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Mar 23, 2022 5:58 pm
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Seniors turn out Wednesday to hear from town officials and Hamden Plaza's owner about shopping-center safety.
Miller Memorial Library employee Kathy Galasso wasn’t at work Wednesday — but she sent a public explanation to her boss and 100 fellow seniors from her “uncomfortable hospital bed” where she is currently recovering from two pelvic fractures sustained during a broad daylight carjacking at the Hamden Plaza.
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Mar 22, 2022 5:23 pm
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Visual projection of Hamden's anticipated budget drivers.
Hamden lawmakers provisionally OK’d filling two new government positions early — but pressed for a broader discussion about whether the town should be funding new jobs while raising taxes by up to 3.68 mills.
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Mar 18, 2022 4:33 pm
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Hamden Detective Sean Dolan, Hamden Police Chief John Sullivan, New Haven Police Chief Renee Dominguez, and Hartford Assistant Chief Kenny Howell at Friday's announcement.
Public safety officers gathered outside the Hamden Police Department Friday afternoon to join joggers and street strollers enjoying the sunny spring weather — and to announce efforts to help protect Ukrainian civilians for whom such mundane pleasures have been disrupted by the war.
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Mar 17, 2022 10:21 am
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Hamden's biggest expenses: Board of Education, fringe benefits, and public safety. Garrett proposed increasing the police budget by 3 percent.
A first draft of Hamden’s next annual operating budget includes a tax hike — as well as a strategy to reduce the town’s long-term liabilities and bolster efficiency within municipal government.
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Mar 16, 2022 9:38 am
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Jerlisa Thomas with her soulmate sewing machine outside of Clarion Hotel, her temporary lodgings.
Show must go on: Thomas gets models ready for her Friday's “50 Shades of Chem" fashion show at Terminal 110.
When fashion designer Jerlisa Thomas returned to her Warner Street apartment for the first time following a three-alarm fire, she was bombarded with ash and loss — until she noticed a treasure the flames failed to destroy: Her sewing machine.
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Mar 9, 2022 10:06 am
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12-year-old Sarah and friend Sloan at "Unmask our kids" rally.
Hamden Public Schools will lift their mask mandate on March 21.
That was the straightforward outcome of a rowdy three-hour meeting that began with a precautionary police presence, proceeded with raspberry-and-shouting arguments over race and politics and bullying, and concluded with cries of “Abuse of power!”
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Mar 8, 2022 3:42 pm
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After years of outsourcing abandoned and abused pets to North Haven, Hamden is exploring joining forces with New Haven to establish a regional animal shelter.
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Mar 3, 2022 1:34 pm
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Wintergreen school.
Hamden’s new administration has brought the town one step closer to closing a deal to sell Wintergreen magnet school — and putting $16 million of cash into the town’s pocket.
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Mar 1, 2022 4:04 pm
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Closed sidewalk on Davis Street, waiting for White to repair it.
White: Cross-border comity.
Stephen White, Hamden’s new town engineer wants stronger sidewalks, safer crosswalks, and a continued partnership with his counterpart to the south, New Havener of the Year Giovanni Zinn.
White, a past project manager with New Haven’s engineering department under Zinn, is one of three appointees Mayor Lauren Garrett announced Monday will be moving into Government Center. Garrett also named Safija Farooqui the acting chief assessor and Jeffrey Naples assistant fire chief.
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Feb 25, 2022 12:37 pm
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Rendering of planned QU expansion.
A new 417-bed residence hall, school of business, and auditorium-laboratory complex on Quinnipiac University’s Northern Hamden campus should mean fewer students taking up Hamden housing, not more.
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Feb 24, 2022 2:26 pm
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High Bazaar: On hold for now.
Hamden’s “High Bazaars” will most likely be postponed for at least another week while the town establishes a clearer pathway to keep the large-scale cannabis jamborees safe, secure and compliant.
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Feb 23, 2022 4:25 pm
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Clarion's Mariam Andino Pagán thanks a giveaway volunteer.
Supplies stored and distributed Wednesday in the Clarion basement.
Mariam Andino Pagán doesn’t earn enough money working at the Clarion Hotel to afford a place to sleep at night — but she did find clothing and supplies in the basement Wednesday, as a community rescue mission that began with a local fire expanded to more people in need.
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Feb 19, 2022 10:50 am
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Hamden's High Bazaar crew inside the Cellar On Treadwell: Saturday's event has been canceled, as announced via Facebook.
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High Bazaar is taking an indefinite hiatus, as the lead organizer of Hamden’s weekly commercial cannabis parties canceled Saturday’s event while he seeks “proper permitting” from town government.
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Feb 15, 2022 4:22 pm
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Books & Co.'s suggestion: Community first.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité? More like, community, diversity, & … femininity?
Those are some of the values Hamden residents say define their town — and suggest buzzwords the town may use to market itself to future residents and business owners.
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Feb 10, 2022 2:37 pm
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Organizer Joseph Accettullo with cease-and-desist order: Show will go on "every fucking week."
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Undaunted High Bazaar crew Wednesday.
Hamden has filed a court order to shut down the “High Bazaars” that have been attracting hundreds of people to town each weekend for a commercial cannabis carnival for the past six months.
Undaunted, the organizing crew was already scrambling to move the gathering to a new location in time to reassemble this weekend, without missing a beat.
