by | Oct 27, 2022 1:50 pm | Comments (6)
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Rendering of expanded Tweed airport.
Tweed airport won permission to build 203 new “temporary” parking spaces in anticipation of heightened holiday travel demand at the current New Haven terminal — and in advance of the planned construction of a new larger terminal on the East Haven side of the property.
by | Oct 18, 2022 5:20 pm | Comments (32)
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Tweed Director Scanlon: "A week away from submitting a draft."
Tweed’s airport authority is roughly a week away from submitting to the federal government a draft environmental assessment report — bringing the Morris Cove airport that much closer to realizing its plan to extend the runway and build a new, larger terminal on the East Haven side of the property.
Continue reading ‘Tweed Environmental Assessment Almost Done’
by | Oct 7, 2022 3:02 pm | Comments (8)
Thursday's City Plan Commission meeting.
Three city parks and a flood-prone west side road are slated to receive millions of dollars worth of upgrades thanks to a bevy of state and federal aid coming New Haven’s way.
Continue reading ‘Parks Upgrades En Route Thanks To State, Federal $’
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).
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.
Continue reading ‘Avelo Pushes Earliest Flight Times To 6:30 A.M.’
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.
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.
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.
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.
Continue reading ‘Tweed Development Deal Teed Up For Final Vote’
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.
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.
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.
Continue reading ‘Twilight Blues Kicks Off Pardee House Summer Series’
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Continue reading ‘Tweed Expansion Hits East Haven Turbulence’
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.
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.
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.
Continue reading ‘Budget Airline Celebrates 100 Days At Tweed’
by | Jan 6, 2022 11:53 am | Comments (7)
Fly Morgan Stanley to Florida?
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.
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.
Continue reading ‘National Council Of Negro Women Honor "She-roes" -- & 1 "He-ro"’
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.”
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.