by | Jul 22, 2016 4:09 pm | Comments (4)
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Mayor Harp cutting the ribbon Friday.
City government Friday opened an outpost on Dixwell Avenue to bring “one-stop shopping” to the neighborhood.
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by | Jul 21, 2016 12:18 pm | Comments (1)
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Jahazeil Barr and Clayton McDuffie work on the ceiling.
Months before it opens, The “Escape” already got a group of teens busy.
by | Jul 19, 2016 12:11 pm | Comments (0)
Papaj came to the auction ready to haul.
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Late sister’s belongings.
John Papaj had $100 in his pocket, a Dodge 4x4 waiting outside, and a look of quiet intensity in his eyes.
“She said, ‘Come get it,’” Papaj recounted. “I said, ‘Yes, baby, I got you.’”
by | Jul 10, 2016 8:28 pm | Comments (22)
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The scene outside Varick Church Sunday.
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Rev. Morrison.
A violent week in America ended with a message of unity outside one of New Haven’s leading African-American churches: Black lives are an indispensible part of the city’s fabric. So are blue ones. And to prevent any more tragedy, the two need to work together.
by | Jun 28, 2016 12:11 pm | Comments (18)
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Tenant Hall: “If you’re not working, they help you.”
A Massachusetts landlord that gets paid millions of government dollars a year to house poor people in New Haven is looking for a new 20-year tax break — and no one’s complaining.
by | Jun 27, 2016 3:22 pm | Comments (1)
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Brown fills the pitcher’s box with dirt.
For the first time in years, Jacob Tyson, a frequent horseshoe player at DeGale Field, could make a throw on an even concrete surface.
by | Jun 27, 2016 7:18 am | Comments (2)
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Cramer and Bromage.
James Cramer knows what it’s like be to a hungry kid in need of a summer meal when school’s closed. He wants fewer kids to have to face that reality. So he went around New Haven Saturday letting families know where their kids can find those meals this summer.
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by | Jun 27, 2016 7:00 am | Comments (0)
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As New York City and other major cities around the country held LGBTQ pride parades, hundreds of New Haveners gathered to proudly celebrate a different facet of their identity: their Caribbean heritage.
by | Jun 23, 2016 1:24 pm | Comments (2)
Mills, at left, addresses Stetson gathering.
After the governor failed to bring about bail reform this year, New Haveners have stepped up to start doing so on their own.
by | Jun 23, 2016 7:24 am | Comments (1)
New Haveners — particularly those in tune with the diaspora and the many identities that it has created — will have one more reason to celebrate summer this Sunday when the city’s third annual Caribbean Heritage Festival rolls into Goffe Street Park.
According to founder and organizer Karaine Smith-Holness, there’s plenty of reason to spread the word about it.
by | Jun 20, 2016 7:20 am | Comments (0)
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A table display at Friday’s celebration.
Jajuana Cole, a smiling 13-year-old known to her family by the nickname “Nonnie,” was shot to death outside a Dickerman Street party ten years ago last week.
For her sister, Quanisha Cole, who was 11 years old at the time, the shooting still feels painful and raw.
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by | Jun 6, 2016 1:53 pm | Comments (0)
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Bethune.
Michael Bethune and Kejuan Simmons, a.k.a. young rap duo N‑Finity Muzik, paced energetically back and forth in the grass in front of the stage, closing the distance between them and their audience. Multicolored dashikis, hanging in a vendor’s tent, flapped in the breeze. Community members and staff in purple T‑shirts circled the sunny park.
by | Jun 6, 2016 1:52 pm | Comments (2)
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Davis leaves her mark on the old Q.
Tracey Davis painted a star, a heart and a human stick figure next to her name, “like the ones I used to draw when I attended the Q House as a child.”
by | Jun 6, 2016 7:08 am | Comments (0)
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Teake’s warmup in Scantlebury.
An advance mini-version of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas “popped up” in Dixwel Saturday afternoon, as hundreds of neighbors kicked out the jams in Scantlebury Park.
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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 15, 2016 8:42 pm | Comments (15)
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The Nation Drill Team commands Dixwell Avenue.
Zhané Wilson marches in step with the Annie M. Bolden Youth Group.
Helen C. Powell marched in her first Freddy Fixer Parade at 9 years old. A half-century later, she led a revived version of the parade through the heart of New Haven’s black community and helped return the event to its glory days.
by | May 11, 2016 12:04 pm | Comments (1)
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St. Luke’s on Whalley.
The zoning board approved 32 new apartments by St. Luke’s Development Corporation on Whalley Avenue and started the process for four more downtown, as New Haven’s housing boom continues.
by | May 3, 2016 7:42 am | Comments (2)
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Morrison and Paolillo.
The city’s forthcoming teen drop-in center and homeless shelter, The Escape, could mean a chance at day labor jobs for New Haveners.
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by | Apr 22, 2016 2:03 pm | Comments (12)
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Clinton with Morrison at the Varick gathering.
After a whirlwind day with a former president and an aspiring next president, the Rev. Eldren Morrison Friday said he’s backing Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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by | Apr 11, 2016 7:30 am | Comments (5)
The previous organizer of the “Freddie” Fixer Parade is going to court to try to stop a new city-supported group from staging the parade next month using the “Freddy” Fixer name.
by | Apr 7, 2016 12:04 pm | Comments (1)
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Tyland Jeffries grills wings with homemade sauce at the Freddie.
Every man “thinks he’s the barbecue king,” Jackie James observes. Soon, New Haven will find out who’s true royalty.
by | Apr 4, 2016 5:37 pm | Comments (8)
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Vice-President Lemoine: A smart strategy for rebuilding.
This time there were no crowds, no balloons. Just a handful of men in a conference room deciding the fate of a company that once symbolized New Haven’s gamble on creating the jobs of the future.
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by | Mar 30, 2016 5:18 pm | Comments (32)
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Jones (right) and Boyd detail plans.
Smith crashes session.
The new organizers of the Freddy (formerly “Freddie”) Fixer Parade began detailing plans for this year’s march along with new fundraising events — while the former organizer dropped his threat of a lawsuit to stop them.
by | Mar 28, 2016 1:35 pm | Comments (0)
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Burdell Mamie Smith-Taylor at Friday’s event.
“We miss you, we love you, and when we grow up, we want to be just like you!”
by | Mar 14, 2016 3:22 pm | Comments (6)
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Ponce de Leon, Li.
Yanbo Li and Juan Pablo Ponce de Leon looked at a large empty lot at a four-way intersection at the northern edge of the Dixwell neighborhood and saw a four-story affordable housing development with multiple entryways, green terraces, and shared balconies.