by
Karen Ponzio |
Dec 13, 2019 8:47 am
|
Comments
(0)
Karen Ponzio Photo
Split Silver.
“This is the problem with having two married couples on stage,” said Erika Simonian with a laugh after Katelyn Russell asked her husband Jay Russell if his guitar was tuned yet, while Simonian’s husband Steve Curtis looked on and laughed himself. It was one of many charming and cheerful interactions between the two couples — the Russells from the band The Split Coils and Curtis and Simonian from the band Little Silver — who joined up Thursday night at Best Video to form a new band called Split Silver. The band would play a few songs together, some by their bands and some covers, in between each couple playing songs from their own bands as duos.
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Dec 12, 2019 2:46 pm
|
Comments
(0)
NBC Connecticut
Where a pine forest once formed a canopy over picnic tables and a soft bed of fallen needles at the entrance to Sleeping Giant State Park, there is now a large clearing. It’s time to decide: Replant it? Or leave it open space?
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Dec 11, 2019 1:59 pm
|
Comments
(4)
Sam Gurwitt Photo
Worker Junor Patel at A.L.K.
It’s been about 15 years since you could walk into the old Tommy K’s Video at 1636 Dixwell Ave. and rent a video. After many years, the store will get a new life — peddling not films, but wine and spirits.
Jim Pascarella entered Hamden politics because of a school construction project. Then, when he served a six-week stint as mayor, he dealt with a crisis in relations with Quinnipiac University.
Now, as Pasacrella (pictured above) steps aside from town politics, both of those are again hot topics.
by
Samantha Bashaw |
Dec 5, 2019 4:57 pm
|
Comments
(0)
Samantha Bashaw Photo
It’s a Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Suzanne Hudd backs her Honda HRV into the loading dock at ShopRite in Hamden Plaza.
The metal door opens, and she is met with a pile of boxes containing slightly bruised apples, malformed carrots and other produce. The various vegetables and fruits are edible, but not wanted by shoppers.
With the help of produce manager Kenneth Lynch, Hudd packs the 25 boxes into her Honda and brings it to people who don’t care whether an onion isn’t in season or if an avocado is too soft.
Councilman Michael Colaiacovo and newly-elected Majority Leader Berita Rowe-Lewis.
At its inaugural meeting, Hamden’s first majority-female Legislative Council chose a leadership team of five experienced women and one man to lead the body through the 2019 – 2021 term.
Volunteers from Opportunity House carrying away Monday dinner.
Haven’s Harvest Executive Director Lori Martin watched Tuesday as volunteers picked up four large trays of left-over Quinnipiac dining hall Monday dinner to carry them away to more needy stomachs.
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Dec 3, 2019 12:14 pm
|
Comments
(1)
Sam Gurwitt Photo
Derrick Draughn.
Derrick Draughn of DCI Resources stood in his new white-walled office space in Hamden Monday evening, pointing out various features to the well-wishers and curious onlookers who trickled in and out.
by
Brian Slattery |
Dec 3, 2019 12:12 pm
|
Comments
(0)
Brian Slattery Photos
With a nod, David Sasso leapt into a cascading melody on the mandocello. Naomi Senzer fell in on flute, taking up the same melody, spinning it, and handing it off to Will Minter on accordion while Joe Murfin laid down a pulsing rhythm on the pandeiro. Together, the quartet with the punny name of Roda Trip on Monday evening brought the driving music of tropical Brazil to the New Haven area’s first snowy night of the year in a performance at Best Video.
Hamden Public School Chief Operating Officer Tom Ariola and Superintendent Jody Goeler.
Though the state denied an extension for construction at the West Woods School in Hamden two weeks ago, the state remains committed to helping the town with construction costs at some point, Hamden officials announced on Wednesday.
by
Brian Slattery |
Dec 2, 2019 1:59 pm
|
Comments
(1)
Brian Slattery Photo
For what the Thimble Island Saxophone Quartet thought was going to be its last number, leader and composer Frank Vasi picked a medley of Cole Porter tunes that he had arranged into a single piece — a “tip of the hat” to one of his (and many people’s) favorite songwriters.
However, he added, “unbeknownst to me, I put in a tune that wasn’t his.” The other quartet members had enjoyed pointing that out, “gently,” said fellow quartet member Will Cleary. “We called the piece ‘Some Cole Porter,’ Vasi said, “which is actually correct.”
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Nov 27, 2019 9:07 am
|
Comments
(0)
Sam Gurwitt Photo
John Cabral Jr. and Claudette Tracey at Tuesday’s giveaway.
As Claudette Tracey stood between stacked boxes of frozen turkeys and tables laden with green bags full of cranberry sauce, yams, and rice, she described the expected fate of the bird she had just picked up.
“I’m Jamaican,” she said, “so I do a jerk turkey.”
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Nov 25, 2019 3:45 pm
|
Comments
(0)
Hamden Fire Retirees Association
A Christmas fire in 1964.
Over the course of the last 123 years, firefighting in Hamden has developed from a single, private volunteer company in Highwood to a professional department that anticipates 12,000 calls by the end of the 2019 calendar year.
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Nov 25, 2019 8:35 am
|
Comments
(1)
Sam Gurwitt Photo
As Hamden Mayor Curt Leng stood with his left arm over his wife Stephanie’s shoulder and his right arm raised in front of him, palm facing forward, four words jumped out at him: “Faithfully discharge your duties.”
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Nov 22, 2019 12:51 pm
|
Comments
(1)
Sam Gurwitt Photo
The West Woods PTA last Wednesday.
Hamden officials turned their attention to groundwater Wednesday as part of their latest efforts to put the future of West Woods School on drier ground.
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Nov 20, 2019 12:59 pm
|
Comments
(0)
Sam Gurwitt Photo
Council members Justin Farmer, Eric Annes, and Athena Gary.
After battling for two years over using bonds to pay for operating expenses, the Hamden Legislative Council passed a resolution to require oversight before it happens again.
Hamden’s acting police chief has recommended that the department fire a 29-year-old officer who shot 13 times at an unarmed couple in Newhallville in April.
by
Sam Gurwitt |
Nov 19, 2019 12:10 pm
|
Comments
(0)
Sam Gurwitt Photo
Chief Operating Officer Tom Ariola and Superintendent Jody Goeler.
Despite frustration over the shifting nature of school construction plans and concerns about cost, the Hamden Legislative Council voted Monday to proceed with a large construction project at Hamden Middle School by approving a contract with an architect.
by
Brian Slattery |
Nov 18, 2019 3:35 pm
|
Comments
(2)
Logan Sidle was laying down a tight groove on drums. Lucas Alexander’s bass was bumping. Matthew Mueller unleashed cascades of notes from his keyboard.
Together, The Blind Mice — all students at Hamden High School and participants in its jazz program — held down the 3 p.m. slot Saturday at Best Video Film and Cultural Center’s annual fundraiser, providing an energizing soundtrack for a packed house there to hear music, eat cookies, and support a nonprofit that continues to be a linchpin of the New Haven arts scene for film, music, and community.
