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At G-Mart after shooting.
A 31-year-old man was shot outside a Fair Haven convenience store Thursday morning, then collapsed inside in a pool of blood.
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The Virgin Guadalupe watches over Luis Ramos Cruz.
Luis Ramos Cruz could depend on the church next door for a prayer service, an occasional bag of food pantry groceries, and — most recently — an eviction notice.
by | Feb 16, 2022 8:50 am | Comments (17)
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English Station: From eyesore to cultural draw?
The former English Station power plant, located in the middle of the Mill River on Ball Island in New Haven Harbor, occupies eight acres of abandoned land. Its unique location would make a perfect Museum of Contemporary Art.
by | Feb 10, 2022 11:36 am | Comments (2)
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Marcia LaFemina: "I always wanted it to be in Fair Haven."
Marcia LaFemina is looking to transform a vacant Fair Haven industrial building into a community hub where manufacturing trainees can take bilingual classes, sign up for energy assistance, and receive diapers for their kids.
by | Feb 3, 2022 4:05 pm | Comments (6)
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Kica Matos and Moviemiento Cultural lead bomba drum circle at protest outside Grand Café.
Fair Haven neighbors prevailed.
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Gladys Tavarez shares the Word on the Street at CTown.
The word on Ferry Street on Wednesday morning was “delinquency.”
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by | Jan 24, 2022 2:33 pm | Comments (5)
Rafael Ramos, Martiza Bond, Richard Blumenthal, and Justin Elicker at Monday's event.
Two hundred low income households can expect to get assistance from the city to tackle causes of asthma, lead poisoning, and exposure to radon, thanks to the latest infusion of federal cash into New Haven.
by | Jan 18, 2022 2:38 pm | Comments (3)
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Ozyck and Curran cross the reopened bridge on Day One.
After waiting nearly two years, neighbors Rosie Ozyck and Donna Curran got to walk across the Grand Avenue bridge Tuesday — and meet up more efficiently for their daily stroll.
Continue reading ‘They Crossed That Bridge When They Came To It’
by | Jan 17, 2022 3:47 pm | Comments (5)
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Construction site.
A crew is pulling up asphalt from a dead end as part of the next phase of constructing the Mill River Trail.
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by | Jan 15, 2022 5:51 pm | Comments (4)
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Bridge party! On Grand Avenue Saturday.
Repainted, rehabbed, and reopening (on Tuesday).
Engineer Giovanni Zinn shows underside of bridge's "exodermic" deck.
Dozens of Fair Haven and Heights residents braved the single-digit cold for a neighborhood-spanning celebration above the Quinnipiac River, as the historic Grand Avenue Bridge — fresh off of a $28 million, on-time-and-under-budget rehab — prepares to reopen for the first time in nearly two years.
by | Jan 12, 2022 12:12 pm | Comments (3)
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Looking for silver linings to the pandemic? The Fair Haven-based kindergarten-through-sixth-grade independent Cold Spring School just found one.
by | Jan 11, 2022 4:20 pm | Comments (2)
Driver Daniel Pizarro, Junta's volunteer Art Director, and Bruni Pizarro, Junta's executive director, delivering Covid tests.
Taina Cintron began to come down with a sore throat, stuffy nose, and cough. Cintron, a 20-year-old college student, was unsure about what to do with her grandmother coming home the next day from the holidays. Results from the PCR test she took would not come back for “another eight days”; her boss wanted a test result before returning to work.
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by | Jan 11, 2022 4:17 pm | Comments (0)
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Image : Distribución de Junta.
La estudiante universitaria Taina Cintron comenzó a sufrir dolor de garganta, congestión nasal y tos. Cintron, una estudiante universitaria de 20 años, no estaba segura de qué hacer con su abuela que regresaba a casa al día siguiente de las vacaciones. Los resultados de la prueba de PCR que tomó no volverían por “otros ocho días”; su jefe quería un resultado antes de volver al trabajo.
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by | Jan 5, 2022 12:23 pm | Comments (1)
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Maritza Casanova Spell picks up a test kit for a friend with Covid symptoms, during grassroots Fair Haven distribution.
At Fair Haven’s health hub, the Covid-19 test positivity rate neared 45 percent. Hundreds of people needing tests were turned away.
Suzanne Lagarde knew she needed help. And she knew where to turn: the community.
Continue reading ‘How Fair Haven Swung Back Into Action On Covid Tests’
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Principal Dan Levy: This isn't March 2020.
Administrators filled in to keep classrooms running and lunches served Monday, bus routes were combined, and teachers all received masks, as the New Haven and Hamden school districts resolved to remain open even as some suburban districts temporarily pulled the plug.
The hope remained by day’s end that kids can remain in schools despite the fact that Connecticut posted a record 21.5 percent Covid-19 test-positivity rate.
Meanwhile, New Haven’s teachers union president applauded the efforts to fill gaps but questioned whether they’ll prove “sustainable” — or if Connecticut should allow some remote learning to count as official school days.
by | Dec 20, 2021 9:43 am | Comments (10)
SWAN Program Manager Jaclyn Lucibello reads the names of murdered sex workers; at right, group founder Beatrice Codianni.
Twenty community members gathered in a Fair Haven parking lot to remember sex workers who have died or gone missing — and to call on New Haven to protect the lives of every person who shares the city’s streets.
Continue reading ‘Rally Targets Violence Against Sex Workers’
by | Dec 17, 2021 3:08 pm | Comments (8)
Grand Cafe Co-Owner Jose Rivera, customer Julian Welch outside bar.
Everybody knows your name at Grand Cafe — which regulars and supporters called a good thing as they appealed to preserve the Fair Haven haunt’s liquor license in the face of organized opposition by neighbors weary of gun violence, drugs, and lewd behavior on the premises.
by | Dec 12, 2021 1:41 pm | Comments (4)
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Arrested New Haven Police Officer Christopher Troche with attorney Rosemarie Paine in court on Friday.
The lawyer representing a New Haven police officer who has been arrested for allegedly pressuring an undocumented 19-year-old Honduran immigrant to send him nude photographs and have sex with him in exchange for money claimed that her client is innocent of the charge he is facing: that is, one count of soliciting a prostitute.
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by | Dec 10, 2021 3:18 pm | Comments (49)
Edwin Rodriguez outside of his home at 192 Exchange St.: Homeowners citywide received revaluation notices this week.
On Exchange Street in Fair Haven, Edwin Rodriguez opened his mail this week to find out that the two-family house his family has owned for three decades has increased in value by 68 percent.
On Livingston Street in East Rock, Nancy Angoff learned that the single-family home she and her husband “downsized” into less than three years ago has jumped in value by 31 percent.
Continue reading ‘Eye-Popping Revaluations Hit Different Blocks At Different Rates’
by | Dec 10, 2021 12:12 pm | Comments (3)
Former Strong School on Grand Avenue.
It can work to preserve and repurpose a century-old historic brick school building into a nonprofit community youth and arts center — but only if the complex includes revenue-producing market-rate-ish apartments, along with ground-floor commercial space.
Continue reading ‘A Vision Emerges For Redeveloping The Strong School’
by | Dec 9, 2021 4:55 pm | Comments (19)
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Officer Troche.
A 19-year-old undocumented Honduran immigrant who called the cops for help told police investigators that one of the responding officers gave her tequila, had sex with her, then spent months pressuring her to send him nude photographs and have more sex in exchange for money.
That same officer, who has subsequently been arrested, was one of five city police officers whom the young woman said she had sexual relationships with during her time in Fair Haven after reaching out to the NHPD for help.
Continue reading ‘Affidavit Details Cop's Alleged Pressure Tactics In Immigrant Sex Case’
by | Dec 9, 2021 4:30 pm | Comments (6)
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Reeves demonstrates crossover around defender to teens.
Fair Haven’s “basketball Mecca” is returning to the Farnam Neighborhood House with the help of a New Haven native looking to give back to his city.
by | Dec 6, 2021 1:23 pm | Comments (0)
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Stewart and Taylor.
The Wandering, an event organized by artists Anika Stewart and Elizabeth LaCroix Taylor, turned Bregamos Community Theater into an arts bazaar, music venue, and burlesque stage all at once on Saturday night.
by | Dec 3, 2021 12:15 pm | Comments (2)
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Thursday night’s protest on Wolcott Street.
With cries of “No Más Violencia!” and “¿Qué Queremos? Justicia!” two dozen immigrant rights protesters took to Wolcott Street to demand an end to violence in Fair Haven — and to call on police to take their concerns seriously, regardless of their nation of origin or which language they speak.
by | Dec 2, 2021 2:50 pm | Comments (10)
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Operators of a doggy daycare asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by noise-weary neighbors, arguing that the city, not a court, should handle the issue.
Continue reading ‘Doggy Daycare Issue: Is Canine Kerfuffle Court’s Concern? Or City’s?’