Alder Decker Resigns
by | Aug 31, 2022 3:23 pm | Comments (9)
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Charles Decker, center, during 2017 Local 33 protest fast.
Charles Decker is moving out of Ward 9 — and therefore resigning as the ward’s alder.
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For Upcoming Festival, CT Folk Goes Beyond Borders
by | Aug 31, 2022 9:08 am | Comments (0)
After a two-year Covid hiatus, CT Folk returns this year with a changed Folk Festival and Green Expo. It’s still at Edgerton Park, and it still combines a music festival with a dedication to furthering environmental causes. But it’s now a two-day event — Sept. 10 and 11 — featuring its most diverse lineup yet, from solo singer-songwriters to R&B and jam bands to hip hop artists. If the shift seems abrupt, it shouldn’t; rather, it’s the fruition of an intention CT Folk stated years ago to expand its musical boundaries, exploring what folk music means and what it can be in 2022. For its organizers, the hope is that the festival can reach more and more people, in New Haven and beyond, and help turn the festival into a larger regional tentpole end-of-summer event.
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Elm Shakespeare Lets "The Tempest" Loose
by | Aug 22, 2022 8:55 am | Comments (1)
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L. Peter Callender as Prospero and Sarah Bowles as Ariel.
The play has just begun, and it’s as if the set is already being torn apart. There’s the sound of wind and thunder, the sight of sails fluttering in high wind as sailors struggle to maintain them. The people at the wheel of the ship are shouting to each other and to the crew. They don’t know what’s going to happen to them. But the man in the front and center of the stage does. Standing silent and serene, he’s controlling the storm, controlling the boat and the people on it. In the beginning, he controls everything.
What We Lose, & Gain, In U-Haul Season
by | Aug 2, 2022 11:45 am | Comments (8)
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A young couple held a tag sale in East Rock that stopped this bargain hunter in his tracks.
Div Dorm Aims For Green Eden
by | Jul 27, 2022 3:47 pm | Comments (14)
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A draft rendering of the Living Village addition, at the top left of the map, as it fits into the Divinity School's existing structure.
The Yale Divinity School plans to build a dormitory that recycles its wastewater and generates all its own energy — aiming to create the first residential building to meet “Living Building Challenge” standards for sustainability.
Postman Keeps A Cool Head
by | Jul 26, 2022 9:21 am | Comments (11)
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“Where did you get that hat?” I asked Mitchell Daniels.
As I learned on a sizzling sidewalk in East Rock, I was apparently about the 3,000th person to ask that question since this veteran New Haven mailman bought it at a flea market several years ago. He hauls it out of the closet for use whenever there is Fahrenheit inflation.
Summer of Fun Hits Edgerton Park
by | Jul 19, 2022 2:48 pm | Comments (5)
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“This is your park,” Gemma Joseph Lumpkin of the New Haven Public Schools reminded middle schoolers gathered Tuesday in Edgerton Park, over and over again.
A Farewell To Zoom?
by | Jul 5, 2022 4:28 pm | Comments (2)
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Sign of the future? East Rockers gathered last November for their one-shot in-person CMT meeting before returning to the metaverse.
Elena Grewal peered into her camera at her virtual neighbors and made a request: anyone up for making cupcakes next month, when we’ll all be in the same room again?
Through A Lens, Brightly: Chris Randall's 4th
by | Jul 5, 2022 8:57 am | Comments (2)
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New Haven photographer Chris Randall has a unique perspective on fireworks — as you can see from these photos he took at Sunday evening’s city East Rock display.
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Fireworks Fuel Patriotism, Community
by | Jul 5, 2022 8:44 am | Comments (10)
Maybelle, 5, lights a sparkler at Monday celebration.
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Monday fireworks show.
Explosions of colors burst into the sky, lighting up East Rock and beyond, as hundreds of families gathered on the Wilbur Cross football field Monday evening for the city’s annual Fourth of July display.
Refugees Celebrate Journeys, Dreams
by | Jun 27, 2022 9:10 am | Comments (1)
Refugees & descendants honor past, future at World Refugee Day picnic.
Families who now call New Haven home gathered in East Rock Park to remember their journeys from Kenya, Burundi, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan — and to build a community ready to welcome newcomers from all over the world.
Property Sales Roundup: Pike Sells Former "Cage" For $3.3M; Mandy Refinances, Expands
by | Jun 22, 2022 2:30 pm | Comments (2)
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New property manager Joe Katz at 76 Sherman Ave.: "Things look fine."
A 22-unit Sherman Avenue apartment complex once known as “The Cage” has changed hands for $3.3 million — nearly twice the amount its former landlord paid for the property seven years ago.
“Mulberry Jam” Crew Gets The Bucks To Build Their Park
by | Jun 21, 2022 9:29 pm | Comments (8)
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Bradley Street Co-op's John Martin picks mulberry to share with neighbors.
A mulberry tree that was purportedly planted by George Washington at the intersection of Bradley and State Streets will soon going to find itself in the midst of a summer home-improvement project.
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Beloved Wilbur Cross Principal Says Good-Bye Along With Grads
by | Jun 17, 2022 2:57 pm | Comments (5)
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Principal Johnson, at center, at her final Cross commencement.
A day of goodbyes commenced at Wilbur Cross High School for the graduating Class of 2022 and their beloved principal, Edith Johnson.
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Breakfast-Coffee Spot Opens On Whitney
by | Jun 9, 2022 1:36 pm | Comments (3)
Zero-emission on-site roasting: inside Poppy's Coffee + Kitchen.
After sampling three “amazing” drinks, Lily Kitfield-Vernon knew she had found that “new local spot” within walking distance she’d been waiting for.
Grad Student Apts. Eyed For Upper State
by | May 25, 2022 2:10 pm | Comments (19)
Cover of the Frews' presentation.
Robert and Susan Frew said they know what amount of living space graduate students in New Haven crave: just about 400 square feet.
Chalk It Up To Great Teachers
by | May 6, 2022 12:36 pm | Comments (2)
The following item was submitted about Teacher Appreciation Week.
Single-Family House OK'd On Ex-Wetlands
by | May 6, 2022 8:30 am | Comments (10)
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141 Ogden: Soon home to single-family house?
The owner of a long-vacant Prospect Hill lot won permission to construct a new five-bedroom single-family house and attached garage on the site of a former wetlands.
Police Find Dead Body In East Rock Park
by | Apr 29, 2022 12:55 pm | Comments (1)
City police found a dead body in East Rock Park Friday morning after an apparent suicide.
Homeschooler Doc Launches Independent/Libertarian Challenge To DeLauro
by | Apr 19, 2022 4:47 pm | Comments (7)
Amy Chai: Pro-human, anti-viewpoint discrimination.
A new congressional candidate running to represent New Haven as an Independent and Libertarian has an MD, and an Rx for America:
• Protection for diverse points of view.
• Expanded voting access.
• A localized food and production economy.
• And “school choice” policies in which government funds support public and private educational options for kids.
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Tone Civil As Heated Race Hits Town
by | Apr 2, 2022 8:55 pm | Comments (15)
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Pitching Democrats Saturday (clockwise from top left): Stephanie Thomas, Darryl Brackeen Jr., Martiza Bond, Hilda Santiago, Matt Lesser, Josh Elliott.
As soon as New Haven Health Director Maritza Bond took the stage to pitch her candidacy for secretary of the state, she asked the crowd to applaud Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr., another candidate, for his work throughout the pandemic.
When he got up to speak after her, he returned the gratitude with another round of applause, this time for her work.
That reflected the tone Saturday as six Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for the state’s top elections position gathered in person at a forum in New Haven to make their case, and try to set themselves apart from the pack.
Zoning Application Denied For Controversial Whitney-Trumbull Project
by | Mar 29, 2022 4:41 pm | Comments (8)
Scratch that: Rendering of the originally proposed Whitney-Trumbull development.
A controversial application to build 150 apartments at Trumbull and Whitney has stalled after the City Plan Department rejected the developer’s application and removed it from an upcoming zoning meeting agenda.
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East Rock Backs "Stop APT" Drive After Debate
by | Mar 29, 2022 9:47 am | Comments (13)
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Imam Saladin Hasan at anti-APT-plan rally: "We are pro-help."
The East Rock Community Management Team voted to oppose a proposed methadone clinic in the next-door Newhallville neighborhood, after passionate discussion over whether such a stance would further stigmatize people with opioid use disorder.
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Bond Resumes In-Person Fundraisers, Nears Official Decision On Sec'y Of State Run
by | Mar 24, 2022 10:31 am | Comments (3)
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Bond at Wednesday evening mActivity fundraiser.
Before Women’s History Month ends, Maritza Bond plans to announce whether she’ll pursue her own bid for history by running for secretary of the state.
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"Doored" Cyclist Fix Sparks Debate
by | Mar 17, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (57)
Bike lanes, or cars? Outside P&M Orange Street Market Thursday.
The city vowed to reconfigure Orange Street to stop drivers from “dooring” cyclists — while neighbors and business owners questioned whether the solution should involve removing half of the on-road parking.