by | Jan 29, 2021 4:16 pm | Comments (4)
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Khalid: Never gave up on his vision.
To make the lemon chicken at Ali Baba’s Kitchen, Jamshed Khalid started by cutting boneless chicken breasts into strips. He then marinated it, for at least 12 hours, in a blend of special spices.
I wondered what was in the blend.
“Should I tell you?” Khalid responded with a laugh. “No.”
by | Jan 28, 2021 9:01 pm | Comments (25)
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Scott Jackson at New Haven City Hall.
Scott Jackson, until this month a top New Haven government official, is crossing the border back to Hamden.
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by | Jan 25, 2021 10:50 am | Comments (9)
(Updated) Up to 60 teens ended up involved in a brawl that revealed apparent violations of Covid-19 restrictions at Hamden’s Funz Trampoline Park Saturday night.
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by | Jan 22, 2021 2:15 pm | Comments (2)
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The order for a Super Supreme baked potato at Spuds Your Way in Hamden took owner and cook Jared Cohen either mere minutes — or over 12 hours — to prepare, depending on how you counted.
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by | Jan 22, 2021 12:10 pm | Comments (10)
Hamden Legislative Council members may be subject to new restrictions on social media use and how long they can speak at meetings.
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by | Jan 21, 2021 10:16 pm | Comments (0)
A 57-year-old Hamden man is being held on $2 million bond after police arrested him for allegedly shooting his wife to death.
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by | Jan 20, 2021 10:46 pm | Comments (1)
Two pedestrians went to the hospital, one with a life-threatening injury, after a driver ran into them in Hamden.
by | Jan 20, 2021 10:38 am | Comments (2)
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Hamden firefighters on the job: new EMT effort aims for diversifying department.
In an unusually agreeable meeting of the Hamden Legislative Council, members Tuesday evening almost unanimously approved a new scholarship to promote diversity in the fire department, a mental health-related billboard campaign and 13 appointments and reappointments to town councils and board.
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by | Jan 14, 2021 8:51 pm | Comments (9)
Police arrested a 16-year-old New Havener for allegedly carrying out an armed carjacking in Hamden.
by | Jan 13, 2021 11:46 am | Comments (3)
Starting next fall, Quinnipiac University will require all students to live on campus for at least three years.
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by | Jan 11, 2021 12:53 pm | Comments (8)
(Opinion) Christmas gifts from Hamden to the town’s homeowners arrived a day late. Each gift was a thin, white envelope that contained a single sheet of paper. Printed on the paper, in boldface, were two numbers: the old assessed value of each home and the new assessed value.
by | Jan 8, 2021 4:16 pm | Comments (4)
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Hazan.
Jessica Hazan, chef and owner of The Soup Girl on Whitney Avenue, thanks the insistence of a customer for getting her to come up with a recipe for gumbo, which has turned out to be one of the takeout place’s most popular dishes.
by | Jan 8, 2021 12:27 pm | Comments (7)
Scenes from Wednesday’s insurrection.
Rhonda Caldwell didn’t see “protesters” rampaging at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday in an effort to violently overturn a democratic presidential election.
“Those people absolutely were not protestors,” said Rhonda Caldwell. “They were domestic, homegrown terrorists.”
Caldwell, a Hamden social justice advocate, offered that take Thursday night during a 90-minute Zoom “Post-Insurrection” forum organized through the Hamden Action Now organization.
by | Jan 6, 2021 7:03 pm | Comments (0)
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Judge Lubbie Harper administers the oath.
Fifty Hamden officials, residents, and community members gathered on Wednesday afternoon for the swearing-in ceremony of Police Chief John Sullivan and three new Hamden police officers.
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by | Jan 5, 2021 11:49 am | Comments (6)
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Chief John Sullivan.
The Hamden Legislative Council appointed Acting Police Chief John Sullivan as the permanent new chief of police Monday night, overriding a selection process that Mayor Curt Leng promised would involve community input and a commitment to considering diverse candidates.
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by | Jan 5, 2021 11:03 am | Comments (4)
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Jorge Cabrera, who is to be sworn in Wednesday as state senator.
(Opinion) A year ago, my family received horrible news. My wife, Rebecca — who is in her early 40s and healthy — was diagnosed with colon cancer.
We had health insurance that covered the surgery she needed. Many families do not.
by | Jan 4, 2021 3:42 pm | Comments (0)
If you order Mikro Depot’s Sunday brunch in Hamden and can’t decide which breakfast food you are craving most, you can ask for the French toast and get the flavor of multiple breakfast foods all in one order.
by | Dec 19, 2020 8:56 pm | Comments (3)
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Celebration Saturday on Gorham as crew lifts Hill out ambulance.
Danton Hill returned home from the hospital Saturday — after surviving an eight-month bout with Covid-19, including 77 days in the intensive care unit, and warnings to his wife that she might need to “pull the plug.”
by | Dec 17, 2020 3:04 pm | Comments (2)
Two people were shot, one fatally, Wednesday morning in what police termed a domestic incident.
by | Dec 17, 2020 12:50 pm | Comments (1)
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Seikichi Muto, owner and chef at Sonobana on Dixwell in Hamden, took a small ball of rice in a gloved hand and deftly made it just the right shape to accept a piece of raw, tender yellowtail. He did the same with with piece of salmon, and with a piece of tuna — as he has been doing for 34 years in the same location, and now during the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Dec 16, 2020 11:12 am | Comments (7)
A 59-year-old woman found to be living with a houseful of allegedly mistreated animals — some alive, some dead — turned herself in to Hamden police Tuesday for arrest on six counts of animal cruelty.
by | Dec 11, 2020 12:28 pm | Comments (3)
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Owners Sukra Shrestha and Arjun Khadka, chef Krishna Paudel.
Arjun Khadka, the head chef and one of the owners of Cumin India on Skiff Street in Hamden, laid out a spread of Cumin’s more popular dishes. Among them were well-known fare like chicken tikka masala and garlic naan.
But the restaurant is also a place to sample Indo-Chinese dishes, a lesser-known facet of Indian cuisine that combines the influences of India and its neighbor, China. Among the many Indo-Chinese offerings on the menu is vegetarian Manchurian — vegetable dumplings topped with a sauce that pulls its ingredients from across Asia and elsewhere, and reminds us that India, as vast as it is, is also connected inextricably with the wider world.
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by | Dec 11, 2020 12:03 pm | Comments (0)
For Hamden’s mayor, the holiday season is a time to work harder to make sure the town’s residents are warm, fed and Covid-free.
by | Dec 9, 2020 10:51 am | Comments (0)
The Christmas season is a time for traditions such as tree lighting, gift giving — and punk music.
Yes, indeed — a celebration that includes punk music is one local tradition that will continue this year at The Cellar on Treadwell, as the annual Punxmas show will go on this Saturday, albeit in a much different way than previous years.
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by | Dec 4, 2020 3:57 pm | Comments (2)
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Lara.
Aaron Lara added a final touch — a sprinkling of freshly cut scallions — to a Peruvian rice bowl, one of the most popular dishes at Bomb Wings and Rice. With its combination of marinated chicken, aji verde (a flavorful green sauce) and rice and vegetables fried fast in Bomb’s special sauce, the dish balanced tastiness and healthiness, or, as owner Jason Teal put it, “naughty and nice,” a mindset that has guided Bomb since its opening in March 2019 and through the Covid-19 pandemic.
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