Prez Walker-Myers, with Mayor Elicker: "You probably never thought I'd be here doing this ... But today is your day."
Mayor Justin Elicker and Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker-Myers traded words of praise — and even a hug — as the two city leaders stood side by side, to their own surprise, and encouraged local labor advocates to help keep the same “team” in office for the next two years.
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Aug 4, 2023 11:58 am
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Troup's summer meals backbone: Cafeteria worker Robin Jones.
Mother of three Falilat Enny stopped by Troup School to visit a friend who her kids call “grandma” — because she has loved to serve Enny’s three girls free meals for breakfast and lunch all summer.
Desmone Gambrell-Claxton and Fabian Menges present their group's ideas for the Armory (pictured above).
The abandoned armory on Goffe Street is starting to house dreams of sports facilities, small businesses, social services, and citywide celebrations.
But before neighbors’ visions for the historic structure can become a reality, the building will need to be cleared of asbestos, sealed off from water, and bolstered to support more weight.
Anthony Geritano, Jr. and Hari Venu: "I wish you and I had met a few years ago."
Dixwell alder-hopeful Anthony Geritano, Jr. didn’t get Hari Venu to sign his petition to appear on the Democratic primary ballot this September.
But the recent Yale graduate with papers in hand did get a crash course from the recent Yale PhD who answered the door on just how persistent the town-gown divide remains — and got the chance to make his own pitch on what to do about it.
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Lisa Reisman |
Jul 27, 2023 4:34 pm
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Free throw contest at previous Stop the Violence, Start The Love hoops tournament.
There’s a basketball tournament this Saturday at Goffe Street Park, and it’s no ordinary one.
Along with deejays spinning lively tunes, as well as dance and drill teams adding pomp, circumstance, and style, the event will feature a kids’ free throw, layup line, and three-point contest as well as an adult dunk contest, and a host of kids’ activities like moon bounces, face painting, and a prize giveaway.
All are designed to further a goal made clear in the tournament’s name: “Stop the violence, start the love.”
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Jul 24, 2023 5:06 pm
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Jackie Bracey (right): "Home comes from your heart."
“Hope is the seed of love, of Black folk, and of all people. And that’s what this building is,” ConnCAT CEO Erik Clemons said as he addressed a 100-person crowd gathered to celebrate Dixwell Plaza one more time before it’s knocked down and redeveloped.
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Jul 24, 2023 7:35 am
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Thabisa Rich at arts collective kickoff.
Musician and arts organizer Thabisa Rich stood before a packed room inside the NXTHVN arts complex at 169 Henry St. on Friday evening, ready to announce a new initiative. “I don’t know if I should be nervous or excited,” she said, “because this is a dream come true.”
State Rep. Pat Dillon reads to LEAP summer campers on Friday.
An assistant schools superintendent, a state senator, and a Dixwell alder, among many others, dropped in to the Q House’s gymnasium on Friday to help read to young New Haveners and inspire an early love for books.
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Jul 5, 2023 8:42 am
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New Haven Block Party.
SHAN Wallace’s New Haven Block Party captures the essence of its title and then some. It conveys something of the way the past and present can collide on some of Dixwell’s streets, how the shadows of what used to be there can feel as present as what’s there now. But it honors what’s there now, too: the people, the places, the energy that make up the neighborhood as we experience it today. True to the season, it feels like a hot summer day, when windows are open and radios are loud, and people are ready to talk to each other on stoops and street corners in ways the colder months won’t allow.
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Jun 30, 2023 12:20 pm
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Book Award recipients with New Haven Links President Toni Harp.
Howard University, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), University of Hartford, and Morgan State University are the next stops for seven New Haven high school graduates who each got a helping hand from a historic Black female advocacy organization to chase their higher-education dreams.
... to be made faster, cleaner, more efficient, thanks to Bus Rapid Transit program, as described by state transit chief Garrett Eucalitto Thursday.
City, state and federal officials took a victory lap Thursday at a politician-packed press conference celebrating a new $25 million grant that will speed up and electrify bus travel on Dixwell, Grand, Whalley, Congress and Columbus Avenues.
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Laura Glesby |
Jun 26, 2023 4:06 pm
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Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison cheers on Q House healthcare.
At the newly opened Cornell Scott Hill Health Center at 197 Dixwell.
Gayle Hall, a self-described “lifetime member of the Q House,” celebrated a newfound chance to see her doctor at the newly-revived community center in the neighborhood she calls home.
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Jun 26, 2023 12:04 pm
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Doreen Abubakar (center) helping a senior attendee pot her plant.
“Everyone, be quiet! I want to know which one I got.”
A hush fell over the roughly 30 seniors gathered on the second floor of the Q House community center as the gardeners-in-training attempted to find the flower that corresponded to the leafy sprouts in front of them.
Dixwell Plaza's planned new ConnCAT Place redevelopment.
A demolition notice outside the Elks' former home at 87 Webster St.
Dixwell Plaza’s redevelopers plan to start knocking down vacant buildings in the mid-century shopping plaza as soon as September — as they move forward with a years-in-the-making effort to build up the heart of New Haven’s historic Black neighborhood.
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Asher Joseph and Kian Ahmadi |
Jun 19, 2023 4:22 pm
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Jermaine Galberth at Scantlebury Park's splash pad on Monday.
As two-year-old Jermaine Galberth, Jr. pushed his little sister Jasmine’s stroller through the Scantlebury Park splash pad, proud dad Jermaine, Sr. watched his children at play — and remembered when he was a kid and there was little more than sewer water in a place now teeming with much healthier opportunities for cooling off.
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Jun 19, 2023 12:29 pm
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Drummers Michael Mills and bandmates Brian Jarawa Gray and Paul McGuire on Saturday.
One hundred and fifty eight years ago today, Joseph Sills of the 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment watched as Major General Gordon Granger proclaimed all enslaved African Americans free in Galveston, Tex.
On Saturday, Sills’s direct descendent, Kelly Mero, helped honor her ancestor and the historic episode of Black freedom he participated in through a Juneteenth celebration she organized in the Dixwell neighborhood.
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Jun 19, 2023 7:21 am
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Juneteenth parade marchers gather at the Green.
A parade and a panoply of music, speeches, vendors, and community on the Green connected Dixwell and downtown for a celebration of a new national holiday honoring the history of Black freedom.
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Jun 16, 2023 12:45 pm
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Team Yale triumphant after Thursday's tournament.
Hip-hop music blasted and dozens of police officers and community members watched as Team Yale glided across the Goffe Street Park basketball courts, swiftly defeating Team True Blue 17 – 1 to win the latest annual “Cops & Ballers” tournament.
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Jun 13, 2023 12:43 pm
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On the newly renovated and painted Goffe Street Park courts.
"Super" John Williamson's daughters Shareebah, Kali, and Raushana Williamson: Keeping dad's legacy alive.
Michael Evans-Benton watched as a trio of teenagers shot hoops on the newly renovated basketball courts at Goffe Street Park — and found himself captivated not just by the game before him, but also by the bright red and green colors and swirling eye design beneath the players’ feet.
Abdussabur (right) passing Dope N Delicious lunch ...
... as campaign supporters pass Black-business-boosting business cards.
As takeout containers filled with fried rice, mac and cheese, chicken wings, and salad changed hands — along with business cards promoting the work of New Haven-raised Black entrepreneurs — Shafiq Abdussabur detailed his vision for bringing back the small-business glory days of the Dixwell Avenue of his youth.
Key ingredients to the revival he pitched include collaboration, public safety, local hiring, and making sure City Hall supports locally sourced ventures as soon as they get off the ground.
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Jun 5, 2023 10:54 am
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Hamden Academy of Dance and Music dancers ...
... and quads and motorcycles ...
.. help fill the streets for the Freddy's festive return to Dixwell Ave.
Thousands of people filled Dixwell Avenue to march and mingle in a revived Freddy Fixer parade, marking a moment of community celebration following an extended pandemic-prompted pause.
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Eleanor Polak |
Jun 5, 2023 9:11 am
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Manny James performs at Dixwell Neighborhood Festival.
The area outside the Q House on Dixwell was full of colorful clothing, gleaming jewelry, and the rumbling of drums Saturday afternoon. Children laughed as they adorned canvases with painted flowers. Adults donned their sunglasses, thankful for a day that was comfortable but not too hot. Over at one end of the space, people were setting up a stage and running sound checks. Dixwell was ready for its neighborhood festival, now also part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.
