by | Feb 10, 2012 12:50 pm | Comments (0)
Between the hours of 11 a.m. to 12 noon, close to 80 people had already streamed through the sixth annual Health Fair and Symposium, held by the New Haven Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on Saturday, Feb. 4 at the Elks Club on Webster Street.
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‘Blood Pressure Checks,
Plus Oven-Fried Chicken’
by | Feb 9, 2012 3:55 pm | Comments (0)
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Lt. Helliger with Mardi Gras-masked James Graham and Mellody Massaquoi.
Mardi Gras came early for these Lincoln-Bassett kids as they learned the “gumbo way of life.”
by | Jan 31, 2012 3:15 pm | Comments (17)
Public works staff cleaned up Tuesday morning.
As a fleeing suspect barreled his BMW X5 through New Haven streets in the middle of the night, Hamden police followed close behind. Lt. Marty Tchakirides had to make a split-second decision. He radioed an urgent message for New Haven’s cops who had joined the chase.
by | Jan 26, 2012 9:40 am | Comments (22)
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Lt. Reddish, Sgt. Harrison, Chief Esserman at Dixwell gathering.
As neighbors complained of overly aggressive use of tasers, New Haven’s chief unveiled a directive to examine how his officers deploy the newly popular weapon — every time they pull the trigger.
by | Jan 22, 2012 11:56 am | Comments (3)
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“It’s time to battle,” said Devonne “Da Bomb” Canady after she used the golden scissors to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of her much anticipated Elephant in the Room boxing gym in Dixwell.
by | Jan 17, 2012 9:00 am | Comments (38)
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Affrika X said the governor’s Sunday liquor sales plan would hurt alcoholism-plagued areas like his. Other shoppers at neighborhood stores wondered: What’s the big deal?
by | Jan 9, 2012 8:59 am | Comments (15)
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Sheeva Williams-Nelson and her son Joshua.
As the body of her 17-year-old nephew Travis Washington, Jr. grew cold, a victim of senseless gun violence last summer, Sheeva Williams-Nelson resolved to speak “life into his death.”
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The cops swarmed Monterey Place this week — to hand out toys.
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A man robbed a Yale staff member walking along on the Farmington Canal trail line.
by | Nov 18, 2011 8:49 am | Comments (9)
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Lt. Anthony Duff and Ruth Henderson.
Before he became a police officer, Anthony Duff always got his hair cut at a barbershop on Dixwell Avenue. He married at the Elks Lodge. He took his kids for good times and free food at Ruth Henderson’s annual block party on Dickerman Street every year without fail. So when he became Dixwell’s top cop in 2002, he said, “for me leaving home to come to work was like coming to my second home.”
by | Nov 16, 2011 2:14 pm | Comments (7)
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The DCCP’s new banner at Dixwell Plaza.
When George Clarke often drives down busy, vibrant State Street, he thinks back to the Dixwell Avenue of his youth — when anyone who purchased a new car showed it off with a promenade down the heart of the African-American community all the way to Webster Street.
by | Nov 11, 2011 3:27 pm | Comments (12)
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A boy in Dixwell just turned 13. The older boys want him to hang out with them. They indulge in mischief. So Officer James Baker made the boy what he hopes is a better offer.
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by | Nov 4, 2011 11:02 am | Comments (2)
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Ward 22 aldermanic hopeful Cordelia Thorpe pitches Geneva Elm.
Ninety-year-old Geneva Elm didn’t want the absentee ballot application Cordelia Thorpe offered. “I’ll come to the poll. I’ve got osteoporosis. I need the exercise,” she said.
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Smikle checks out the windows with contractor John Murphy.
Before he can begin to strengthen young fighters, Gary Smikle is looking to strengthen the windows of a new Dixwell youth boxing gym.
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Hillhouse’s marching band at Wednesday’s Career Development School groundbreaking.
Some 50 New Haven adults will go to school to learn new trades — by building the school themselves.
by | Oct 21, 2011 2:27 pm | Comments (13)
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As she surveyed a room full of donated building supplies, Devonne “Da Bomb” Canady said she has nearly everything she needs to open her new Dixwell boxing gym, except a ring. Then, as if on cue, Officer James Baker and his wife walked in.
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by | Oct 12, 2011 3:10 pm | Comments (12)
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Firefighters of the Week Matt Kennedy, Jose Maldonado, Tommy Michaels, & Troy Adams.
Oh no, Lt. Tommy Michaels said. I’m not climbing into some water-filled sewer to grab a hidden kitten.
by | Sep 13, 2011 11:02 pm | Comments (13)
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In her quest to topple a Dixwell alderman, Jeanette Morrison had an extra weapon Tuesday: A minivan-turned-campaign-shuttle bringing loads of Yale students to her polling station.
by | Sep 6, 2011 1:00 pm | Comments (39)
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Alderman Greg Morehead said he was just doing his constituents a service when police found him with an opponent’s campaign signs stashed in the trunk of his car.
by | Aug 29, 2011 2:38 pm | Comments (67)
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Delphine Clyburn hands over the petition.
In the midst of a contentious campaign season, three aldermanic challengers marched on Science Park to demand that a burgeoning local tech company hire workers from Dixwell and Newhallville.
by | Aug 24, 2011 4:17 pm | Comments (9)
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A cross-neighborhood chase ended near Goffe Street Park Wednesday afternoon, as police caught up with a man who allegedly rammed into a police cruiser.
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‘Fleeing Driver Rams
Into Bombalicki's Cruiser’
by | Aug 17, 2011 6:00 pm | Comments (13)
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40 Henry St., where police found the alleged killer.
(Updated 8:41 a.m.) One day after announcing they’d solved one 2011 homicide, cops converged on the Dixwell neighborhood to make an arrest in a separate one.
by | Aug 15, 2011 2:18 pm | Comments (14)
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Lisa Hopkins & Gary Holder-Winfeld
Calling the incumbent an “absentee alderman” who is not giving Dixwell residents a seat at the city’s table,repeat challenger Lisa Hopkins held a meet-and-greet as part of her fifth attempt to win the Ward 22 seat. “The fifth time is the charm,” she said.
by | Aug 15, 2011 8:09 am | Comments (23)
Jackie Branyon, Taira Evans, Marsha Hurt got Trinity rocking.
In the midst of a heated re-election campaign, Mayor John DeStefano asked congregants in Dixwell and Newhallville to join him in a crusade — and he didn’t mention voting.
by | Aug 1, 2011 12:01 pm | Comments (0)
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A recent report from New Haven’s Public Health Department found that in 2008, 100 percent of people arrested for murder in the city were under the age of 35. Half of those were under 25. But a small library, tucked into a strip mall in a neighborhood that has seen its share of violent incidents, is making a real difference with young people.