by | Nov 18, 2019 1:05 pm | Comments (2)
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Bob Percopo heard trucks and chainsaws behind his house start up at about 6:30 a.m. on Friday, he said.
Now that the leaves have fallen, he could see right through the woods to where a landscaper has been illegally processing wood and dumping debris 90 feet onto an adjacent property owner’s land. The town plans to take action.
by | Nov 18, 2019 8:54 am | Comments (0)
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“How many teachers are there in the audience?” said MC Taylor, frontman of Hiss Golden Messenger, surveying the crowd.
“11th grade history!” “4th grade everything!” “Art!”
Taylor smiled. “Hiss Golden Messenger is getting a rep as a teacher band,” he said.
Continue reading ‘Hiss Golden Messenger Will Play For Schools’
by | Nov 15, 2019 8:36 am | Comments (6)
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Former Hamden Chief Assessor John Gelati.
As Hamden prepares for its 2020 revaluation, its assessor’s office has suddenly found itself without its two top positions.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Assessor Pushed Out, Deputy Resigns’
by | Nov 14, 2019 9:41 pm | Comments (2)
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Hamden’s mayor has decided he wants his acting police chief to become the full police chief, at least for up to a year.
by | Nov 14, 2019 8:53 am | Comments (10)
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BOE Member Melinda Saller, Superintendent Jody Goeler, and BOE member Myron Hul.
After decades of leaky ceilings and floor puddles, students and teachers at the West Woods School in Hamden will have to wait even longer for any long-term fixes.
Continue reading ‘State Kills West Woods School Rebuilding Project’
by | Nov 14, 2019 8:31 am | Comments (6)
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Jack Perkins Davidson, center, in maroon sweater.
One week after protesters showed up at Hamden Mayor Curt Leng’s house to demand action on the shooting of Stephanie Washington by a Hamden police officer, over 100 people showed up to the town’s Police Commission Wednesday to confront the commission on its silence since the shooting.
Continue reading ‘100 Protesters Push Police Commission To Fire Hamden Cop’
by | Nov 14, 2019 8:30 am | Comments (1)
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After sitting vacant for a decade and a half, a notorious eyesore has gotten a makeover, and is now ready to attract a new surge of business activity — and youth — to southern Hamden.
by | Nov 14, 2019 12:00 am | Comments (2)
Hamden police have arrested a 69-year-old Middletown woman for allegedly crashing into a 74-year-old Hamden pedestrian and killing him.
by | Nov 13, 2019 3:31 pm | Comments (0)
After 32 years, the Hamden Police Department announced Wednesday that it has arrested a 52-year-old New Haven man suspected of murdering a father and son in 1987.
by | Nov 12, 2019 12:46 pm | Comments (2)
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Mick McGarry traces his decision to enter politics to two factors: soccer, and his brother’s struggle to come out in the 1980s before dying of AIDS.
Years later, he’s the Hamden Legislative Council president, and was recently reelected to a fourth term on the council.
by | Nov 8, 2019 12:56 pm | Comments (0)
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After years of delays and project expansions, Hamden is set to begin long-awaited renovations of the Alice Peck School before Thanksgiving.
Continue reading ‘4 Years Later, Alice Peck Renovations Set To Begin’
by | Nov 7, 2019 8:51 am | Comments (10)
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Protester Kerry Ellington.
Forty-five minutes after the sun had set, about 25 protesters gathered outside Hamden Mayor Curt Leng’s house to disrupt the silence setting over his chilly Ridge Hill neighborhood — and to ask Leng to end his own.
Continue reading ‘Protesters Crash Mayor’s Neighborhood To Press For Cop’s Firing’
by | Nov 6, 2019 5:14 pm | Comments (1)
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They did not come out to praise Dr. Abdul-Majid Karim Hasan at length. They came to bury him — with the simplicity, modesty, and deep faith characteristic of one of New Haven’s pioneering religious leaders.
by | Nov 6, 2019 5:12 pm | Comments (7)
Newly elected Council member Dominique Baez.
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Kathleen Schomaker hugs Berita Rowe-Lewis (facing camera).
More diversity, familiar faces — analyzing Hamden’s election results.
Continue reading ‘The Times In Hamden: Are They A-Changin’?’
by | Nov 5, 2019 8:47 pm | Comments (9)
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Mayor Leng, with son Cooper on sign duty.
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Republicans react to results
Curt Leng won a third term as Hamden’s mayor on Tuesday night, easily beating Republican challenger Jay Kaye with 60 percent of the vote.
by | Nov 5, 2019 2:39 pm | Comments (2)
More shrimp has gone missing at local supermarkets.
by | Nov 4, 2019 1:25 pm | Comments (0)
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Ping Ting Chen, Alex Chen, and Regan Chen.
As two groups walked around Hamden’s West Woods neighborhood Sunday afternoon with paper maps and glossy candidate literature, they heard a lot of stories about a familiar topic: taxes.
by | Nov 4, 2019 9:02 am | Comments (0)
Jay Kaye is running for mayor as a Republican in a Democratic town — and he argues that his focus on reining in taxes and government spending can propel him to victory.
by | Nov 1, 2019 12:28 pm | Comments (2)
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Former Deputy Finance Director Rick Galarza, Assistant Superintendent Chris Melillo, and Interim Finance Director Myron Hul.
Another finance post has become vacant in Hamden Town Hall.
Continue reading ‘Hamden’s Now Looking To Fill 2 Top Finance Posts’
by | Nov 1, 2019 7:32 am | Comments (3)
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Working Families Party Council candidates Laurie Sweet, Rhonda Caldwell at WNHH FM.
Rhonda Caldwell and Laurie Sweet didn’t form a biracial political ticket by chance. It was part of the point of their running for office.
by | Oct 31, 2019 3:25 pm | Comments (24)
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NHPD Assistant Chief Herb Sharp.
A few years ago, New Haven police officers arrested Holly Tucker’s mother on the New Haven Green. Tuesday evening, she confronted the assistant chief who had overseen the arrest for how he had treated her.
by | Oct 31, 2019 8:00 am | Comments (10)
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Protesters on Dixwell.
Protesters rounded the bend into the Hamden Government Center Wednesday evening, raising their arms into the lightly drizzling air and facing a police car with its lights flashing.
“Hands up!” they shouted. “Don’t shoot!”
Continue reading ‘Protesters Stop Traffic To Send Cop-Misconduct Message’
by | Oct 30, 2019 7:45 am | Comments (13)
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Monday’s rally calling for Devin Eaton’s firing.
Protesters calling for the immediate firing of an embattled Hamden police officer received an amen from an unlikely corner — a former top cop.
Continue reading ‘Velleca: Hamden Should Have Fired Cop Months Ago’
by | Oct 29, 2019 7:45 am | Comments (6)
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Mayoral Candidates Jay Kaye and Curt Leng.
Hamden Mayor Curt Leng and Republican Challenger Jay Kaye shared two perspectives on policing, debt, an animal shelter, and other facets of Hamden’s present and future on Monday in their first debate of the general election cycle.
by | Oct 28, 2019 3:07 pm | Comments (13)
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Morgan Tobio: “Teach the boys not to be distracted.”
Hamden High sophomore Maddi came to school Friday wearing a sweater over her tank top. She didn’t mind, given the temperature outside. But come warmer weather, she’ll risk having a teacher order her to wear the sweater — in order to conform to the dress code.