by | Dec 30, 2010 9:04 am | Comments (4)
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After the city closed two park ranger stations this winter to save on utility bills amid a budget crunch, Edgewood Park Friends are working to keep theirs open for cocoa, critters and snow-shoers alike.
Continue reading ‘Edgewood Ranger Station Escapes Budget Axe’
by | Dec 16, 2010 11:16 am | Comments (9)
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Chief Limon briefs reporters at the scene.
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(Updated: 4:04 p.m.) Police found some fireworks while searching a house near Edgewood Park originally believed to contain a cache of explosives. A continuing search may have turned up some weapons, too. Meanwhile, a 26-year-old first-floor tenant is being questioned by police.
by | Dec 1, 2010 2:09 pm | Comments (0)
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The eight-night holiday of Channukah begins Wednesday evening. The students at Yeshiva of New Haven Elementary School are ready.
by | Dec 1, 2010 11:50 am | Comments (5)
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How could it be a “groundbreaking” — if the guys from R & S Construction were already putting on a new roof?
by | Oct 27, 2010 2:18 pm | Comments (17)
(Updated with reader photos.) All of a sudden, Edgewood Park erupted in brilliant red and glowing orange.
by | Sep 13, 2010 3:06 pm | Comments (10)
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After unloading 21 properties in poor New Haven neighborhoods, Wade Beecher kicked the front steps of a porch on Adeline Street — preparing for his next profitable resale of a distressed foreclosed-upon house.
by | Aug 24, 2010 3:21 pm | Comments (1)
(Updated) Police Tuesday afternoon were following up on a report of a driver fleeing an accident.
by | Aug 23, 2010 4:33 pm | Comments (11)
The man run over by a hit-and-run driver this weekend died from the collision (Register report here).
He apparently died soon after the 1:44 a.m. crash, even though the city’s spokesperson reported his condition as “critical” through the day and the city offered no updates on Monday.
by | Aug 23, 2010 9:35 am | Comments (3)
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(Updated: 10:49 a.m.) Lights should go on by 11:30 a.m. for most New Haveners who lost power on the west side of town Monday morning, according to United Illuminating (UI).
by | Aug 10, 2010 8:36 pm | Comments (11)
A spirited campaign for an open state legislative seat ended in a victory for East Rock Alderman Roland Lemar Tuesday night.
by | Jul 28, 2010 7:49 am | Comments (11)
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For the sixth time in two and a half years, the Whalley-Edgewood- Beaver Hills (WEB) district is saying good-bye to a top cop and preparing to break in a new one.
by | Jul 22, 2010 11:20 am | Comments (16)
The man in the red beret approached the corner of Ellsworth and Derby. Stand back, he said — this was a job for a Guardian Angel.
He put his fist in the air. The men behind him stopped.
“We might have a situation up here,” he said.
by | Jul 16, 2010 1:17 pm | Comments (4)
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“Good soil is dark brown,” explained Kiera Kelley (in photo) to the small group gathered around her. “There shouldn’t be too much clay in it.”
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‘Teens Teach Yalies
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by | Jun 15, 2010 7:30 am | Comments (6)
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As parents decried cutbacks to a “talented and gifted” program, Principal Iline Tracey quietly crafted a solution in the back of the room — and saw a recruiting opportunity.
Continue reading ‘Principals Add Honors Track, Summer School’
by | Jun 9, 2010 2:24 pm | Comments (2)
Some 5 to 8 percent of Whalley Avenue merchants can’t read. Kids no longer can sound out words because no one teaches phonics. And the only caregiver one neighbor could afford, her aunt, had her charge watching too much TV, so the child may not have been ready for kindergarten.
by | Jun 8, 2010 10:36 am | Comments (3)
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Flame-twirlers brought their skills to Edgwood Park last week as part of an impromptu “guerilla circus happening.” The event’s organizer, known as Polly Sonic, sent in these photos, taken by photographer Mark Franzman.
by | Jun 7, 2010 1:46 pm | Comments (27)
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The chalk outlines on West Park Avenue weren’t of car crash victims this time. They marked the spot of a 24-foot radius concrete-and-granite circle designed to prevent any more victims at a harrowing intersection.
by | Apr 9, 2010 10:49 am | Comments (3)
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The villagers said they want traffic to flow more smoothly.
Those at the east end, by downtown, sought crosswalks, sidewalks and parking.
Those in the middle saw the “speedway” as the biggest problem.
They all were talking about Whalley Avenue on Thursday night — and how to make it better.
by | Mar 29, 2010 7:52 am | Comments (1)
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With his Jewish friends preparing for Passover, Judge Matthew Frechette became the owner of thousands of boxes of Cheerios. Houses throughout New Haven, Waterbury, and Vermont came into his possession. Not to mention two Mercedes of recent vintage. Total price: sixty bucks.
by | Mar 19, 2010 2:05 pm | Comments (13)
A group of over 20 young people smashed windshields on Pendleton Street, assaulted a neighbor who tried to intervene, then fled when the cops pulled up, police said. Four arrests were made.
by | Mar 3, 2010 3:23 pm | Comments (4)
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Subject One wore an unzipped gray sweatshirt. Blue jeans with a rip in the left knee. Black Nikes. A blue Superman cap with a frayed rim.
Subject Two? She had a gray sweatshirt, too. Thin build. Black hair. She was typing on a computer.
by | Mar 2, 2010 12:35 pm | Comments (0)
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Rabbi Daniel Greer (with sombrero) reading Megilla at Yeshiva of New Haven. The cow to his left is Rabbi Avi Hack.
The Jewish celebration of Purim, Saturday night through Sunday night, was a blast at Yeshiva of New Haven at Norton and Elm streets. The revelers sent along these photos.
by | Feb 23, 2010 1:48 pm | Comments (0)
A man found lying in a driveway on Lloyd Street has become the city’s third homicide victim of the year.
by | Feb 19, 2010 11:46 am | Comments (3)
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Environmentalists convinced city parks commissioners to help try to convince the feds to pay for a project to help bring cleaner water — and new marine life — into the West River.
by | Feb 17, 2010 5:24 pm | Comments (0)
When he spotted a man lying in the road, a driver got out and tried to help.
It turned out the “injured” man was actually a carjacker with an assault rifle, police said.