by | May 23, 2020 10:05 pm | Comments (2)
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During a Saturday morning rainstorm, around 20 masked volunteers huddled under tents, collecting drop-off donations for a food drive organized by the Hamden Republicans and sponsored by the food collective Home Cooking in America.
All donations, whether in the form of cash or non-perishables, directly supported St. Ann’s Soup Kitchen and the Connecticut Food Bank.
by | May 22, 2020 12:23 pm | Comments (1)
Participants in the Zoom ceremony.
Synesha Dudley virtually accepted her high school diploma on Thursday night, stating to a Zoom audience in the midst of the pandemic: “I know that my life and future are about to change for the better.”
Dudley was one of 33 members of the Class of 2020 granted certification of high school completion from the Hamden Adult Education Program.
by | May 22, 2020 9:51 am | Comments (1)
On Thursday, confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Hamden neared 900, reaching 895.
by | May 21, 2020 11:45 am | Comments (5)
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Eammon Ryan, second from left, with crew on opening day.
Eamonn Ryan was ready to start serving customers at The Playwright Irish Pub the moment the governor gave the green light — and five cooped-up Southern Connecticut State University students were ready to order.
by | May 20, 2020 1:55 pm | Comments (1)
Tanya Howell: Ramadan is beautiful, even now.
Ramadan came at just the right time this year for nurse Tanya Howell, even if it has required some adjustments.
by | May 20, 2020 9:18 am | Comments (2)
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Justin Farmer and Jorge Cabrera.
For the second time in a row, Jorge Cabrera has secured his party’s endorsement to run for Connecticut’s 17th Senate District seat against incumbent Republican George Logan — and for the second time, he’ll need to win a Democratic Party primary first in order to get there.
Continue reading ‘Dems Endorse Cabrera For Senate; Farmer Qualifies For Ballot’
by | May 19, 2020 5:33 pm | Comments (2)
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Monday’s council meeting, on the Zoom teleconferencing app.
The Hamden Legislative Council voted Monday evening to borrow $20 million in order to fill its coffers for the first few months of the next fiscal year and keep the town solvent while it waits for tax payments, which it deferred until October.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Borrows $20 Million To Cover Delayed Tax Revenues’
by | May 18, 2020 12:27 pm | Comments (1)
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Officer Bryce.
An alleged shoplifter threatened deadly harm to the cop who pinched him — by spitting on him.
Continue reading ‘Shoplifter Threatens To Attack Cop — With Covid-19’
by | May 16, 2020 10:05 pm | Comments (7)
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Saturday’s meeting.
Near the end of a five-hour meeting Saturday, the Hamden Legislative Council voted to flat-fund the town’s board of education in the next fiscal year, forcing it to cut about $2.8 million from its budget.
by | May 15, 2020 12:16 pm | Comments (8)
Howard and Denise Rogers on their wedding day.
After 48 days in the hospital, the first CTtransit worker to pass away from Covid-19 died Thursday evening at Yale New Haven Hospital.
by | May 15, 2020 8:45 am | Comments (7)
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Bennett: When choice is rent or food, you pay for food.
School bus driver Santia Bennett stopped getting a paycheck from First Student March 13, and her unemployment insurance application is still pending.
After fighting for a contract amendment with Hamden that should allow it to pay its drivers for April, First Student kept Bennett waiting even longer, saying she cannot get back pay until the Department of Labor denies her unemployment claim.
by | May 14, 2020 2:10 pm | Comments (4)
At Dwight Covid-19 testing site, where tests are free whether or not people have insurance.
(Opinion) New Haven and Hamden share many things: East Rock Park, the Farmington Canal trail, the 228 and 229 bus lines along Whitney Avenue, and, of course, the twin disasters currently unfolding as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | May 14, 2020 10:17 am | Comments (0)
Hamden Hall Country Day School families are tuning in weekly from Covid-19 isolation to view “The Turtle King,” a new in-house video series featuring three hungry turtles and the school’s maintenance team.
Continue reading ‘“Turtle King” Perks Up Quarantined Students’
by | May 13, 2020 9:50 am | Comments (0)
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(Opinion) This past week Gov. Lamont announced that schools would remain closed for the rest of 2019 – 2020 school year.
by | May 11, 2020 9:35 am | Comments (9)
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In the first two of many deliberations on the 2020 – 2021 fiscal year budget to come, the Hamden Legislative Council set a course that may allow the town to weather the significant fiscal challenges of the next year: deep cuts that may leave departments short-staffed and employees laid off.
by | May 8, 2020 6:05 pm | Comments (10)
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The Hamden Legislative Council.
In a series of unanimous votes Thursday evening, the Hamden Legislative Council tabled three legally required financial transfers in order to send a message loud and clear to the mayor’s administration: Tell us if there is a deficit, what it is, and the plan to fix it.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Council Plays “Hard Ball” To Get Deficit Projection’
by | May 7, 2020 10:19 am | Comments (2)
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The Board of Education Tuesday evening.
Nearly two months after they stopped getting paid, school bus drivers in Hamden will regain their paychecks, with back-pay to April 1.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Bus Drivers’ Pay Reinstated, Minus Two Weeks’
by | May 4, 2020 4:50 pm | Comments (1)
Police caught up with a driver who struck a cyclist on the Farmington Canal Trail and then fled the scene.
by | May 4, 2020 12:11 pm | Comments (2)
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You used to be able to get gas, help from an auto mechanic, and maybe a bag of chips at the Citgo station just north of Whitneyville at the corner of Whitney Avenue and Mather Street.
The auto mechanics are now gone. But the gas is still there, as is the bag of chips, and, soon enough, probably milk, eggs, and a sandwich to boot.
Continue reading ‘Car Bays-To-Convenience Store Conversion OK’d’
by | Apr 30, 2020 10:16 am | Comments (0)
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Fire Chief Gary Merwede.
As Covid-19 cases inch over their peak in the Connecticut, Hamden logged 589 cases, and counting, on Wednesday.
by | Apr 29, 2020 10:00 am | Comments (37)
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Mayor Curt Leng.
Mayor Leng tells dep’t heads not to answer budget questions — at risk of termination.
by | Apr 27, 2020 12:15 pm | Comments (0)
A 44 year-old man faces numerous burglary and assault-related charges after allegedly breaking into a Park Road home an assaulting the homeowner.
by | Apr 25, 2020 9:30 am | Comments (2)
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Friday’s meeting.
In a long-awaited four-hour meeting Friday evening, the Hamden Legislative Council voted to allow Mayor Curt Leng to spend an additional $100,000 on Covid-19-related expenses beyond the $100,000 he is authorized to spend without legislative approval, rejecting the mayor’s request for $1 million to spend at his discretion.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Council Approves $100K For Covid Response’
by | Apr 23, 2020 12:07 pm | Comments (0)
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Chiekh Idrissou helping out mom at Motherland.
Watching his mother operate a grocery store in a pandemic, budding entreprenuer Chiekh Idrissou has learned that the best businesses fit the term “essential.”
by | Apr 22, 2020 4:03 pm | Comments (1)
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As charities across the state struggle to keep up with ballooning demand for food, Hamden got one truck closer to keeping enough cans and boxes on the shelves of its pantry Wednesday.