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VP Harris greets 3-year-olds in West Haven.
So. What exactly did Vice President Kamala Harris do and talk about on Friday when she visited New Haven and West Haven?
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Rosa DeLauro at Friday’s press conference in the Hill.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to New Haven on Friday was about more than just the recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
It was also a clear recognition and honoring of the woman who played an outsized role in making that federal pandemic relief bill a reality: the city’s longtime congresswoman, Rosa DeLauro.
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Vice President Kamala Harris on her way down Howard Avenue.
New Haveners waiting to catch a glimpse of the first Black, female, Asian-American VP.
New Haveners descended on the Hill Friday to catch a passing glimpse of Vice President Kamala Harris — whose afternoon visit spread a wave of pride, hope, and history.
by | Mar 26, 2021 10:25 am | Comments (18)
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New apartments on the rise at 87 Union St. …
… 104 Howe St …
& 9 Tower Ln.
Surface parking lots and piles of dirt have given way to rising cranes, skeletal assemblies of wood and steel, and even the occasional “Now Leasing” sign — as the city’s years-long building boom transitions into its next stage of development with over 1,700 new apartments coming online.
by | Mar 24, 2021 5:00 pm | Comments (7)
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Rideshare drivers rallying Wednesday outside Union Station.
A state bill to help Uber and Lyft drivers organize unions has made for strange bedfellows: The drivers are lined up with their employers, and against the state AFL-CIO.
Continue reading ‘Uber Bill Splits Labor, Drivers, Big Tech’
by | Mar 20, 2021 12:52 pm | Comments (0)
If you’re 45 years old or older and want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on Saturday afternoon, you may be in luck.
by | Mar 14, 2021 3:18 pm | Comments (2)
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Gallishaw with his kids at Saturday’s event.
Abraham Gallishaw is known for hosting pig roast cookouts that feed his neighbors in the Hill. On Saturday his neighbors turned around to throw him a celebration — to help him get back on his feet after a fire destroyed his home.
by | Mar 11, 2021 10:55 am | Comments (7)
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The murals would cover the beige walls on both sides of Five Star Laundromat on Washington Avenue.
Hill neighbors can submit names and faces of civil rights icons from their neighborhood to join Coretta Scott King on a new mural scheduled to go up across from the Wilson Library in May.
by | Mar 8, 2021 2:19 pm | Comments (0)
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Firefighters on scene Friday at Blatchley and Peck.
Fire investigators are seeking answers about why three fires broke out in 25 hours late last week, in one case leading to the demolition of two buildings in the Hill.
Continue reading ‘Causes Not Yet Known For 3 Fires In 25 Hours’
by | Mar 8, 2021 10:14 am | Comments (1)
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Millie Gomez: They love the food and daily visits.
Casa Otoñal Housing Corporation received 160 “Bowls of Hope” to help feed its seniors hot and healthy lunches for a week.
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“A few” cases of Covid-19 have emerged at John C. Daniels School, so all students will learn remotely on Monday until officials learn more about the spread.
Continue reading ‘Daniels School Goes All-Remote For Day To Trace Covid Spread’
by | Mar 1, 2021 10:53 am | Comments (3)
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Principal Mia Duff with Johnny Dye at Friday’s Black History Month ceremony.
Clemente Leadership Academy capped off Black History Month with a living example of New Haven’s Black history, Johnny Dye.
by | Feb 26, 2021 5:08 pm | Comments (22)
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Lopez with her son on front porch of their Cassius St. apartment (pictured below).
Unemployed and undocumented, Sandra Lopez keeps falling further behind on rent as the state assistance she received last fall has long since run out.
Her hopes — and those of many others in the state who have fallen in dire financial straits over the past year — rest now on a soon-to-launch $235 million state rental support program designed to help keep low-income tenants afloat as the Covid-19 pandemic drags on.
by | Feb 26, 2021 11:17 am | Comments (1)
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Natalie Marshall at Thursday’s food distribution.
Natalie Marshall, who has lived in the city for over a decade, said that life has been hard since even before the pandemic hit.
Continue reading ‘City Workers Go The Extra YARD, Distribute 1,200 Soul Meals’
by | Feb 23, 2021 2:31 pm | Comments (5)
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Slated for an upgrade: Kimberly Square’s crossroads.
Hill pedestrians may soon have a safer — and more scenic — path through Kimberly Square.
by | Feb 15, 2021 1:46 pm | Comments (2)
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Sandra Pittman with her blackened salmon platter.
The oil sizzled as soon the salmon fillet hit the pan.
That noise was the hint that the fish would turn out crispy but not overcooked, explained Sandra Pittman, chef and co-owner of Sandra’s Next Generation.
Continue reading ‘Today’s Special: Sandra’s Bourbon-Glazed Salmon’
by | Feb 11, 2021 5:52 pm | Comments (15)
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A New Haven drag race.
Around 1 a.m. on weekends, Hill neighbors often hear what sound like gunshots — which actually come from the pipes of souped-up cars.
by | Feb 8, 2021 7:38 pm | Comments (3)
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Chris Murphy in New Haven Monday.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy made two New Haven stops Monday to discuss his efforts to bring back federal funding for youth summer enrichment programs and the FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries (FEED) Act.
by | Feb 8, 2021 2:15 pm | Comments (0)
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Chief Reyes (center) at Monday police presser.
Police are following leads in two of the violent episodes that have rattled the city over the past week — a school carjacking and the shooting up of a school official’s home.
by | Feb 5, 2021 4:12 pm | Comments (54)
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Local landlord Galina Zalman: “We only use food banks.”
After taxes, utilities, repairs, and tens of thousands of dollars lost through unpaid rent amid the Covid-19 pandemic, landlord Galina Zalman said she made a total of $2,552 in 2020 — sending her to a food pantry as she struggles to keep three local rental properties afloat.
by | Feb 5, 2021 2:56 pm | Comments (8)
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Lead plaintiff Personna Noble, at right, at 2016 lawsuit launch.
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Friday’s court hearing; Rosen (center), Judge Lager (top right).
A state judge Friday granted final approval for an $18.75 million class-action settlement that will provide up to $20,000 each to hundreds of tenants displaced from the mold-infested former Church Street South apartment complex across from Union Station.
Her decision marks the end of a four-and-a-half-year legal battle spearheaded by a local civil rights attorney and tenants of the now-demolished former apartment complex, who through years of advocacy succeeded in making their former landlord pay for subjecting them to dangerous living conditions.
by | Feb 1, 2021 10:32 am | Comments (3)
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Honda Smith and Andrea Daniels-Singleton in the kitchen before hitting the road to deliver meals in West Hills.
As temperatures swooped below freezing, New Haveners delivered sustenance to their neighbors: bags of prepared beef and potatoes for seniors in West Hills, groceries for hungry families in the Hill, Mystic cheese and locally produced honey for farmers market shoppers in Wooster Square.
Continue reading ‘1 Day, 3 Pivots: Neighbors Feed Neighbors’
by | Jan 27, 2021 3:46 pm | Comments (3)
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Ron Simmot gets his shot Wednesday.
A city “strike team” made its first stop in the Hill Wednesday to deliver Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations to 100 homebound seniors.
Continue reading ‘Covid Strike Team “Pops Up” At Casa Otonal’
by | Jan 21, 2021 2:23 pm | Comments (1)
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If you’ve gotten the shingles or flu vaccine before, you can handle a Covid-19 shot.
Continue reading ‘YNHH Docs Reassure Hill On Vaccine Side Effects’
by | Jan 18, 2021 4:09 pm | Comments (1)
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Preparing a Covid-19 vaccine dose at The Towers.
Monday is the first official day that New Haveners 75 years and older can start getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
They have several options for where to go for the shot.