Vote For ... What?
by | Nov 6, 2017 8:38 am | Comments (1)
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Candidate Graves gives his phone number to Monterey Place’s Jeanette Britt.
Jeanette Britt told the candidate knocking on her door that she had been tricked.
Dixwell
Q House Breaks Ground
by | Nov 4, 2017 7:25 pm | Comments (1)
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The dream of new Dixwell Community “Q” House rising again moved closer to realization with a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday morning.
BZA Approves Dixwell Arts Center
by | Oct 25, 2017 1:37 pm | Comments (7)
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Titus Kaphar, one of the artists behind the PostMasters Project.
A multimillion-dollar arts center that will replace an abandoned factory in Dixwell won the zoning board’s unanimous approval Tuesday night.
Amid Upscaling, Seniors Gain Foothold
by | Oct 10, 2017 7:53 am | Comments (4)
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Morrison to neighbors: I fought for senior housing.
A long-vacant lot in a quickly developing juncture of the Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods may become the new home of senior citizens who now live at Edith Johnson Towers, under a plan that departs from New Haven’s market-rate housing trend.
Future Dixwell Artist Haven Gets Commish OK
by | Oct 5, 2017 7:40 am | Comments (2)
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Titus Kaphar, one of the founders of the project.
A plan to transform a former Dixwell factory into an $5.8 million arts center got some support for its plans to make the former industrial space into studio space and residential units, with a lot less parking.
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$492K Clean-Up Grant App OK’d For St. Luke’s Development
by | Oct 3, 2017 12:04 pm | Comments (5)
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St. Luke’s and the commercial complex it’s been working to transform for more than five years.
St. Luke’s Development Corp. got a step closer to making a long-awaited mixed-income housing near the intersection of Whalley Avenue, Sperry, and Dickerman streets a reality.
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$5.8M Artists’ Haven Headed For Dixwell
by | Sep 27, 2017 8:04 am | Comments (31)
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Titus Kaphar, one of the founders.
An abandoned Dixwell factory — last known for turning out counterfeit Dr. Dre “Beats” and “Lg Tone+” headsets — could get new life and compete with New York City studios to house the next generation of emerging artists, under a plan detailed to the zoning board Tuesday night.
Anderson Reconnects With Dixwell
by | Sep 26, 2017 7:50 pm | Comments (6)
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David Lee points the candidate to a squatter’s den.
Dixwell, Bryan Anderson was telling gangbanger-turned-street-outreach-worker WIlliam “Juneboy” Outlaw, “is an old stomping ground for me.”
Campbell: No To Tanks, Pot
by | Sep 1, 2017 12:20 pm | Comments (33)
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Crowd grills Chief Campbell at Stetson Thursday night.
New Haven’s police chief isn’t interested in the new military gear the Trump administration wants to send to cities, but he does agree with the administration’s stand against legalizing marijuana.
New Q House Plans Unveiled
by | Aug 29, 2017 7:49 am | Comments (20)
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The view of the new Q House from Dixwell Avenue.
When you walk past the corner of Dixwell Avenue and Foote Street, a sign will remind you that a new Q House is on the way.
Top Cops Open Dialogue With Critics
by | Aug 25, 2017 12:54 pm | Comments (8)
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Activist Fair and Police Chief Campbell at Stetson.
The New Haven Police Department is closer to being at full staff than it has been in years and gets national recognition for its efforts at community policing.
But it also does not perform regular mental health evaluations after an officer gets on the job, doesn’t use performance evaluations in its decision-making for promotions, and doesn’t really know if its implicit bias training has any impact.
Candidates Clash On Housing, Immigration
by | Aug 21, 2017 2:36 pm | Comments (51)
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Paca, Harp at Sunday’s debate.
Marcus Paca promised that if he becomes mayor, he will fight gentrification, while Mayor Toni Harp argued that the burst of market-rate housing in town doesn’t constitute gentrification.
Harp promised to continue New Haven’s “sanctuary city” policies even if President Trump withholds federal grants, while Paca promised to take a closer look at the issue first to avoid losing needed dollars.
No Courts, No Next Serena Williams?
by | Aug 20, 2017 1:50 pm | Comments (5)
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Mavi Sanchez-Skakle of New HYTEs working with children on their stances.
Could the next tennis phenom be growing up in Newhallville or Dixwell? Maybe, if the neighborhoods had tennis courts.
Q House, Delayed, Set For Spring Groundbreaking
by | Aug 9, 2017 8:19 am | Comments (4)
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Bill MacMullen overseeing the demo of the old Q House in January.
The Q House is still on track for construction to begin next spring despite some fits and starts, including a detour through Probate Court and a subterranean discovery.
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2 U.S. Reps Endorse Harp
by | Aug 1, 2017 8:08 am | Comments (9)
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Clyburn at Monday’s rally.
A leading U.S. Congressman from South Carolina took a break from the craziness in Washington to endorse a New Haven mayoral candidate — and described bipartisan concern about the president’s mental health.
Stetson Turns 100
by | Jul 31, 2017 12:11 pm | Comments (2)
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The older crowd at the celebration …
… and the younger.
The Stetson branch of the New Haven Free Public Library celebrated a century of providing a haven for learning and community to the Dixwell and Newhallville neighborhoods with fanfare befitting the beloved fixture.
NAACP Commemorates 1917 Silent Protest
by | Jul 29, 2017 10:52 pm | Comments (9)
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Silent marchers entering the Green Saturday.
Marching down Dixwell.
One hundred years ago, thousands of marchers took to Fifth Avenue in New York City to protest mob justice and the ongoing lynching of black people throughout the country. On Saturday, the Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP took to the streets of New Haven to mark the occasion — and to demonstrate why the march must continue.
Neighbors Press Builder On Jobs, Rents
by | Jul 28, 2017 1:36 pm | Comments (46)
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This is Science Park? Rendering of Munson plan.
Hundreds of new neighbors and construction jobs, along with $2,500-plus monthly rents, could be coming to a rapidly changing part of the city where the Newhallville and Dixwell communities meet.
Tyrick Keyes Laid To Rest
by | Jul 26, 2017 7:54 am | Comments (3)
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Pall-bearers load Tyrick Keyes’s coffin into a hearse.
A 14-year-old boy’s body lay in an open casket Tuesday morning, head resting on a pillow. Teenage boys covered their mouths with their fists as they approached the casket and silently wiped tears from their eyes; the girls went up in groups, interlocking their arms and sobbing into each other’s shoulders.
By the time they left the church, they heard calls to learn from the death of the boy, Tyrick Keyes. From his mother, they heard a determination “not to give up on justice.”
Builder Can Start Work; Wharton Objects
by | Jul 20, 2017 8:07 am | Comments (11)
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Neighbor Wilkins-Chambers: Fears another cancer cluster.
A developer won permission to stockpile clean dirt in preparation for the cleanup and future development of a former Winchester Repeating Arms factory — over the objections of one City Plan commissioner who argued that the neighborhood has been shut out of the process.
Chubb Rock Brings “Old School” Vibes To Goffe Street
by | Jul 20, 2017 7:50 am | Comments (3)
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Chubb Rock, a rapper popular for the 1991 smash hit “Treat ‘Em Right,” gave New Haven a soulful performance Wednesday evening in Goffe Street Park to launch this summer’s Cool Breeze in the Park Series.
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Why They Run
by | Jul 13, 2017 12:10 pm | Comments (1)
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Ron Hurt, Jeanette Morrison, Evelyn Rodriguez, and David Reyes at WNHH radio.
Incumbent Alders Jeanette Morrison (Dixwell), Evelyn Rodriguez and David Reyes (the Hill) and alder candidate Ron Hurt Thursday talked about why they’re running for reelection and election this year on the latest edition of WNHH radio’s “Dateline New Haven” program.
Concerns Pile High Over Dirt
by | Jul 7, 2017 11:54 am | Comments (3)
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Hameen at overgrown dumping ground by his house.
Jesse Hameen II has lived in a white house abutting the edge of the former Winchester Repeating Arms parking lot since he was 12 years old. Now, in his 70s, he looks forward to a Colorado developer’s planned cleanup and redevelopment of the site — but worries about the mess that’s there in the meantime.
Grate-ness Recognized
by | Jun 24, 2017 10:20 pm | Comments (2)
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Joe Grate serenades the crowd.
Years ago, a bus would stop across the street from a gas station and mini-mart Joe Grate ran at Dixwell and Munson called Triangle Mobil, and little boys from Newhallville used to climb atop the back of the bus to rock it. One day, Grate, who saw that the boys needed some discipline, hopped over the fence and paddled the troublemakers. Chuckling, he remembered how the boys’ mothers later thanked him for it.
New “Friends” Give Goffe Park A Shine
by | Jun 19, 2017 2:29 pm | Comments (4)
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The stage at Goffe Street Park.
Parks can be places where people make new friends. On Saturday, it was a park itself that made new friends as community leaders, officials, and city wide residents gathered to inaugurate and celebrate the launch of Friends of Goffe Street Park, the newest among 15 park advocacy and stewardship groups across the city.