Blaze Envelops House
by | Jun 22, 2008 7:30 pm | Comments (2)
Edgewood’s Eli Greer was there with his cell phone camera and sent these photos of Friday afternoon’s fire at a multi-family house on Hobart Street.
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Whalley Gas-Conveniece Plan Grounded
by | Jun 19, 2008 8:26 am | Comments (8)
Tales from neighbors like George Rose — who saw “a kid, hanging out at [a convenience store], kill a man because he was eating a certain sandwich” — convinced City Plan commissioners to put a brake on a businessman’s plans for Whalley Avenue.
Neighbors Raise Substation $$$
by | Jun 18, 2008 7:23 am | Comments (13)
Whalley neighbors like Peaches Quinn (pictured) reported at least temporary success in their struggle to save their police substation. Not everyone was celebrating.
Cheap Gas, “Convenience” For Whalley?
by | Jun 13, 2008 2:16 pm | Comments (10)
Gurjant Narain (pictured) looks at his Mobil Station at the corner of Whalley and Sherman and sees a super spot to market cheap gas and the wares of a colossal new convenience store. Neighbors see more congestion and crime.
Stars Come Out For Yeshiva
by | Jun 2, 2008 8:05 am | Comments (0)
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal headlined the Yeshiva of New Haven’s 31st anniversary gathering, which drew a wide range of guest from the city and well beyond.
Struggling Couple Sues Over “Scam”
by | May 22, 2008 12:25 pm | Comments (19)
When they knocked on the door of L & S Mortgage, Delroy Reid and Debra Willoughby just wanted to buy a home. After getting lured into buying a broken-down house through an alleged mortgage fraud scam, they found themselves knee-deep in sewage — and debt.
Whalley Substation Saved, For A Price
by | May 21, 2008 8:06 am | Comments (17)
A new plan could keep the Whalley Avenue police substation open, if neighbors raise enough money. How much money? It depends whom you ask.
WEB Fights For Whalley Substation
by | May 14, 2008 8:23 am | Comments (27)
Just when their agitation succeeded in cutting crime, Whalley neighbors landed in a new battle: to save their police substation.
Edgewood Patrol Not Rearming—“Yet”
by | Apr 24, 2008 4:26 pm | Comments (1)
Frustrated at the absence of promised bicycle cops, Eli Greer said Thursday the Edgewood Park Defense Patrol (EPDP) may take up guns again.
A Fence Comes Down
by | Mar 26, 2008 10:00 am | Comments (1)
And an upgraded Walgreens prepares to reopen.
Whalley Terrace Opens Doors
by | Mar 25, 2008 3:01 pm | Comments (4)
Life is looking up for Israel Rosado and Thomas Rooney — not to mention a once-blighted corner of Edgewood, and New Haven’s quest to end homelessness.
The Whole Megillah
by | Mar 21, 2008 9:20 am | Comments (0)
Jews of all ages greeted the holiday of Purim in costume Thursday night.
Peace (House) Out
by | Mar 5, 2008 4:12 pm | Comments (8)
Charlie Pillsbury checked the front porch light. Maybe the compact fluorescent bulb had burnt out after all. Then he looked up — and saw his historic Queen Anne Victorian home in flames.
WEB Presses State On Prisoner Drop-Offs
by | Jan 16, 2008 8:25 am | Comments (1)
Whalley Avenue is one of the state’s dropping-off point of choice for ex-offenders released from jail — sparking calls for change from neighbors seeking to improve a struggling area.
Landlord Arrives; Heat Comes On
by | Jan 4, 2008 9:20 am | Comments (10)
In a deep freeze, Rafael Ramos comes to the rescue.
Great Black-Back Spotted
by | Dec 17, 2007 9:43 am | Comments (4)
With unusual Stetson stylin’, the 108th annual National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count (CBC) got underway in New Haven.
Edgewood Patrol Disarms
by | Nov 27, 2007 4:40 pm | Comments (4)
A week after New Haven’s chief of police announced his resignation, Edgewood’s citizen patrollers announced they would lay down their arms.
They Left Behind The Doors
by | Nov 26, 2007 12:30 pm | Comments (11)
The burglars took just about everything else. Now a new homeowner’s Edgewood neighborhood gut-rehab job is back at the beginning.
Angels, Edgewood Patrol Target Landlords
by | Oct 29, 2007 4:47 pm | Comments (16)
They marched on Walgreens until they got a nicer new store. They took up arms and got more police patrols, and a drop in crime. Now Edgewood’s rabbi-led “defense patrol” is taking on a new target: absentee landlords they say are running down the neighborhood.
Guardian Angels “Graduate” To The Streets
by | Oct 28, 2007 9:32 pm | Comments (4)
Meet “Sweetie Pie,” the newest unarmed force of the law on the streets of Edgewood.
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Edgewood Patroller Heralds High Point
by | Aug 10, 2007 12:24 pm | Comments (0)
Fresh off the plane from a trip to North Carolina’s High Point, Edgewood Defense Patrol organizer Eliezer Greer (pictured at left) brimmed with enthusiasm for innovative policing techniques he found — the same techniques New Haven’s top brass aim to observe in their own trip next week.
Edgewood Patroller Heads South, Too
by | Aug 7, 2007 8:40 am | Comments (6)
A week before Police Chief Ortiz heads down to High Point, N.C., to learn about a radically new approach to crime- fighting, this man is taking the same trip. His objective? To make sure neighborhood voices stay front and center in discussions about the future of policing in New Haven.
Sunday In The (Hopping) Park
by | Aug 6, 2007 9:48 am | Comments (0)
On one side of the park was a neighborhood picnic hosted by the Friends of Edgewood Park; on the other was this three-piece, serenading farmer’s market shoppers.
Nature Pals Turned Down For Dough
by | Jul 19, 2007 4:42 pm | Comments (0)
The city’s Parks Commission likes a ranger program The Friends of Edgewood Park run for kids — but turned down a request to pay for it. Read on to find out why, and to learn about Dwight neighbors who had better luck with the commissioners.
Evergreens for Walgreens, Godot for Winthrop & Whalley
by | Dec 20, 2006 7:46 am | Comments (2)
The news from the latest “WEB” (Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills) management team meeting: The new “cookie-cutter” Walgreens will at least have some older trees around it. No prospective buyer’s in sight for the lot at Whalley and Winthrop. And crime has dropped.
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