by | Nov 30, 2021 3:37 pm | Comments (0)
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“This is a very community oriented police department,” Chief Sullivan tells the new officers upon their hiring.
Hamden Police Department’s patrol division has grown by three members after the Police Commission approved a series of promotions and hirings Monday night.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Police Commission OKs 2 Promotions, 3 New Hires’
by | Nov 29, 2021 6:27 pm | Comments (9)
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Hamden High Monday evening.
One student was taken to the hospital and another placed in police custody Monday afternoon after a 14-year-old was stabbed just off of Hamden High’s campus.
by | Nov 29, 2021 3:31 pm | Comments (7)
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U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (center) with Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett and State Sen. Jorge Cabrera Monday on new CT Transit electric bus.
Politicians shared a victory lap on the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s first electric bus Monday — and celebrated a future in which more routes and greener rides will be available for working-class people thanks to the new federal infrastructure law.
by | Nov 29, 2021 9:17 am | Comments (0)
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Kid Sistr.
An all-ages matinee show on Sunday at the Space Ballroom — one of the only clubs left in the area that does all-ages shows — proved to be ground zero for young rockers in the greater New Haven area, as three bands ramped up the energy to end the holiday weekend with a bang.
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by | Nov 28, 2021 5:03 pm | Comments (9)
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Lt. Gov. Susan Bysewiecz swears in Mayor Lauren Garrett alongside her children Abby, Connor, and Bobby.
Lauren Garrett took the oath of office Sunday as Hamden’s 14th mayor along with a diverse slate of new municipal officials.
by | Nov 23, 2021 4:37 pm | Comments (6)
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Social Equity Council Chairwoman Andrea Comer, ConnCORP Board Chair Carlton Highsmith, WorkPlace President and CEO Joseph Carbone, and BJM Solutions Founder Fred McKinney at Tuesday’s press conference.
Black and Brown entrepreneurs will learn about “joint ventures” — and perhaps enter into one — with the help of a marijuana “manifesto” that’s in the works.
by | Nov 19, 2021 1:53 pm | Comments (11)
Humans proceed at your own peril: Looking West on Eli Road.
Stressed “street network” including Ridge Road to Davis Street, Eli Road, and down to Whitney Avenue.
Martha stood in front of her condo complex on Eli Road and considered the prospects of walking the ten feet to her neighborhood’s garden park.
“You cross here?” she warned. “You’re dead.”
by | Nov 18, 2021 11:29 am | Comments (2)
A female college student called Hamden police to tell them she awoke to find “an individual standing at the foot of her bed” after he entered her West Woods Road residence through an unsecured door. She screamed. He fled.
by | Nov 17, 2021 11:19 am | Comments (18)
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State’s first elected DSA slate — Justin Farmer, Mariam Khan, Abdul-Razak Osmanu — campaigning together.
More than sixty years since Bridgeport ousted their last socialist administration, the state’s first slate of candidates running on a democratic socialist platform is taking office in Hamden.
by | Nov 16, 2021 2:53 pm | Comments (8)
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Erik Johnson: New rules, facades on tap.
Hamden plans to use a newly allocated $600,000 to seek to draw more businesses to town — and gain needed tax revenue — with the help of updated zoning regulations, blight reduction, and facade improvements.
by | Nov 13, 2021 5:53 pm | Comments (5)
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Executive Director John Taylor addresses the public at Friday’s live presser, with the school’s attorney and public relations consultant in tow.
Booker T. Washington officially terminated a teacher on Friday after multiple allegations of misconduct against her emerged earlier this week.
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by | Nov 12, 2021 4:06 pm | Comments (6)
As rain poured from the sky and Lake Whitney waters rushed to the falls, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal reflected on humanity’s dependence on clean water — and announced that $40 million of Connecticut’s incoming federal infrastructure dollars will go towards reconstructing Lake Whitney Dam.
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by | Nov 11, 2021 5:17 pm | Comments (2)
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Fire Chief Merwede and Police Chief Sullivan: Looking for new hires.
Eleven public safety officials — including Hamden’s two deputy police chiefs — announced their impending retirements on Wednesday to the town retirement board.
by | Nov 10, 2021 4:31 pm | Comments (21)
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Dorian Bauknecht: 46 years, and counting.
Dorian Bauknecht showed at Marshalls as usual, like she has nearly each weekend for the past 46 years. Unlike either five or forty years ago, she made sure her car doors were locked and her wallet was securely hidden, in fear of robberies that almost never occur in the shopping plaza but that have become hotly discussed throughout town.
Continue reading ‘Shopper Spotted Despite Nextdoor Freakout’
by | Nov 3, 2021 8:07 am | Comments (5)
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Town Clerk-Elect Karimah Mickens with victourious Council candidate Cory O’Brien.
There’s still Marjorie Bonadies: A Republican who can win an election against a Democrat in Hamden.
Continue reading ‘Progressive Dems Sweep 19 Of 20 Hamden Races’
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Mayor-Elect Garrett FaceTimes with her mom after Tuesday victory.
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Victorious Democratic Board of Ed candidate Mariam Khan and Council candidate Abdul-Razak Osmanu with Democratic Town Committee member Sana Shaw Tuesday night.
Hamden continued its progression to a deep-blue town Tuesday night as Democrat Lauren Garrett won election as mayor.
Continue reading ‘Garrett Wins Hamden Mayoral Election, Alongside Progressive “Change” Slate’
by | Nov 1, 2021 10:17 am | Comments (0)
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Light Upon Blight
Best Video brought back one of its most anticipated annual events on Saturday night: the Light Upon Blight live scoring of a horror film, and this year’s choice — the 1932 classic Vampyr — provided ample spooky and surreal images to inspire four musicians to create a matching soundtrack that suited the mood.
by | Oct 31, 2021 12:51 pm | Comments (3)
A 2‑year-old was inside an SUV struck by gunfire Friday night.
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by | Oct 29, 2021 4:18 pm | Comments (2)
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Jay Kaye hits the doors with humble, home-printed campaign lit.
Kaye reunites with local GOP members, like Marjorie Bonadies (center), at Thursday’s forum.
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, a 6’6’’ man approached Morse Street residents, motioned towards an empty lot at 560 Newhall St., and asked: “What would you like to see built there?”
They responded: Another neighborhood school, Dunkin’ Donuts, affordable apartments, a bike store, “I don’t know,” and “Who are you?”
The man starting the conversation was Jay Kaye, the only Independent Party member formally running for elected office this year in Hamden. (Al Lotto, also an independent, is running for mayor as a write-in candidate.) He is competing for one of six at-large Legislative Council seats, alongside four Democrats and four Republicans, in Nov. 2’s general election.
Continue reading ‘An Independent, At Large, Seeks Space Between Democrats & Republicans’
by | Oct 29, 2021 3:05 pm | Comments (3)
You no longer have to wear masks at any outdoor gatherings in Hamden or in any indoor public space except town facilities.
by | Oct 29, 2021 3:02 pm | Comments (4)
Ron Gambardella with cannabis vendors at Hamden’s weekly “High Bazaar.”
Green jobs — including cannabis jobs — got a thumb’s up while crime fears and affordable housing sparked differing visions at the final debate leading up to Tuesday’s Hamden mayoral election.
by | Oct 28, 2021 2:12 pm | Comments (0)
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Firefighters rescued a 44-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man Thursday from an apartment-building fire.
by | Oct 22, 2021 11:05 am | Comments (18)
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Hamden Democratic mayoral candidate Lauren Garrett at WNHH FM.
Lauren Garrett is not scared. She recognizes that some people are.
Continue reading ‘Garrett Counters “Scare Tactics” On Crime’
by | Oct 22, 2021 8:22 am | Comments (0)
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Kath Bloom.
“It’s a perfect night for this,” said Best Video executive director Hank Hoffman, in introducing Thursday evening’s double bill of music from New Haven folk legend Kath Bloom, with Steve Hartlett opening. The weather on the patio in front of the film and cultural center on Whitney Avenue in Hamden was warm and crisp, the setting sun dappled with clouds, a bucolic setting for music that was all about acceptance.
by | Oct 21, 2021 4:21 pm | Comments (7)
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Leng: The write stuff?
(Updated) Hamden Mayor Curt Leng, who was trounced in a September primary and hasn’t been campaigning for reelection since, has filed paperwork to be a candidate in the Nov. 2 election … as a write-in candidate.
But he insists he’s not running. He’s not reentering the race. He’s making sure he’s ready in case a “Pluto” option presents itself.
Continue reading ‘Leng Registers As Write-In Candidate — But Says He Isn’t Running’