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A 53-year-old woman has lost a leg and her eyes, and may still lose her life, in the wake of a vicious-dog attack in Beaver Hills. Police have charged a 36-year-old Harvard-educated doctor who owns the dogs with illegally possessing crack at the time of the incident.
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Wolcheski on Whalley.
A neighbor called Sgt. John Wolcheski to let her new top neighborhood cop know that cars had been regularly blowing through the stop signs at the intersection. So Wolcheski parked his squad car just off the intersection of Percival and Carmel streets.
by | May 20, 2016 12:13 pm | Comments (1)
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Hoyte checks in on Stetson.
Sgt. Jacqueline “Jackie” Hoyte is no stranger to Dixwell Avenue.
by | May 11, 2016 7:55 am | Comments (0)
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Miller.
Today’s programs on WNHH radio give a teary sendoff to one of New Haven’s top cops, pursue new solutions for old cities, and look at the newly conserved and reopened Yale Center for British Art.
by | Apr 21, 2016 12:04 pm | Comments (4)
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The Paradise lot, ruled no paradise.
The City Plan Commission dealt a blow to the owner of a Beaver Hills mulch lot that has come under fire with its neighbors and city officials for operating in violation of the law.
by | Apr 7, 2016 7:34 am | Comments (5)
To understand the influx of bed bugs in our city, Gale Ridge said, “Google what a J curve is.”
by | Mar 31, 2016 4:03 pm | Comments (5)
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Miller shares laugh with his kids, Chief Esserman and mentor Spell.
Top Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills (aka “WEB”) district cop Lt. Makiem Miller has many sides. He’s the guy who mentors at-risk kids, but won’t let them beat him at paintball. He’s also the smiling face that both cops and the community look to in tense situations.
by | Mar 17, 2016 4:14 pm | Comments (3)
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Boyarksy (at right below) failed to win approval — yet — for his mulching operation (above).
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One frail 77-year-old neighbor said he hasn’t been able to open his windows in three years. Another, with asthma, said she loves her home on Blake Street but may be forced to leave.
by | Mar 16, 2016 4:29 pm | Comments (6)
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Trachten, right, with potential buyers at Leander Gray’s former home.
The squatters and drug users living in the Sherman Avenue home of a former judge didn’t appreciate city inspectors bolting a steel door to the back of the house to keep them out.
by | Mar 4, 2016 5:03 pm | Comments (7)
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Kate holding a picture of her late father.
Seventy-one year old Kate was back in her Beaver Hills home after a concerned neighbor and city officials orchestrated her rescue from clutter that pinned her to a couch.
by | Feb 1, 2016 8:36 am | Comments (4)
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Idelier Pettigrew on the doors.
Keene, N.H. — Trudging up to chilly New Hampshire from New Haven with two pals, Idelier Pettigrew wasn’t about to back down when a potential, but still undecided, Hillary Clinton supporter declined to commit.
Continue reading ‘Beaver Hill-er’s Primary Pitch Gets Personal’
by | Dec 24, 2015 3:11 pm | Comments (0)
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Cops showed up at the doors of two families in need, their arms filled with holiday gifts.
by | Nov 30, 2015 8:48 am | Comments (25)
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City inspectors on Blake Street.
Dr. Xu: I’ll do better.
Fire inspector Ray Saracco could hear the distinct chirp of dying smoke detectors from where he stood on the sidewalk in front of 32 – 34 Blake St.
“If they were replaced,” he said listening intently, “you would not hear that.”
by | Nov 6, 2015 8:13 am | Comments (7)
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Hillhouse’s marching band at Thursday’s announcement.
The long-awaited renovated Bowen Field at will be ready in time for the annual Thanksgiving Day Elm City Bowl showdown between the Wilbur Cross and Hillhouse High football teams.
by | Sep 10, 2015 3:31 pm | Comments (26)
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A Beaver Hills alder facing a primary challenge asserted her pro-labor credentials — and attacked Yale’s unions for allegedly sending suburbanites into her neighborhood to unseat her.
by | Sep 1, 2015 12:05 pm | Comments (0)
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After decades behind the scenes organizing people, Jill Marks said, she is ready to step to the forefront.
by | Aug 25, 2015 4:09 pm | Comments (20)
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Alder Claudette Robinson-Thorpe might be sporting a cast on her left foot, but she’s not letting it dampen her plans to fight to keep her seat on the Board of Alders.
by | Jul 29, 2015 4:01 pm | Comments (11)
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Hundreds of New Haveners cast votes Tuesday night — not for a candidate, but for ways to strengthen the city.
by | Jul 21, 2015 12:29 pm | Comments (1)
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Two industrial companies that got rapped on the knuckles for operating in violation of city zoning and general ordinances are getting a little more time to show the city that they have plans for becoming compliant.
Continue reading ‘Mulch Lot, Wrecking Co. Get (Brief) Reprieves’
by | Jul 14, 2015 4:00 pm | Comments (15)
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If something isn’t done about a massive mulch lot that has sprung up in his neighborhood, Miguel Santiago said, he’ll need to move from the Blake Street apartment he’s lived in for 12 years.
by | Jun 19, 2015 12:34 pm | Comments (15)
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Chair Peralta with Alder Evette Hamilton.
Cops and fed-up neighbors found agreement about the dirt-bikers that have revved back onto the streets this spring: Both sides are tired of the mayhem.
Continue reading ‘Whalley, Edgewood Neighbors Press For Dirt-Bike Relief’
by | Jun 18, 2015 11:03 am | Comments (4)
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The fish was splayed on the cutting board as though given wings. But with its missing head, the only thing it was flying toward was a vat of hot oil.
by | May 12, 2015 8:26 am | Comments (0)
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The “WEB” — Whalley, Edgewood, Beaver Hills — police substation will have no physical home of its own for at least three months.
by | May 4, 2015 5:08 pm | Comments (2)
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Katherine Perez knew since she took her first advanced physics class that she wanted to be a scientist. Now a rising junior at Southern Connecticut State University, she will get a step closer this summer through a fellowship in nanotechnology and medicine.
by | Mar 31, 2015 3:05 pm | Comments (7)
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New substation site.
It began with accusations of “rewarding” a “slumlord” with city money. It ended with a hug, and promise to ensure that a rundown stretch of Whalley Avenue will get cleaned up.