by | Mar 11, 2009 8:25 am | Comments (0)
Jews of all ages greeted the holiday of Purim in costume Monday night.
The Yeshiva of New Haven on Elm Street sent in these photos of its celebration, including the reading of the Book of Esther by Rabbi Daniel Greer.
by | Feb 11, 2009 11:40 am | Comments (11)
Despite the opposition of neighbors, the Board of Zoning Appeals approved a new laundromat planned for Whalley Avenue.
by | Feb 5, 2009 8:30 am | Comments (36)
A landlord-government feud spilled onto Elm Street as a house caught on fire — and inspectors wrote three tickets for failure to clear an icy sidewalk.
by | Jan 23, 2009 7:36 am | Comments (4)
A driver destroyed a New Haven Register honor box and rammed into a utility pole on Ellsworth Avenue near Edgewood around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
by | Jan 22, 2009 4:42 pm | Comments (3)
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. But do it smaller this time.
by | Jan 21, 2009 2:08 pm | Comments (58)
A wall in the Whalley Avenue police substation is posted with the mug shots of 25 young African-American men. The 25 aren’t wanted for any crime. They’re men the district’s new top cop aims to push out of the neighborhood or into jail.
by | Jan 20, 2009 7:48 am | Comments (7)
Would-be bank bandits beware: A new sheriff has pulled into Norton and Whalley.
by | Dec 16, 2008 2:09 pm | Comments (3)
Lt. Sydney Collier is leaving his perch as top cop in New Haven’s “WEB” district to join a former colleague in Virginia.
by | Dec 8, 2008 10:25 am | Comments (0)
Jack Paulishen took these photos of a busy event Sunday at Edgewood Park.
by | Dec 3, 2008 2:35 pm | Comments (2)
Neighbors organizing to stop a laundromat from opening on Whalley Avenue have taken a new tack: focusing on parking.
by | Nov 25, 2008 8:00 am | Comments (5)
After losing round one, Whalley residents met in an emergency meeting to plan the next step in their opposition to the new laundromat poised to open in their neighborhood.
by | Nov 19, 2008 7:48 am | Comments (4)
Whalley-Edgewood-Beaver Hill (WEB) embarked on a letter-writing mission. The goal: “Curb appeal.”
by | Nov 13, 2008 11:09 am | Comments (15)
Neighbors stormed the Hall of Records to speak out against a new laundromat for Whalley Avenue. They wanted to talk about loitering and litter; the Board of Zoning Appeals wanted to talk about parking, and only parking.
by | Oct 13, 2008 11:58 am | Comments (1)
“I yell at her because she’s stupid,” a son said of his mom. A nurse saw a red flag — and saved a woman from a pattern of abuse.
by | Sep 25, 2008 9:44 am | Comments (1)
Preschool students at Yeshiva Elementary School learn about Shofar blowing at a hands-on workshop with Rabbi Dov Greer. From left, Moshe, Hadar, Bentzion, Tzvi Aryeh, Mordechai, Yehoshua and Toby with Rabbi Greer.
by | Sep 17, 2008 8:10 am | Comments (15)
Hit with a spray of opposition to their proposed Laundromat, the Sproviero brothers left a community meeting disheartened, but not dissuaded from their plans.
by | Sep 8, 2008 3:55 pm | Comments (0)
Following a neighborhood intervention, a company has withdrawn its request to put a Laundromat on Whalley Avenue.
by | Sep 4, 2008 5:41 pm | Comments (0)
Connecticut’s homeless advocates got some encouragement — and a strategic call for patience — in their quest to bring more mental health and addiction care into “supportive” housing complexes.
Continue reading ‘Strategy Mapped On “Supportive Housing” & Health Care’
by | Sep 4, 2008 8:10 am | Comments (2)
In an emergency meeting, Whalley Avenue neighbors tried to put the brakes on a plan to bring a second branch of a Laundromat chain to the commercial corridor.
by | Sep 2, 2008 5:02 pm | Comments (8)
A 33 year-old woman walking in Edgewood Park was punched twice and then robbed Sunday afternoon.
by | Aug 13, 2008 9:06 am | Comments (5)
“Ahora igual con el otro pie,” instructed the soccer coach: Run the drill again, using your other foot this time.
11-year-old Jean Carlos Disla responded in English. “Oh man,” he complained, “with the lefties?”
by | Aug 1, 2008 3:43 pm | Comments (1)
Rebecca Nguyen was one of 15 rising eight- graders who spent Friday morning outside the classroom, working at the Holocaust Memorial on Whalley Avenue, and learning firsthand history from a survivor.
Continue reading ‘Teen Pitch In, & Learn, At Holocaust Memorial’
by | Jul 8, 2008 1:23 pm | Comments (4)
Whalley’s new top cop — the third so far this year — knows the turf: He was chasing crooks on the avenue before he even thought of wearing a badge.
by | Jun 27, 2008 12:06 pm | Comments (5)
Neighbors like Norma Parks (pictured) say: The welcome mat’s out.
by | Jun 26, 2008 7:41 pm | Comments (21)
Bishop Kenny Peeples’ nephews, ages six and nine, had front-row seats at the latest burst of gunfire on Winthrop Avenue Thursday.