Owls, Falcons Make New Friends
by | Sep 12, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (4)
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Great Horned Owl stars at Sunday's Migration Festival at Lighthouse Park.
Humans (above) ponder falcon (below).
Morris Cove
Avelo Pushes Earliest Flight Times To 6:30 A.M.
by | Sep 7, 2022 3:12 pm | Comments (26)
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Boarding an Avelo flight from Tweed.
Morris Cove neighbors will get a half-hour reprieve from morning airplane noises starting on Thursday, as Avelo Airlines pushes back its earliest daily from 6 to 6:30 a.m.
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Historic Morris Cove Home Demolished
by | Aug 31, 2022 1:01 pm | Comments (19)
265 Townsend today.
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The historic, now-demolished, "Pardee House."
Rotting wood — and a city slip-up — led to the demolition of a 210-year-old house in Morris Cove, causing local preservationists to call on City Hall to work harder to protect historic structures.
Tweed Flights Resume After Fuel Spill
by | Aug 27, 2022 8:58 pm | Comments (4)
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NHFD and DEEP crews attend to Saturday's fuel spill at Tweed.
Flights resumed at Tweed New Haven Saturday night after a daytime fuel spill closed the airport.
43-Year Tweed Lease, Expansion Deal OK'd
by | Aug 17, 2022 8:54 pm | Comments (41)
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Rendering of expanded Tweed airport.
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Wednesday night's airport authority board meeting.
A planned expansion of Tweed New Haven took a big step forward Wednesday, as the Morris Cove airport’s board members voted to approve a new 43-year lease and development agreement with a private company that plans to invest $100 million in extending the runway and building a new, larger terminal on the East Haven side of the property.
That vote came as East Haven officials ramped up opposition to the expansion plans — with every town-appointed board member voting against the lease agreement, and the town’s mayor threatening a lawsuit, and even a “street fight” if necessary, in order to stop this project from moving ahead.
Tweed Development Deal Teed Up For Final Vote
by | Aug 16, 2022 2:53 pm | Comments (24)
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Rendering of expanded Tweed airport.
Timeline for proposed airport expansion.
Nearly 11 months after the Board of Alders signed off on a new 43-year lease between the city and Tweed’s airport authority, the Morris Cove airport’s board is set to vote on a parallel agreement that would pave the way for a long-sought major expansion.
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Man Found Dead At Lighthouse Park Beach
by | Jul 19, 2022 5:54 pm | Comments (0)
A man was found dead Tuesday at the water’s edge at Lighthouse Point Park beach.
A Wish Comes True At Lighthouse Beach
by | Jul 12, 2022 3:55 pm | Comments (6)
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Eliana with parents at Lighthouse Park.
After months in the hospital fighting a critical illness, 4‑year-old Eliana Palacio got some beach therapy Tuesday for the first time in a year.
Twilight Blues Kicks Off Pardee House Summer Series
by | Jun 30, 2022 12:59 pm | Comments (0)
Cobalt Rhythm Kings kick off summer concert series
A soft summer sunset hit a crowd full of lawn chairs and to-go dinners nestled under rustling trees — as the wail of a harmonica harmonized with a bass guitar line and deep tenor vocals left a smooth blues echo down Lighthouse Road.
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City Plans Busy Summer For Kids
by | Jun 3, 2022 2:44 pm | Comments (3)
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Youth and Recreation Department Director Gwendolyn Williams and Olaf at the press conference.
A new bestseller just dropped at Lighthouse Point – the mayor’s 2022 Summer Youth Guide.
Headed to all public school families’ households, the 50-page book is jam-packed with information about events, camps, and experiences to keep young people busy this summer.
Teen Remembered For Touching Many Lives
by | May 31, 2022 5:00 pm | Comments (3)
Zayne and sister Nyla at right.
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Friends of Zayne at Tuesday's gathering.
Two hundreds friends and family members Tuesday recalled the love and humor of multi-sport student athlete Zayne Ali Thomas, who touched the lives of hundreds including neighbors, classmates, teachers, teammates, and coaches.
Zayne’s life was cut short at 15 years old last week after he was hit by a car on Townsend Avenue while riding his bike. Zayne was taken to the hospital after the crash, and died there days later.
Boy, 15, Dies After Crash
by | May 26, 2022 3:12 pm | Comments (10)
Zayne Thomas was headed to Morris Cove’s Pardee Seawall on his bicycle hoping to see the sun set when a crash ended his life.
EDC Plans Biz-Boosting Flight Tour
by | May 11, 2022 1:47 pm | Comments (7)
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Boarding an Avelo flight from Tweed in February.
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Wednesday's virtual Development Commission meeting.
A business-boosting nonprofit is teaming up with the city to bring the gospel of New Haven on the road — or, rather, on the plane — to some of the 14 communities newly accessible via Avelo Airlines.
Tweed Expansion Hits East Haven Turbulence
by | Mar 31, 2022 5:50 pm | Comments (33)
Tweed New Haven Airport’s smooth-gliding expansion plans hit some political turbulence, as East Haven Mayor Joseph Carfora announced that, “at this time,” he is opposed to the construction of a new terminal in his town.
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Tweed Will Fly To DC, Chicago, Raleigh
by | Mar 8, 2022 10:18 am | Comments (39)
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Unveiling Avelo's new nonstop routes at Tuesday's presser.
Avelo CEO Andrew Levy (center) with airport chief Scanlon and Avports CEO Roberts.
Tweed-New Haven Airport’s fast-paced expansion of daily flights continued, with the announcement Tuesday that Avelo Airlines will now fly nonstop to the hubs of Chicago and Washington, D.C. as well as Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
"Revolutionary" Targets Looney, "RINOs"
by | Mar 7, 2022 4:03 pm | Comments (9)
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Back in the ring: State Senate candidate Steve Orosco demonstrates rear naked choke hold at event last fall with fellow GOP hopeful Anthony Acri.
Attention all Dems, Dinos, and RINOs: Steve Orosco is heading your way, with plans to take no prisoners.
Budget Airline Celebrates 100 Days At Tweed
by | Feb 11, 2022 1:47 pm | Comments (20)
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Elected officials and airport boosters tout 100 days of Avelo Airlines flying in and out of Tweed.
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Avelo Airlines announced plans to announce “several” new destinations from Tweed in a matter of “days, not weeks,” as the budget carrier celebrated 100 days of flying in and out of the Morris Cove-based regional airport.
Long-awaited deals on airport operations with Avports and with Uber, on the other hand, remain elusive.
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Morgan Stanley Boosts Avelo Stake
by | Jan 6, 2022 11:53 am | Comments (7)
Fly Morgan Stanley to Florida?
All Aboard The Bus To Tweed
by | Dec 15, 2021 4:21 pm | Comments (21)
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Airport bound: Boarding the 206 Wednesday on Chapel Street.
Here’s the secret code to getting to the airport: As you board the 206, tell the bus driver you’re heading to Tweed, so he’ll know to make an extra stop.
National Council Of Negro Women Honor "She-roes" -- & 1 "He-ro"
by | Dec 14, 2021 9:34 am | Comments (3)
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This year's NCNW honorees.
The New Haven section of the National Council of Negro Women Inc. (NCNW) celebrated 45 years of “triumphing together” this past Saturday with the community.
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Signs Point To Park Upgrades Across Town
by | Nov 23, 2021 1:11 pm | Comments (8)
Plans for Kimberly Field.
The parks department received the go-ahead to proceed with a series of improvements throughout the city:
• A restoration of athletic facilities at Kimberly Field in the Hill.
• Replacing the aging and inadequate guardrails at the dangerous curve on Townsend Avenue by Pardee Sea Wall promenade facing the harbor.
• Enlarging signs at Scantlebury Park to ensure people know that only pickle ball and tennis are allowed on those spiffy new courts
• Creating uniform playground rule signs throughout the city, whose first rule is that “Adult supervision is highly recommended.”
“Spirit Of The Havens” Takes Flight
by | Nov 3, 2021 5:46 pm | Comments (50)
Aboard Wednesday’s inaugural Avelo flight to Orlando.
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“Aviation geeks” Powaleny and Blevins before boarding at Tweed.
“It’s a beautiful day to fly,” the pilot said over the intercom.
Over 100 passengers — including self-described “aviation nerds” who had traveled from as far as Kansas and Denver for the ride, along with vacationers, reporters, and business boosters — packed together and clicked their seat belts. The “Spirit of The Havens” taxied down the runway for its maiden two-hour-46-minute voyage from New Haven to Orlando. And a new era of local aviation was born.
Candidate Wins 2 Votes With Tambourine Shake
by | Nov 2, 2021 2:24 pm | Comments (5)
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Jingle-jangle morning: Greens Patricia Kane and Allan Brison shake for change outside Jepson polling station.
Leslie Crescenzi came to the polls Tuesday undecided on whom to vote for as her alder. She desired change but wasn’t familiar with the candidates. Then a loud ringing made up her mind.
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Tweed Expands Into Cove Alder Race
by | Oct 28, 2021 3:31 pm | Comments (67)
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Ward 18 candidates Republican Steve Orosco (not vaxxed) and Sal DeCola (not saying).
Tweed New Haven’s Airport’s expansion is on the ballot this coming Tuesday, as a five-term incumbent Morris Cove Democrat squares off against a Republican challenger for the Board of Alders seat in Ward 18.
G Cafe Opening Tweed Outpost
by | Oct 20, 2021 3:05 pm | Comments (10)
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Sean Scanlon and Andrea Corazzini down Tweed-bound brew.
Sean Scanlon tried his first-ever cup of coffee Wednesday — after toasting a deal to bring an outpost of New Haven’s popular G Cafe to the growing airport he oversees.