by | Jun 8, 2021 8:36 am | Comments (2)
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Q House, opening soon on Dixwell Ave.
Celebrating the last legislative step in a decade-long effort to revive the “Q House,” the Board of Alders unanimously approved a three-year, $300,000 contract between the city and LEAP that will have the local youth tutoring and recreation agency run the reborn Dixwell Avenue community center.
by | Jun 3, 2021 9:02 am | Comments (4)
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Alex Riveria, Ronnie Vollano, and Tealloway show support from Mothers and Others for Justice.
Participants take out phones to join CAGV text updates.
Activists from throughout the state gathered in Dixwell Wednesday evening for a rally calling for an end to gun violence.
Continue reading ‘Blocks From Gunfire, Rally Aims At Violence’
by | Jun 3, 2021 8:40 am | Comments (0)
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The Art of Breathing.
It’s a series of faces moving through an intense range of emotions. Maybe it’s the same person over a period of time. Maybe it’s multiple people in the same moment. Maybe the difference isn’t all that important. Kaitlyn Higgins’s The Art of Breathing is both a study in how to render emotions in paint and an expression of all those moments at once. It’s part of a series of paintings by Higgins that explore parallel senses of outward claustrophobia and inner turmoil. There are no easy answers, but in the accurate rendering of the situation, there’s communication and compassion.
by | Jun 2, 2021 8:36 am | Comments (6)
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Principal Glen Worthy pitches health pathway to eighth-graders.
Starting this fall, Hillhouse students will be able to take enough biology, terminology and lab courses to skip a year of college — or enter the workforce right away in high-paying jobs.
Continue reading ‘Hillhouse Opens Pathway To Health Careers’
by | May 31, 2021 12:03 pm | Comments (15)
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Pile of money, pile of dirt: Above, 201 Munson design. Below, 201 Munson reality.
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So long, and thanks for the $9M: Original co-developer Doug Gray (right), now gone from the deal, with Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison after winning 2018 zoning change.
The original duo behind an ambitious Newhallville development pocketed $15 million as they ditched the unbuilt project — leaving behind cracked asphalt, overgrown weeds, mounds of dirt, and a lingering question: Will these apartments ever get built?
by | May 26, 2021 10:18 am | Comments (12)
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Break-out at Tuesday night’s brainstorming session.
New Haveners urged the mayor to use the city’s upcoming once-in-a-generation federal aid windfall to decrease crime, add youth programing for all ages, and invest in more community centers.
Continue reading ‘Community’s “Rescue” Priorities: Pre-Schoolers, Job-Seekers’
by | May 18, 2021 9:25 am | Comments (3)
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Sophomores tune into their virtual class from their Hillhouse classroom.
Hillhouse sophomore Jazmin Townsend leaned forward in her desk to whisper an observation from the text into her microphone.
Half the class was sitting in the room with her. Half was online. They all contemplated how to keep the virtual conversation going after they heard her say: “I think one interesting fact is that after it was cooked, the dumpling became alive.”
by | May 15, 2021 9:54 pm | Comments (2)
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Members pray for community healing
Fire Lt. Samod “Nuke” Rankins has gotten off his hospital ventilator — and if all the prayers that were uttered Saturday are heard, his progress can only continue.
Continue reading ‘Firefighter Heals As Vigil Sends Prayers His Way’
by | May 14, 2021 3:22 pm | Comments (4)
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Scenes from McMillian’s funeral service at Bethel AME Church.
A traumatic week for the New Haven Fire Department ended with a funeral capped by a Dixwell pastor’s message: “It’s OK not to be OK.”
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by | May 11, 2021 11:21 am | Comments (4)
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The new Q House, on the rise on Dixwell Ave.
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Monday night’s Finance Committee hearing.
Committee alders enthusiastically endorsed a three-year, $300,000 contract between the city and LEAP that would have the local youth tutoring and recreation agency manage — and fundraise for — the reborn “Q House” Dixwell Avenue community center.
by | May 9, 2021 1:33 pm | Comments (4)
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Mayor Justin Elicker makes vaccine case to Terrance Williams.
Soon after the mayor knocked on his door, Terrance Williams ran down the street — to get a Covid-19 shot.
Continue reading ‘Crews Tackle Vaccine Hesitancy Door To Door’
by | May 6, 2021 9:16 am | Comments (3)
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Student writer Manuel Camacho III (center).
The following is a speech written by James Hillhouse High School student Manuel Camacho III and republished from the magazine Elm City Sage.
by | May 3, 2021 9:47 am | Comments (8)
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A To Z Deli’s Ahmed Roomi, Naser Roomi, nephew Abdul Jaber.
Demeka A. (left) doesn’t smoke. B. Cyr (right) smokes Newports.
Ban menthol cigarettes? Some smokers, trying to quit, welcomed the idea. Others argued a ban would just drive the flavored cigarette economy underground.
by | Apr 30, 2021 8:45 am | Comments (0)
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“Foraged Picnic”
The following is a poem written by Metropolitan Business Academy student Keiara Orr and republished from the magazine Elm City Sage.
by | Apr 12, 2021 9:43 am | Comments (0)
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Chris “Big Dog” Davis.
Delores Willams and Lauren Anderson of the Whalley Avenue community bookstore People Get Ready beamed in front of the small, rapt audience seated in front of them Sunday evening.
“Give yourselves a hand,” Williams said. “We’re so grateful that you’re here.”
The bookstore, she said, was getting ready to reopen after a “long, necessary hiatus” — but before that, it hosted a concert by beloved musician Chris “Big Dog” Davis, back in New Haven on the heels of his latest release, the single “Heal The World.”
Continue reading ‘Chris “Big Dog” Davis Plays One For The Books’
by | Apr 5, 2021 12:30 pm | Comments (2)
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Q House, under construction on Dixwell Ave.
Oversee Q House programming. Hire and manage staff. Handle a portion of fundraising for the site. And establish relationships with community partners.
Those are some of the responsibilities detailed in a city proposal to enter into a three-year, $300,000-in-total contract with LEAP that would have that local youth tutoring and recreation nonprofit run the soon-to-open, reborn Dixwell community center.
by | Apr 1, 2021 1:40 pm | Comments (11)
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The new Q House, coming online this summer.
LEAP’s Fernandez: Ready to roll.
The city has tapped the youth tutoring and recreation agency LEAP to oversee programming at the reborn Dixwell Q House community center.
by | Mar 26, 2021 9:36 am | Comments (7)
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The proposed 4-story, 69-unit apartment building at 340 Dixwell.
Four local affordable housing projects will be getting over $5.4 million in state support, thanks to the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority’s (CHFA) annual awarding of federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).
Continue reading ‘4 Affordable Housing Projects Get $5.4M State Boost’
by | Mar 22, 2021 1:42 pm | Comments (0)
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Maye spars with 13-year-old EJ White at Elephant In The Room gym.
Thanks to a judge’s ruling, Solomon Maye is back in the gym teaching local youth to tuck their elbows, pivot, and turn into their punches.
by | Mar 16, 2021 9:56 am | Comments (1)
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Wexler Grant School (pictured): By summer, the heating will be fully fixed.
Wexler-Grant and Fair Haven schools will finally have five fully functional boilers by this summer, at least a year after the New Haven Public Schools started planning to upgrade the two schools’ heating systems.
Continue reading ‘New School Boilers To Cost $590K, On Way A Year Later’
by | Mar 2, 2021 6:35 pm | Comments (6)
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Fifty-four more people received Covid-19 vaccinations at Bethel AME Church on Goffe Street on Tuesday.
With the official expansion of vaccine qualifications from 55 – 65 years old starting this week, demand has mushroomed, and additional vaccination sites are popping up, and getting filled.
Continue reading ‘“Crush Covid” Sentiment Reigns At Church Pop-Up’
by | Mar 1, 2021 10:50 am | Comments (2)
Blood Drive at Beulah Heights.
James Rawlings (pictured at right), executive director of Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Southern CT, sent in this write-up and these photos.
Continue reading ‘Sickle Cell Assn. Has High Turnout At 1st Blood Drive.’
by | Feb 26, 2021 12:07 pm | Comments (1)
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Early-morning blaze at 11 Charles. Below: on scene around 9:30.
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A fire in Dixwell left four men without a home.
by | Feb 24, 2021 6:59 pm | Comments (1)
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Varick’s vaccination pop-up Wednesday.
New Haven’s oldest Black church, Varick Memorial AME Zion Church, partnered with the Health Department to offer 51 vaccinations Wednesday at the city’s 12th pop-up clinic aimed at protecting communities of color from Covid-19.
by | Feb 23, 2021 2:11 pm | Comments (3)
Genevive Walker, the new ConnCAT CEO.
Genevive Walker is taking command of one of New Haven’s leading youth and workforce development nonprofits, the Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT).