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A Fair Haven Heights woman received more than nine pounds of marijuana at her doorstep — without asking for it.
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Two moves taken Wednesday by airport authorities are aimed at trying again to expand Tweed-New Haven Airport’s runway to attract more airline flights.
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by | Jan 11, 2019 5:16 pm | Comments (17)
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U.S. Chris Murphy and Mayor Toni Harp call for an end to the government shutdown.
A longtime Federal Aviation Administration employee, who’s been working without pay to keep planes flying into Tweed-New Haven Airport, asked Congressional Republicans Friday to start doing their job and reopen the government.
by | Nov 2, 2018 8:03 am | Comments (15)
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Hurricane Irene brought this porch to the Pardee Seawall steps.
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Morris Cove Alder Sal DeCola at Thursday night’s nearing.
More sand on Morris Cove’s beaches. Dunes turned into “living shorelines” on Long Wharf. A new seawall near Criscuolo Park.
Alders voted to advance those and other current and potential federally-funded projects in a plan to guard New Haven against flooding as climate change sends the city more frequent and powerful storms.
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by | Nov 1, 2018 12:34 pm | Comments (0)
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John Martinez fifth grader Shane Rodriguez, beneath the hair and glistening teeth.
Leprous witches, rabid werewolves, unknown phantoms, and massively molared T‑Rexes aimed their ghoulish caravan directly into the heart of one of the city’s most child-filled neighborhoods.
Firemen, police, and other first responders and city leaders immediately poured in — to lead the parade.
by | Oct 30, 2018 1:06 pm | Comments (6)
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Challenger Josh Van Hoesen making campaign call at Fire & Slice BBQ Smokehouse and Pizzeria on Townsend.
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Al Paolillo with activist Patricia Kane at a riverfront clean-up.
“I’m curious and I hope you don’t mind,” the business owner said. “But how old are you?”
“I’m asked that a lot,” replied the candidate. The answer: 28.
Older than he looks.
“I’m impressed,” said the business owner.
The candidate was not.
by | Oct 26, 2018 12:56 pm | Comments (6)
At the city’s biggest political bash of the year, New Haven celebrated the ways its citizens are striving to build a better city: From the elected officials in the statehouse who fight for more education funding to the high school leaders who train the next generation to the nonprofit programs that fill in the gaps.
Like the intertwined boughs of some great big elm tree, everyone seemed to be holding each other up.
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by | Oct 15, 2018 7:43 am | Comments (11)
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Shiller: Prices up 30 percent since 1975.
A three-family East Rock house sold for over double what it cost 30 years ago, and a major local property management company picked up four new units in two adjoining Fair Haven Heights homes, in some of the latest recorded land transactions in town.
by | Oct 9, 2018 7:58 am | Comments (13)
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A three-family East Rock house sold for more than twice what it cost in 2005, while a nonprofit dropped a decaying Newhallville single-family home that it couldn’t find enough money to rebuild.
by | Aug 12, 2018 12:11 pm | Comments (13)
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Local 34 prez Laurie Kennington pumps Lamont at Saturday’s rally.
Ned Lamont lashed out at his opponent at a final get-out-the-vote rally in New Haven — not the opponent he needs to beat in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, but the one he expects to face in November.
by | Jul 27, 2018 12:10 pm | Comments (2)
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Serrecchia and fellow awardee David Sepulveda.
Just today four new families walked in, driven by lost housing, no electric power, crumbling infrastructure, and the ongoing closings of schoosl and clinics,
That’s one example of why the situation in Puerto Rico, ravaged by Hurricane Maria last September remains urgent
The place the needy families walked into was Junta for Progressive Action, which has already provided gateway assistance to 450 hurricane-driven families.
The person who shared that news was Paola Serrecchia, Junta’s director of advocacy.
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by | Jul 9, 2018 12:19 pm | Comments (27)
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Coyotes have been spotted darting across the fields at East Shore Park and lurking around the marsh. One started regularly emerging from the fence at Tweed Airport around 1 a.m. A particularly relaxed coyote was photographed sunning itself right in the middle of the road.
by | Jul 4, 2018 10:21 am | Comments (1)
If you’re not already at Lighthouse Point Park — you’ll need to find somewhere else to spend Independence Day.
by | Jun 22, 2018 3:06 pm | Comments (0)
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Paul Garlinghouse submitting petitions last week at 200 Orange St.
A civil rights lawyer making his first run for office fell 22 signatures short of landing a spot on the Aug. 14 Democratic primary ballot.
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by | Jun 15, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (4)
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Paul Garlinghouse turns in petitions Tuesday at 200 Orange St.
Paul Garlinghouse has fought the law. Now he wants to help make the law.
by | Jun 1, 2018 8:15 am | Comments (0)
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Capt. Zayas (at left) with scholarship winners.
Three students who spent days looking for food, water and electricity after the hurricane in Puerto Rico have found academic success in their new hometown of New Haven — and were rewarded Thursday night with $1,000 college scholarships.
by | May 8, 2018 8:37 am | Comments (25)
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Morris Cove Alder Sal DeCola, who spoke against the Tweed expansion resolution.
With just 48 hours left to get a bill that would expand Tweed-New Haven’s runway out of this year’s state legislative session, alders threw a Hail Mary, passing a resolution in support of the airport’s future growth.
by | May 3, 2018 5:00 pm | Comments (41)
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Lamont and Harp at Thursday’s endorsement.
Ned Lamont has snagged a prize in his quest to win the Democratic nomination for governor: the endorsement of New Haven Mayor Toni Harp.
Harp, in return, has snagged an ally in her quest to expand airport service in New Haven.
by | May 1, 2018 1:39 pm | Comments (22)
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O’Brien leads walkout.
Sean O’Brien and five other Morris Covers walked out of a city-organized workshop on proposed airport improvements and a “community benefits package” to accompany a proposed expanded runway at Tweed Airport. They called the “workshop” a poor substitute for democracy.
by | Apr 26, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (76)
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Larson describes neighborhood concessions.
One argument: Start-ups and out of town developers who see a potential for profit shouldn’t dictate the fate of a neighborhood.
A counter-argument: Neighbors who knowingly move near airport shouldn’t be allowed to hold the city and the state economically hostage.
by | Apr 23, 2018 2:16 pm | Comments (16)
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The new Fort Hale pier.
Officials cut the ribbon for the grand reopening of the pier.
Seven years after Hurricane Sandy destroyed a popular East Shore fishing pier, city and state officials celebrated the grand reopening of a reconstructed pier that includes new amenities for fishing and recreation, and that is structurally resilient enough to withstand higher sea levels and more frequent storms in an era of manmade climate change.
by | Apr 10, 2018 12:01 pm | Comments (4)
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Murray and Biondi.
Brian Murray and Matt Biondi have revived a beloved neighborhood restaurant in Morris Cove. They’ve brought back the pizza. Now, to complete their own vision for what their restaurant can be, they just need a smoker.
by | Apr 9, 2018 12:06 pm | Comments (7)
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Mailbox outside 46 Morris.
Two lenders quietly became the owners of two properties on the same residential block in Morris Cove during separate, simultaneous foreclosure auctions.
by | Apr 5, 2018 8:11 am | Comments (1)
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Murphy and the Connecticut State Medical Society’s Ken Ferrucci.
The 20 most popularly prescribed drugs in America have increased 12 percent a year for each of the last five years, six of them by 100 percent.
Hearing that fact gave Ralph Zovich, who’s approaching retirement age, an idea: “Let the government declare those 20 ‘essential for life,’” and give the feds immediate authority to negotiate the price.
“Also authorize the IRS to audit those drug makers. Put the fear of God into them.”
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by | Mar 28, 2018 1:09 pm | Comments (15)
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Committee Co-Chair Lemar.
A bill that would allow the expansion of Tweed-New Haven Airport’s runway is headed to the House of Representatives for full consideration.