by | May 4, 2022 1:45 pm | Comments (3)
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Francis Miller gets work underway.
Francis Miller stood on a ladder taking pictures of the New Haven Green Memorial that honors fallen heroes of World War I — not just for fun, but as a first step in a preservation project.
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by | May 4, 2022 9:14 am | Comments (37)
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Protestors at courthouse Tuesday.
In the wake of a reported pending U.S. Supreme Court decision to outlaw Roe v. Wade, New Haven activist are demanding that the nation follow in the footsteps of countries like Colombia, Argentina, and Mexico where abortion is a protected human right.
by | May 3, 2022 8:33 am | Comments (0)
Florian Carle, Martha Lewis, Jason Bischoff-Wurstle.
In Martha Lewis’s illustrations, the stacked spirals of wires and other metal pieces have no obvious sense of scale. They could be of a structure the size of a skyscraper, or the miniature contents of a vacuum tube. In this, the pieces of technology rendered in Lewis’s sketches echo the theories and the math that underpin them. They’re parts of quantum computers used at the Yale Quantum Institute, and the sketches — as well as some of the computers themselves, plus the tools employed to keep them running — are part of “The Quantum Revolution: Handcrafted in New Haven,” an art exhibit that shows how the current wave of innovation in computing connects seamlessly to New Haven’s long industrial past of inventors creating breakthroughs not through climatic moments of “Eureka!,” but by getting their hands dirty and figuring things out.
by | Apr 29, 2022 9:55 am | Comments (7)
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Proposed housing slated to replace parking at 300 State lot. (Building on left would be new. Building on right currently exists.)
A Boston-based affordable housing developer’s plans to build 76 new apartments in the Ninth Square got a fiscal boost, thanks to a state award of $1.8 million in federal tax credits.
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by | Apr 28, 2022 1:02 pm | Comments (1)
Nancy Franklin responds to state prosecutor Lisa D'Angelo.
Retired professor Nancy Franklin transformed a courtroom into a psychology classroom as she weighed the reliability of the eyewitness statements that helped convict Adam Carmon for the 1994 murder of a 7‑month-old baby — and prompted broader discussion about the role of memory in criminal justice.
by | Apr 26, 2022 9:07 am | Comments (2)
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Adam Carmon in court Monday.
Serving his 28th year in prison for one of New Haven’s most notorious murders, Adam Carmon returned to court seeking a new criminal trial to argue his innocence based on new evidence.
by | Apr 25, 2022 8:54 am | Comments (0)
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Mural by Rose Martin in the newly remodeled Three Sheets.
Questlove pondering musical notes in mixed media. Three womxn expressed in acrylics. A snarling yet sparkling cat out of hell.
These were all part of the return of longstanding monthly event “Art in the Back,” at Three Sheets this past Saturday night. Though on this evening it did not include the “music in the front” portion — in which bands once played as part of the opening — the promise of it was in the air.
by | Apr 22, 2022 8:14 am | Comments (6)
Biz-district leaders at Thursday's Finance Committee meeting.
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Town Green's downtown domain.
Downtown’s business improvement district is looking for an extra $60,000 from city taxpayers — and a 7.5 percent surtax hike on downtown property owners — to help fund its ongoing efforts to beautify and liven up the city center.
by | Apr 21, 2022 2:03 pm | Comments (36)
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Parisier: Outbids Taxman.
An Elmsford, N.Y.-based investor has purchased the historic 198-unit Taft apartment building downtown for $52.5 million — nearly double the amount at which the city just appraised it for tax purposes.
by | Apr 20, 2022 1:52 pm | Comments (48)
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The new intersection, including red lights.
As a new traffic-calming intersection has reopened at Orange Street and MLK Boulevard, old driving habits have persisted, at least for now: blowing through red lights.
by and | Apr 19, 2022 4:59 pm | Comments (4)
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New Haven has the state’s most active residential downtown — and newish arrivals like Patricia, foodie and fond pedestrian, demonstrate why.
by | Apr 19, 2022 1:35 pm | Comments (1)
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Sisterhood is powerful: New Haveners from Tlaxcala celebrate their Mexican roots at Tuesday's event.
Alejandro Chavez, waiting to renew his passport at the newly opened mobile consulate at the library.
Alejandro Chavez drove up from his home in the Bronx to New Haven to get his Mexican passport renewed — at a new library-hosted mobile consulate set up in honor of a visit from a leader from New Haven’s sister city from below the border.
by | Apr 13, 2022 2:03 pm | Comments (14)
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New Orange Street intersection, slated to open on Monday.
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Donna Hall and Development Commissioner David Valentino on Sept. 2021 walking tour.
Goodbye, flashing lights and detours. Hello, new protected and signalized intersection: Starting next week, a long-in-the-works Orange Street crossroads connecting the Hill and downtown will finally open — and officials will begin pursuing the next step of “Downtown Crossing.”
Continue reading ‘Orange Intersection Ready; Temple Bridge Next’
by | Apr 13, 2022 11:18 am | Comments (4)
DeLauro with Basher Jamale at the Drop-In Center.
Basher Jamale says he would not have a job, green card, or warm cup of coffee everyday if it weren’t for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) Drop-In and Resource Center.
by | Apr 12, 2022 9:52 am | Comments (1)
Laura Massaro, the welcoming face of Ives Main.
“Welcome to the library!” Laurie Massaro sang out at the Ives Main Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library on Elm Street, her voice echoing in the marbled foyer.
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by | Apr 12, 2022 8:58 am | Comments (0)
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There’s an odd discordance in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy, running now at the Yale Repertory Theatre through April 23 in a sumptuous production directed by Christopher D. Betts, an MFA candidate at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and featuring Israel Erron Ford, a recent graduate of the former Yale School of Drama.
by | Apr 11, 2022 9:53 am | Comments (3)
Addys Castillo beamed as she looked at the crowd assembled Saturday evening for the inaugural show of bomba group Proyecto Cimarrón. To her, it was fitting that the show be held where it was, at the Citywide Youth Coalition on Chapel Street, which Castillo referred to as the Black and Brown Power Center. “This space is a space for liberation,” she said. “A place for people to laugh, have joy, and plan revolution.”
by | Apr 8, 2022 2:18 pm | Comments (44)
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Alder Sabin in front of the Taft: Legalize more of these.
Eli Sabin has his sights set high for a “downtown for all.”
At the center of such a plan: Bigger apartment buildings. Bigger subsidies for affordable housing. And bigger investments in public transit.
Continue reading ‘Sabin Pursues Downtown-Density, Transit Mission’
by | Apr 8, 2022 9:25 am | Comments (1)
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Lewis.
Here Come Swords. I Married a Ranger. Heaven Has Claws. Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It. All through the pandemic — and for years before that — these curious titles were hiding in plain sight on the shelves of the Institute Library, before being plucked off by a staff member, volunteer, or patron for inclusion in “Cover Story II: Return to the Stacks,” the latest art exhibit in the Chapel Street library’s gallery that invites viewers, once again, to judge books by their covers, though this time with a twist.
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by | Apr 7, 2022 1:22 pm | Comments (1)
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Sewell-Poole, at center, with officials at "More Amour" ribbon-cutting.
Kimberly Sewell-Poole watched stylishly dressed pedestrians pass by her new storefront window — and thought back to SoHo. Her new building’s exposed-brick interior recalled boutiques she loved while growing up in Baltimore.
She knew she was in the right spot.
Continue reading ‘Pandemic-Hatched Biz Perseveres, Moves Up’
by | Apr 7, 2022 8:53 am | Comments (1)
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Sounds and Scenarios.
At Stella Blues on Wednesday night, four bands — three of them based in Connecticut, supporting headliners Sounds and Scenarios from Boston — unleashed four sets of rock, ranging from heavy to thrashing to atmospheric, that all had one thing in common: a commitment to emotional directness and honesty.
by | Apr 6, 2022 1:03 pm | Comments (1)
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McDonald: Ready for the digital age.
With a new team and vision in place, Anthony McDonald begins his second year running New Haven’s historic Shubert Theatre with an eye fixed on the future as more people venture back out to public events.
by | Apr 5, 2022 9:24 am | Comments (8)
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High at Elm: Slated to become Yale-controlled ped plaza
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Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison: This deal brings town, gown closer together.
The Board of Alders unanimously approved a deal for Yale to increase its voluntary payments to the city by $52 million over six years — and design and control a city-owned pedestrian plaza on High Street.
by | Apr 4, 2022 9:15 am | Comments (5)
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Monty Alexander performs alongside T.K Blue.
Arriving at the show with my folks.
My dad leaned over from the left and pointed to the stage, where Jamaican Jazz pianist Monty Alexander was holding down his piano keys on particular notes and chords to emphasize them.
“Jazz is made up of accents,” my dad informed me.
To my right side my I heard my stepmother hum the words to a Bob Marley tune.
by | Apr 1, 2022 4:44 pm | Comments (3)
Jennifer Lopez sports a mask of her own design.
For more than 20 years, while she worked day jobs in nursing and security, Jennifer Lopez held onto her love of fashion.
“Something always told me to follow it,” she said.
Lopez, a New Haven-based single parent with four kids, is now starting an accessories line and fashion education business. She said she was rejected from the first few loans for which she applied. Then, last October, she obtained a microloan from Grameen America. With the $2,000, she purchased supplies and registered her business under the name Jenna Line Customs LLC.
Continue reading ‘Microloan Program Expands For Women Below Poverty Line’