by | Feb 16, 2018 1:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Lisa Milone, at left in photo, at this week’s management team meeting.
Planning is underway for a walking trail that will bring East Shore’s history alive.
Continue reading ‘History Trail In The Works On The East Shore’
by | Feb 1, 2018 1:24 pm | Comments (7)
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Compliance officer Charlene Taylor on the food-truck beat.
The tacos looked in order at the truck as Charlene Taylor pulled into the parking lot at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Stiles Street. But something was missing.
by | Jan 11, 2018 1:15 pm | Comments (6)
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The Q, in its glory on Pearl Harbor Day.
The light show put on each evening on the Q Bridge is made possible by 548 LED fixtures, each with a 50,000-hour lifespan. It’s Joe Ponzio’s job to make sure they’re running right.
by | Jan 11, 2018 9:28 am | Comments (6)
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The harbor, where main channel begins beyond the breakwater and would be extended into the Sound, as well as deepened.
You dredge, deepen and extend the New Haven harbor channel to bring in bigger ships leading to more efficient business.
Then you take the sand, silt, and other stuff you’ve hauled out of the depths and use it to shore up washing away beaches, to create new shellfish habitats and salt marshes. Who knows? Maybe you even find three of Fort Hale’s three missing 1779 cannon.
That rosy picture of an invigorated harbor all depends on one big “if”: If the dredged out material is biologically safe —non-toxic, and suitable for such beneficial uses.
Continue reading ‘Plan Previewed For Deepened Harbor Channel’
by | Nov 17, 2017 9:00 am | Comments (8)
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Nelson Pinos with his family.
Another undocumented immigrant, this time a father of three in the Annex who said he has paid his taxes and obeyed the law, has been ordered to leave the country by month’s end. New Haven’s taking up his cause. His story sounds familiar — with options running out.
by | Nov 13, 2017 8:51 am | Comments (1)
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Pat Prince edits Goldmine, a print and online magazine that caters to the vinyl and music collector. “Once KISS took off their makeup, that was the end of them for a lot of people,” he said during one of many musical discussions people were having at a “Record Riot” on Sunday at the Annex YMA Club Lounge and Hall on Woodward Avenue. Later on, New Haven musician Tim Goselin pulled the KISS album Animalize out of the stacks and smiled.
“This was one of the ones that did it for me as a kid. I love their stuff from when they stopped wearing the makeup. I’m always looking for those records,” he said.
by | Aug 22, 2017 3:47 pm | Comments (14)
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Paca stumping at the East Shore Senior Center.
Mayoral candidate Marcus Paca had a date with an older woman. Actually, it was a date with about 20 older women. But it almost didn’t happen.
by | Aug 7, 2017 4:30 pm | Comments (6)
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Larson and Makres in front of 109 Burr, with the airport behind.
If Kim Makres’s tidy beige ranch house were any closer to Tweed New Haven Airport, it would almost be on the runway.
Close as it is, it picks up 97 percent less noise than it used too from the planes landing and taking off perhaps 75 yards away. As for the cars racing by on Burr Street to catch those planes, she doesn’t hear a single engine revolution or the slap of a tire.
by | Jul 10, 2017 3:59 pm | Comments (18)
The stunt-riding scene on Alabama Avenue.
The air filled with screeching tires and clouds of thick, stinging smoke, drawing a crowd from far and wide — and no complaints from the police.
by | Jun 30, 2017 8:16 am | Comments (8)
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Gabe Canestri Jr. at Hole in the Wall with the family Harley …
… and in action.
An already legendary 22-year-old stunt rider involved in controversial mass rides promised to keep doing wheelies and drifts and tire melts with his buddies on asphalt — but no longer on city streets.
by | Jun 22, 2017 12:26 pm | Comments (1)
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Barges await repairs at Buchanan Marine in May 2017.
An Annex shipyard is getting a $200,000 upgrade, after the City Plan Commission approved the project — with a condition.
by | Jun 9, 2017 12:27 pm | Comments (2)
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The existing tanks to be replaced.
In the coming months, expect to see some action down on the farm.
Make that the farm of oil tanks in the Port of New Haven, where Gulf Oil has announced the tearing down of three old oil-holding tanks and their replacement with a new, state-of-the-art 3.5 million barrel new one.
Continue reading ‘Gulf Oil To Replace, Modernize Holding Tanks’
by | Apr 25, 2017 2:06 pm | Comments (0)
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Firefighters assemble at the shipyard.
After a man “fainted” in a barge hull being repaired in the Buchanan Marine shipyard, New Haven firefighters sped to the scene to execute a treacherous “recovery.”
by | Mar 17, 2017 7:54 am | Comments (4)
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Murphy tours GreenFuels plant Thursday.
A plant that turns vegetable oil and animal fat into millions of gallons a month of biodiesel fuel along New Haven’s harbor got a visit — and a promise of help — from one of Connecticut’s U.S. senators in a two-front threat: against competition from Argentina, and against eniornmental regulatory changes planned in Washington.
by | Mar 10, 2017 1:11 pm | Comments (6)
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The new pier design.
A belated silver lining benefit from the destructive rage of Hurricane Sandy was delivered to neighbors in Morris Cove Thursday night: The design for the pier to replace the Fort Hale Pier, which that red-letter storm battered and destroyed back in 2012.
by | Dec 6, 2016 4:10 pm | Comments (10)
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State Rep. Al Paolillo Jr. will also be Alder Al Paolillo Jr. At least for a while.
by | Dec 6, 2016 9:08 am | Comments (22)
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Bombero with Beaver Hills Alder Jill Marks Monday.
The Board of Alders said yes to the city hosting a temporary ice rink in the East Shore this winter, but Mother Nature will make the final decision.
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They spoke. Here’s what they said.
by | May 27, 2016 7:08 am | Comments (1)
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Painted epoxy on the rebar retards corrosion and is often used in water-related projects, like bridges, Corwin said.
Thank “fast-food rebar” for the expansion of a New Haven company on the harbor.
Continue reading ‘“Fast Food Rebar” Fuels Port Company’s Growth’
by | May 10, 2016 3:40 pm | Comments (8)
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Megna: Riding off into the political sunset.
Maybes: Egan, Lee, Antunes, Paolillo.
The race is on to fill a vacant state representative seat — or it will be on once a presumed frontrunner decides if he’s in.
by | Apr 28, 2016 1:14 pm | Comments (8)
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Meyersons canvass for Sanders in the Annex on primary day.
Bill and Cathy Meyerson have worked for so many underdog political campaigns that they can’t begin to remember just how many. On Tuesday they were focused on on their latest quest: to help a democratic socialist from Vermont win Connecticut’s presidential primary.
Continue reading ‘Power(-Fighting) Couple Hits Streets Again’
by | Apr 20, 2016 7:36 am | Comments (2)
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The traffic island on Woodward at Conrad.
Beautify two Woodward Avenue’s two traffic islands by adding attractive plantings that can survive a steady diet of car exhaust.
Improve the access and paths for people in wheelchairs visiting the Pardee Sea Wall.
Create a place for the free exchange and sharing of books and magazines.
Continue reading ‘Redo Proposed For “Eyesore” Traffic Islands’
by | Apr 14, 2016 7:18 am | Comments (1)
Detective Pleckaitis and Det. Sgt. Gartner.
When the city’s management teams gather for their monthly meetings, there’s often a police officer present — usually the district manager — to provides the monthly report of crime stats and what to look out for.
Starting this month there will be a new — and additional — officer in each of the city’s ten management team meetings, with a more specific role: checking in on robberies and burglaries.
by | Mar 9, 2016 3:50 pm | Comments (1)
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Martin, Almodovar.
The owner of Libra Cafe lost her right to keep her restaurant open until 1 a.m. on weekends — almost a year after the zoning board allowed her to extend her hours.
by | Feb 8, 2016 1:10 pm | Comments (2)
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“The medical is awesome,” declared worker Theresa Williams.
In an era of union givebacks and losses, Sargent/Assa Abloy workers Monday voted 187 to 5 to approve a three-year contract that avoids a strike and keeps health benefits intact.