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Everything must go: second-hand wire, cable, optical fiber machinery.
“Why the m?” clients and the curious are asking Burch Valldejuli and Pablo Perez about their new mActivity fitness center in the Goatville section of the East Rock neighborhood.
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Jesse and Carol Horsford by one of their restorations.
Two decrepit buildings were dragging down a pocket of the East Rock section in Goatville until a husband-and-wife development team stepped in. Now neighbors are sighing with pride and relief.
by | Dec 23, 2015 3:20 pm | Comments (2)
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When John Martin wanted to convert his vintage commuter bike into a single-speed vehicle, he scoured the Internet for instructional videos and tried to gather all the necessary parts.
by | Dec 21, 2015 5:17 pm | Comments (9)
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Arata and Stella in smoke-free sand.
Young moms Shiho Osumi and Sarita Rich were pleased that their 15-month-olds could play without breathing in tobacco smoke at East Rock Park’s College Woods playground. The didn’t know that a new law is keeping the park smoke-free.
by | Dec 17, 2015 1:01 pm | Comments (2)
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Nesteriak pitches the commission.
East Rock could see more offices spring up in a Nicoll Street warehouse, following approval Wednesday night of the owner’s creation of more parking spaces.
Continue reading ‘Parking OK Clears Way For Gym, New IRIS Home’
by | Dec 9, 2015 1:00 pm | Comments (0)
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Robert Messore closed his eyes, took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and gently coaxed from his acoustic guitar the ascending triplet of notes that opened the gorgeous, mournful Celtic waltz, “Citi Na gunman.” He played the instrumental rendition of the song slowly, letting each note ring, as though allowing it to breathe.
The concertgoers sat motionless, utterly silent, transfixed. When Messore finished, they waited a beat, or three, before erupting into applause.
Continue reading ‘At 14, Annual Guitar Night Still Fabulous’
by | Dec 4, 2015 8:26 am | Comments (8)
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Four months into resettlement in New Haven, Noor is finding her new country friendlier and less violent than she expected — after first learning about the culture by watching Hollywood action movies back in Syria.
by | Dec 2, 2015 1:30 pm | Comments (0)
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If you didn’t know Liam Doherty-Nicholson outside of his photos, you might think he owned an orchard, or a small farm.
by | Nov 26, 2015 9:02 am | Comments (2)
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It is often presumed that a scorched-earth strategy of clear-cutting sites is cheaper for developers. That is often true, unless there is perfect fit with the old site’s structures and the new use and regulations.
by | Nov 5, 2015 3:41 pm | Comments (6)
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A top cop promised Thursday to keep the heat on burglars breaking into cars in the East Rock neighborhood, even though a major initiative has been shelved.
Continue reading ‘Cops Vow To Keep After East Rock Car Break-Ins’
by | Nov 5, 2015 8:28 am | Comments (3)
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A few months after arriving in New Haven from Iraq, Akram Hussein was verbally attacked by a stranger while riding a bus.
He didn’t speak enough English or know enough about the city to report it to police.
by | Nov 2, 2015 8:06 am | Comments (40)
Herb Sharp peered into a parked car on Eld Street to check out a purple bag on the front seat. Then he tried the door.
by | Oct 29, 2015 12:14 pm | Comments (0)
The Lavin Agency
Perhaps best known for his book Bad Paper and work in the New Yorker, including a recent in-depth profile of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, East Rock author Jake Halpern wears another hat: Young Adult (YA) novelist with friend and colleague Peter Kujawinski, a U.S. diplomat during the day and fiction writer by night. Their most recent novel, Nightfall, debuts across the country this month, and will enjoy a local homecoming Thursday night at Worthington Hooker Middle School on Whitney Avenue.
by | Oct 14, 2015 8:46 am | Comments (1)
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The plan for the Whalley building.
The Board of Zoning Appeals gave the OK a plan to decrease parking at the former Westville Wines building on Whalley Avenue and did so without adding any strings.
Continue reading ‘BZA OKs Ex-Westville Wines Plans With No Strings’
by | Oct 12, 2015 7:05 am | Comments (0)
Thieves looking for jewelry broke into the home of Prof. George M. Duncan today while the prof and his family lay asleep in nearby bedrooms. Three hundred dollars worth of silverware and jewelry was heisted, but no one hurt or even roused awake.
by | Oct 6, 2015 12:15 pm | Comments (1)
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Congresswoman, cat, superintendant.
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro refused to make a comment on whether she’ll recommend Dr. Seuss‘s The Cat in the Hat to her House Republican colleagues as they choose their next speaker in the coming days.
by | Sep 18, 2015 7:52 am | Comments (1)
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The house has been shuttered since the summer.
Who will pay $53,000 to winterize the now shuttered John Slade Ely House arts center on Trumbull Street?
Is the city’s favored plan — to have Eductional Center for the Arts/ACES as a paying, renovating subtenant — viable?
by | Sep 15, 2015 11:55 am | Comments (2)
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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy wants Congress to reallocate resources to bolster refugee efforts.
Forty-one year old Omaia said her family endured a year of bombings and killings in their home country of Syria before they decided to leave on foot for Jordan. Three days later their house was leveled by a bombing.
by | Aug 25, 2015 4:20 pm | Comments (4)
A woman hit a pedestrian with her car Monday night at Orange and Bradley streets 7:21 p.m. Monday and then drove away — leaving him with four broken limbs.
by | Jul 20, 2015 8:01 am | Comments (4)
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Potholes got fixed. A law passed protecting kids’ health. Abby Roth had reason to celebrate — and to feel exhausted.
Continue reading ‘Retiring Alder: Potholes Can Impede Lawmaking’
by | Jul 5, 2015 8:50 pm | Comments (1)
Adam Williamson was having a good night. It was not quite dark, and already he had walked the U.S. Coast Guard Band through several patriotic anthems, a cloudless, orange-streaked sky settling over East Rock as they played. Then he moved onto Charles Ives and American jazz standards, the sky morphing to a velvety indigo. Now, strains of La Marseillaise marched triumphantly from the horns and woodwinds, climaxing before they were overtaken by a stronger Russian theme.
by | Jun 29, 2015 7:52 am | Comments (9)
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If you open an Upper State Street honor box looking for a copy of a dead newspaper called the New Haven Advocate, you are likely to find a dead bird instead.
by | Jun 8, 2015 4:28 pm | Comments (1)
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Children at East Rock Community Magnet School gathered in a field Monday to witness a ceremony that would certify a habitat right in their backyard as an urban oasis.
Continue reading ‘East Rock School Unveils An “Urban Oasis”’
by | Jun 8, 2015 12:23 pm | Comments (0)
Lucy Gellman Photo
“Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Jude,” sang the members of 60s Satisfaction, their bodies a blur of tie-dye from the stage.
Behind them, the sky had turned to an unbroken, low stretch of silk blue; in front, couples had gathered to dance with abandon, some reliving their teenage years while others experienced the sixties for the first time.
A few attendees trickled into a nearby portal to the past, transported back to the mid-20th Century as they ducked under a doorway that led to Wonderland, and straight down memory lane.
Continue reading ‘Arts Council Grooves Into 2nd Half-Century’
by | May 27, 2015 4:10 pm | Comments (3)
Allan Appel Photo
Count ‘em: 40 wooden exterior windows on an 1895 house — forget new aluminum ones and the ugly sash running across them — have been lovingly restored.
Continue reading ‘Architect Couple, Institute Library Snag Awards’