by | Feb 11, 2013 10:31 pm | Comments (3)
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Lt. Marty Tchakirides (right) with displaced tenants.
Heavy snow and rain from Winter Storm Nemo bore down on a brick Fountain Street apartment building, forcing walls to buckle and officials to condemn the premises.
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‘25 Displaced In Westville;
Roof In Danger Of Collapse’
by | Feb 11, 2013 7:15 pm | Comments (7)
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As the cost of the blizzard continued to climb Monday, and main arteries remained barely passable, Mayor John DeStefano made a request for more help from the National Guard.
by | Feb 11, 2013 5:17 pm | Comments (3)
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Lt. Cole.
It was 10 p.m., just as the blizzard named Nemo was unleashing its fury. A “medical, maternity” call came in from Blatchley Avenue in Fair Haven.
A woman was having contractions two minutes apart. Her first baby was coming. Soon.
by | Feb 11, 2013 5:04 pm | Comments (6)
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Neighbors rescue Chief Esserman’s car from Willow & Orange.
When piles of snow from Winter Storm Nemo blocked the vents on Jessica Bergman’s Willow Street home, shutting off her heat Monday, David Streever and an emergency shovel team swung into action.
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by | Feb 11, 2013 2:35 pm | Comments (24)
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Officers monitor a closed intersection at Dixwell and Bassett Monday.
Just about every city street should have a single lane plowed down the middle by mid-Tuesday, Mayor John DeStefano predicted Monday.
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‘New Prediction: All
Streets Partially
Cleared By Mid-Tuesday’
by | Feb 11, 2013 2:04 pm | Comments (5)
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Waterman and Gerasimenko apply finishing touches to nudibranch snow sculpture.
While many scheduled events around the city and state were canceled due to the blizzard this weekend, Westville’s Kehler Liddell Gallery’s opening exhibition of “Nudes and Nudibranchs” by artists Frank Bruckmann and Gar Waterman, went on as scheduled Sunday — albeit with a few adjustments.
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‘Gallery Mocks Nemo,
Proceeds With Opening’
by | Feb 11, 2013 12:31 pm | Comments (3)
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Marooned driver Morton: Wheels kept spinning.
Going nowhere fast on Dixwell.
(Updated 3:32 p.m.) CT Transit’s decision to start bus service proved premature Monday morning as buses got stuck on Dixwell Avenue in Newhallville, causing street closures near the town line and a sea of would-be riders navigating treacherous streets. A CT Transit spokesman blamed city snow-plowing.
by | Feb 11, 2013 9:32 am | Comments (0)
CT Transit was scheduled to start limited bus service again in New Haven at 7 a.m. Monday — limited to where it thought it could travel.
by | Feb 10, 2013 9:03 pm | Comments (4)
Don’t go to work Monday.
Don’t even go to the hospital for scheduled surgery.
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‘Freezing Rain Coming;
City, Yale, Gateway
Will Close On Monday’
by | Feb 10, 2013 6:44 pm | Comments (1)
In case you didn’t notice, New Haven has an emergency.
President Obama noticed.
by | Feb 10, 2013 5:37 pm | Comments (1)
Tim Musella heard about the record blizzard that blanketed New Haven — and revved up his Ford F‑150 to head up north from Baltimore.
by | Feb 10, 2013 5:36 pm | Comments (12)
Gardin prepares to hop off the truck to direct traffic.
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Firefighters “Noodles” Nardini, Allen, Bialecki, and Gardin wait to see if a tow and a plow can clear an intersection.
An ambulance was stuck in the middle of Shelton Avenue three blocks ahead. The fire crew would need to find an alternate route to reach an emergency carbon-monoxide call. Or at least get somewhere close enough to walk.
“If we don’t get by that [ambulance] up there,” Lt. Melissa Allen remarked, “we’re dead in the water.”
by | Feb 10, 2013 2:58 pm | Comments (0)
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These four cop cruisers aren’t parked for fill-ups. They’ve been stuck since Winter Storm Nemo hit.
by | Feb 10, 2013 2:16 pm | Comments (2)
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Johnny “Fab” Fabrizio’s white hair almost glistened in the bright sun reflecting off the snow Sunday as Fair Haveners began to come out and walk Grand Avenue to re-stock at C‑Town or do errands.
He was doing what every property owner is supposed to do: clear any nearby hydrant.
by | Feb 10, 2013 2:14 pm | Comments (7)
Some major neighborhood streets will start seeing a single lane plowed Sunday — and if you nudge your car in the way, the city plans to tow it.
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‘Latest Storm Advisory:
"Aggressive" Towing
On Newly Plowed Streets’
by | Feb 10, 2013 2:12 pm | Comments (0)
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Shoveling business was brisk as soon as the last of the 34 inches of snow fell on Fair Haven — including for a crew from the Immanuel Baptist homeless shelter.
by | Feb 10, 2013 8:46 am | Comments (6)
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Fresh powder doesn’t come often and it doesn’t last long. When it fell in abundance Saturday, we grabbed our cross-country skis.
by | Feb 9, 2013 8:28 pm | Comments (55)
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Carl Z.’s truck got stuck on Poplar during a rescue mission.
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Orange Street. All roads were closed to vehicles Saturday; sleds exempt.
(Updated) Don’t expect your street to get plowed Sunday.
And if people keep trying to drive around town, it could take longer.
Meanwhile, it’s official — New Haven got hit with the biggest blizzard in a century.