced her to learn to walk again.