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Woman Shot Dead In The Heights; Baby Found Safe; Alleged Shooter Apprehended

by | Mar 22, 2021 4:02 pm | Comments (23)

Alessia Mesquita, who was shot dead Monday.

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Officers guard crime scene, with victim shrouded on the street while officers wait for medical examiner to arrive.

In the view of horrified neighbors, a man shot and killed a 28-year-old woman in Fair Haven Heights Monday.

Police later Monday tracked down and arrested the alleged shooter. They also found the couple’s baby, with whom he had fled.

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10 Evictions Filed In 4 Days At Bella Vista

by | Mar 8, 2021 10:45 am | Comments (45)

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Jason Puttre, one of 10 Bella Vista tenants facing eviction.

Two years after losing one of his legs, and one year after losing his family’s financial support, Jason Puttre is now on the cusp of losing his Bella Vista apartment — as a Meriden-based landlord moves to evict 10 elderly and disabled tenants who are more than six months behind on rent.

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Plans Set For W. Rock, QSTEM Students

by | Jan 6, 2021 10:25 am | Comments (3)

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Class at Quinnipiac STEM School.

West Rock and Quinnipiac students who want to start learning in-person will have that option on Feb. 17, one month after other New Haven elementary schoolers.

Administrators Tuesday evening revealed those and other details to families at two schools set to shutter permanently after this school year: West Rock STREAM Academy and Quinnipiac Real World Math STEM School (Q‑STEM).

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1 Night, 4 Plans, 51 More Apts Ok’d

by | Aug 20, 2020 8:01 am | Comments (10)

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New apartments coming soon to (clockwise from top left) 109 Court, 98 Olive, 192 Fitch, and 904 Quinnipiac.

New Haven’s market-rate apartment boom continued apace as four different projects that would add 51 new units of housing across town — including in former ground-floor commercial and office spaces — won key city sign-offs.

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“Make Safe Crew” Helps Clear Last Roads

by | Aug 7, 2020 4:35 pm | Comments (6)

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Wargo tracks wreckage on Day 3 of Tropical Storm Isaias clean-up.

Make safe 2 to EOC. At Concord and Alden, tree has been cleared but still has power lines down and has a leaning pole.”

Fire Captain William Wargo leaned into his handheld radio as he reported back to the city’s emergency operations center.

Pole 5814 is leaning and could come down if it’s windy enough. There is no power in the area. Houses are running generators.”

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Housing Authority Responds To Violence Uptick

by | Jul 23, 2020 1:39 pm | Comments (4)

A jobs program on the west side of town to reengage teens. An expanded police presence on the east side of town.

The Housing Authority of New Haven/Elm City Communities ( HANH/ECC) is including those two features in a response to the uptick in violence in the city, particularly as it is affecting vulnerable residents in public-housing developments.

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RegalCare Cited For Deficient Covid Control

by | May 21, 2020 3:35 pm | Comments (3)

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Paramedics retrieve RegalCare resident in April.

State health inspectors found that a Fair Haven Heights nursing home hard hit by Covid-19 had an inadequate supply of protective gowns, an incomplete system of screening temperatures and oxygen levels, and an overall deficient infection control program to protect residents, visitors, and staff.

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“Chaos” Reported At Nursing Home Hotspot

by | Apr 17, 2020 6:15 pm | Comments (15)

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Scenes from Friday’s emergency medical response at RegalCare.

A half-dozen firefighters, paramedics, and ambulance drivers were back Friday at the RegalCare nursing home, which has emerged as one of New Haven’s Covid-19 hotspots where 17 people have already tested positive and workers and families worry that lives are being put at risk.

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