by | Sep 11, 2020 11:18 am | Comments (0)
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Dwayne Davila helps out students at First Calvary hub.
New Haven students whose school buildings have closed because of Covid-19 have started showing up in church — in order to get in-person adult help with their education.
by | Sep 9, 2020 12:12 pm | Comments (2)
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Sixth graders at ConnCAT hub on Tuesday.
The room of students was quiet, with only the occasional swivel of a chair or clacking of a keyboard to break the silence.
School was in session in person at 4 Science Park — for public-school students whose official learning had gone remote.
It was the first day of a new learning hub “Safe Space” launched by Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT)’s to prevent students from falling behind during the pandemic.
by | Sep 7, 2020 11:28 am | Comments (2)
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The Pop Smith All-Stars come together before their game on Thursday.
Head Coach Wayne Morrison and Assistant Coach Steve Britto brought New Haven’s Pop Smith All-Stars together in a circle before they took the field.
“Mask up,” the coaches reminded the players.
After giving his pre-game speech, Morrison shouted, “Who are we?” In a united voice, the players cried out, “Pop Smith!”
by | Sep 7, 2020 9:59 am | Comments (2)
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Newhallville resident Lisa Hargreaves opened her door Friday to the familiar faces of U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, State Rep. Robyn Porter, and State Sen. Gary Winfield after the team came knocking with handouts on completing the U.S. census.
by | Sep 4, 2020 8:20 am | Comments (10)
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Chef Lucky and the Lucky’s Star Bus Cafe crew.
Chef Larry Lucky stood in the kitchen installed in the back of Lucky’s Star Bus Cafe, deftly cooking up a piece of blackened salmon, which he explained was a customer favorite.
The year-old, family-run business recently relocated from Fair Haven to Newhallville — bringing to the neighborhood Lucky’s decades of restaurant experience and his seasoned culinary chops.
Continue reading ‘Bus Cafe Serves Up Salmon In Newhallville’
by | Sep 1, 2020 3:21 pm | Comments (1)
City students have a new “safe space” to go to for academic support and socially-distanced socializing, thanks to the launch of a new pandemic-era education hub by the Science Park-based Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT).
by | Sep 1, 2020 2:55 pm | Comments (23)
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The Olin Powder Farm.
Hamden environmental groups and Newhall neighborhood leaders are renewing a push for the state to force Olin Corporation to clean up, remediate and open a 102.5‑acre forest and wetlands site so that residents can finally enjoy the closed-off land.
by | Sep 1, 2020 7:30 am | Comments (1)
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Shaquan Whitfield with Joshua and Justin.
Diamond Tree (center) leads a hula hoop activity.
Shaquan Whitfield brought her children, Joshua and Justin Currie, to a neighborhood-spanning, back-to-school fair on the Farmington Canal Trail because she wanted to “show my kids there’s more positive than negative” in Newhallville.
Continue reading ‘Newhallville Unites For Back-To-School Bash’
by | Aug 31, 2020 8:19 am | Comments (3)
(Updated) A 37-year-old West Haven man named Jerome Christopher Moye was shot and killed Sunday on Hazel Street in Newhallville.
by | Aug 11, 2020 6:59 pm | Comments (3)
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Bonita Grubbs.
Christian Community Action, Inc. (CCA) is partnering with the Housing Authority of New Haven to renovate 660 Winchester Ave. and revive its transitional housing and training and support program for homeless New Haven families.
by | Aug 10, 2020 3:32 pm | Comments (2)
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Delayed but undeterred by Covid-19, Rahkiya Davis, owner of Koloùr Beauty Boutique, is bringing a one-stop-shop to Newhallville with a Southern touch.
by | Aug 7, 2020 1:20 pm | Comments (3)
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Smitty Bop: Newhallville proud, on the move.
Rising New Haven rapper Smitty Bop, known for music videos celebrating New Haven and local street life, has broadened his message in a new single to target police brutality nationwide and support the Black Lives Matter movement.
Here’s the hook:
I ain’t with that cappin shit /
A cop killin me? I ain’t having it /
won’t get down on my knees like I’m Kaepernick /
cops killing with they knees, that ain’t average /
by | Jul 30, 2020 2:51 pm | Comments (6)
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Reyes with Alder Honda Smith at community anti-violence event.
Otoniel Reyes began his police career as a young beat patrol officer keeping in touch with the pulse of the neighborhoods.
Twenty-one years later, as chief, he’s repeating those steps — hitting community management team meetings over the past week in Dixwell, East Rock, and Newhallville to check in with neighbors on his department’s response to a crime uptick and demands for change.
by | Jul 27, 2020 10:24 am | Comments (5)
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Hundreds of Newhallville residents united with a march and rally to call for local voting, equality, and empowerment.
by | Jul 21, 2020 10:25 am | Comments (4)
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Britton “Braggin Rights” Braggs noticed Darnell, 14, and James, 11, sitting on their bikes in front of Winchester Avenue’s B&K Grocery.
“You heard about these people getting hurt out here with guns?” the Newhallville-raised rapper asked the boys. They nodded. “We’re walking because we want kids like you guys to be safe,” Braggs said.
by | Jul 17, 2020 2:08 pm | Comments (31)
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Four of Xu’s local rental properties: 113 Ivy St., 761 Winchester Ave., 126 Sheffield Ave., 50 Nash St.
Dr. Xu.
A prominent Bethany-based doctor has slowly rebuilt his poverty-landlord business four years after he dumped many of his rundown, code-defying local rental properties.
So far, he appears to be staying out of trouble this time with the city and his tenants.
by | Jul 15, 2020 5:48 pm | Comments (1)
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Richard B gets a Covid-safe Ricky D welcome on Winchester Wednesday.
Ricky Evans had another visit from a U.S. senator Wednesday — this time to offer some inspiration for how to help Black-owned businesses survive the Covid-19 pandemic.
by | Jul 15, 2020 5:06 pm | Comments (6)
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Rev. Cousin: Churches could facilitate remote learning spaces.
How will kids whose parents have to work or who don’t have internet access at home be able to attend school online if they prefer?
A group of New Haven pastors floated an idea: Let kids learn remotely inside churches.
by | Jul 13, 2020 9:51 am | Comments (1)
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Volunteers from a service organization called Faith Inspired Servants Helping Everyone Reach Services (FISHERS) teamed up with State Rep. Robyn Porter to hold a community grab-and-go cookout Saturday in Newhallville.
by | Jul 9, 2020 11:43 am | Comments (3)
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Brother Born came to ask the mayor about mulch and wheelchairs. He stayed to bring his Facebook Live followers online to ask their own questions.
by | Jul 6, 2020 4:24 pm | Comments (2)
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Douglas Wardlaw outside the Goffe Street firehouse.
It was Friday night before the fourth of July, and Douglas Wardlaw was hoping he would not need to investigate any fires.
Continue reading ‘Fire Investigator Tackles Covid, Fireworks’
by | Jul 3, 2020 12:07 pm | Comments (1)
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A Newhallville grocery giveaway Thursday afternoon provided 320 New Haveners with food as part of a mission to nourish Newhallville with health, wealth, and leadership.
Continue reading ‘Newhallville “Loves Out Loud,” Feeds 320 Families’
by | Jul 1, 2020 5:37 pm | Comments (1)
A local community-empowerment organization is stepping in where the federal and state governments failed: to help black-owned businesses recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Continue reading ‘ConnCAT Steps In To Help Black-Owned Businesses’
by | Jun 29, 2020 4:13 pm | Comments (4)
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260 West Hazel: future site of 2-family house.
The city plans to sell four vacant lots and one blighted, empty house to a trio of local affordable housing developers, who plan to build five new owner-occupied homes in Newhallville, Beaver Hills, and Fair Haven.
by | Jun 25, 2020 8:10 pm | Comments (2)
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Kamery Melendez gets tested.
Kamery Melendez was one of many who, after picking up free groceries at a neighborhood pop-up pantry Thursday, went and got tested for Covid-19 for her first time.
Continue reading ‘Pandemic Pop-up Pantry Feeds 500 Families, Offers Testing’