by | Aug 24, 2020 8:44 am | Comments (1)
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Over the past 47 years, the church that Bishop James Perkins and Pastor Tanzella Perkins founded has grown from three parishioners to over 400.
The Perkins’ legacy is evident not only in the community they started, but also on a Hill streetcorner that now bears their names.
by | Aug 23, 2020 2:16 pm | Comments (6)
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Pastor Esau Greene leads the peace rally on Saturday.
Pastor Esau Greene of New Antioch Church of God and Reverend Wayne McCrae of Upright Ministries Outreach organized a peace rally on the corner of Rosette and Hurlburt streets, the same street where Dayshon Smith was shot and killed and five others were injured a week earlier. Fifteen city officials and officers gathered to speak out for peace and prayer.
by | Aug 21, 2020 2:33 pm | Comments (7)
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Xavier Harris and Tommy Carter Jr. (below) at Thursday’s candlelight vigil.
Fifty friends, family, neighbors and local boxers joined city officials outside of the Ring One boxing gym in the Hill for a candlelight vigil commemorating the life of Dayshon Smith.
What started as a personal remembrance of a unique and remarkable individual quickly turned into a community discussion about how to stop gun violence in the city, and how to build a stronger and safer community.
by | Aug 20, 2020 12:30 pm | Comments (4)
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Dayshon Smith, as photographed at Ring One boxing gym.
Memorial planned for Thursday at 6.
Dayshon Smith was more than just a boxing “Superfreak.” He was also more than just a victim of gun violence in the Hill.
To his friends and family and the community that surrounded him, the late 28-year-old champion amateur boxer was as legendary outside the ring as he was inside.
by | Aug 20, 2020 10:35 am | Comments (15)
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The Coliseum lot
Downtown and Hill neighbors slammed the redevelopment plans for the old Coliseum site — and committed to trying to get the Norwalk-based developer to pause the development process and be more transparent, include more affordable housing, and devise a more appealing design.
by | Aug 16, 2020 9:10 am | Comments (17)
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Dayshon Smith, at the Hill’s Ring One boxing gym.
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Crime scene on Rosette Street.
(Updated) Dayshon Smith, a 28-year-old local boxer nicknamed “Superfreak” for his power and reach in the ring, was shot and killed amid gunfire in the Hill Saturday after a large party on Rosette Street turned deadly, leaving five others hospitalized.
by | Aug 15, 2020 1:18 pm | Comments (3)
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Prayer caravan participants preaching peace.
Local Hispanic pastors and their congregants blanketed city streets with prayers of non-violence, unity and hope in a car caravan that traveled from Fair Haven to the Hill to City Hall.
by | Aug 14, 2020 8:25 am | Comments (24)
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Take a look at this picture.
Now look at this one.
You have now seen almost everything new Downtown and Hill South neighbors learned on Thursday evening about the mini-city planned for the former Coliseum site.
by , , and | Aug 11, 2020 10:28 pm | Comments (18)
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Oliver Augustine and Kanesha Crenshaw staff the Ward 25 Republican check-in table at Edgewood School: 16-hour shift, only 22 actual Republicans showing up.
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Top row: Alder Adam Marchand, Democratic Co-Chair Janis Underwood outside Edgewood School Ward 25 polls; inside, poll worker Trish Welfare came prepared with PPE. Bottom row: Rose DeMatteo, Andrea Offutt-Miller and Selina Hobby begin tabulating absentee ballots at 200 Orange St. after noon on Tuesday.
(Updated) Joe Biden and Donald Trump will have to wait at least two days to find out precisely how many votes they won in New Haven Tuesday against candidates who aren’t running against them for president.
Meanwhile, platoons of poll workers spent 16 hours at 40 polling stations in town where they mostly outnumbered the people who entered to vote — when any voters were present at all.
Continue reading ‘Poll Workers Outnumber Voters; 4,700+ Vote Absentee; Some Ballots Never Came’
by | Aug 11, 2020 6:43 pm | Comments (4)
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State Department of Housing Commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno cuts the ribbon to the new Portsea Place.
The first renters have moved into a renovated blue-and-cream house in the Hill as part of a new approach to young-adult homelessness.
Continue reading ‘Ribbon Cut On Apartments For Homeless Young Adults’
by | Aug 7, 2020 4:08 pm | Comments (19)
Police Friday afternoon issued an update about the death of an 8‑year-old boy in the Hill, confirming that they believe it resulted from an “accidental discharge” of a gun in the home.
Continue reading ‘8-Year-Old Boy Shot And Killed In The Hill’
by | Aug 6, 2020 10:08 am | Comments (1)
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Barbara Fair accepts flowers.
In a celebration of activist-politician teamwork, two state legislators met a rally of gratitude on Wednesday from grassroots police accountability advocates — and in turn honored the organizers who kept them on task at the state Capitol.
Continue reading ‘Police Accountability Activists Honor Legislators, & Vice Versa’
by | Aug 5, 2020 6:59 pm | Comments (16)
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A toppled tree on Lombard Street. Below: City tree trimmer Adam Wambolt clears the wreckage.
Police headquarters’ servers: Too hot to work.
City officials Wednesday surveyed the widespread damage caused by Tropical Storm Isaias’s 63 mile-per-hour winds — and cautioned that it may take a week or longer for all of the 8,000-plus local homes still without electricity to regain power.
by | Aug 3, 2020 10:11 am | Comments (15)
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Kyasia Parker with aunt and youth advisor, Tynicha Drummond.
Kyasia Parker is a wanderer who loves Justin Bieber music, dancing, and is dyslexic. She likes to sing her math problems and has a hard time focusing when other students are around. But the biggest challenge she faced when she had to take online classes during the pandemic was the unstable internet at home.
by | Jul 27, 2020 5:26 pm | Comments (1)
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Police Chief Otoniel Reyes speaks at the press conference. To his right is the family of Ricky Newton.
Patricia Newton lost her son. But at least the person who killed him may now face the consequences.
Continue reading ‘Mom Thanks Cops For Arrest In Son’s Murder’
by | Jul 22, 2020 12:55 pm | Comments (1)
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Streeter at work at Streets Boathouse Smokehouse on Front Street.
Many more of those unique smoked lobster rolls will be rolling out in Fair Haven, and jerked chicken and spicy plantains will soon be making their debut in the Hill.
by | Jul 22, 2020 11:38 am | Comments (2)
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101 College St. rendering.
A planned new 10-story, 500,000 square-foot bioscience lab and office tower won its last needed city approval, paving the way for construction to start later this summer.
by | Jul 10, 2020 8:50 pm | Comments (7)
(Updated)—A 36-year-old New Haven man died Friday after being shot near the intersection of Rosette Street and Wilson Street in the Hill.
by | Jul 6, 2020 6:14 pm | Comments (2)
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A modified version of summer camp at the Boys & Girls Club started up Monday, offering a chance to safely get kids out of the house with crafts, games, and masks.
by | Jun 30, 2020 6:34 pm | Comments (0)
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Jose Merced at his salon: Hanging in for now.
Jose Merced watched customers disappear and the rent bills mount at La Isla Barbershop on Washington Avenue in the Hill. Now he’s hoping a pot of federal COVID-19 relief money headed toward New Haven will offer him some belated business-survival relief.
by | Jun 25, 2020 11:35 am | Comments (0)
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Recent demonstration, like hte one pictured, have featured calls for movement on seating the new civilian review board.
Hill South neighbors want someone on the Civilian Review Board who understands their perspectives and is easy to communicate with.
To several on the Hill South Community Management Team, that means the CRB needs a member who attends their meetings.
Continue reading ‘Hill South Seeks CMT Rep To Civilian Review Board’
by | Jun 22, 2020 9:25 am | Comments (1)
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Handing out masks in the Hill on Saturday.
The following write-up was submitted by Hill North Community Management Team member Leslie Radcliffe.
In under four hours on Saturday, the Hill North Community Management Team and 120 volunteers hand delivered over 27,000 surgical masks to over 4,000 residential units in the Hill community!
by | Jun 20, 2020 9:58 am | Comments (1)
A man was shot and killed on Elliot Street in the Hill early Saturday morning.
by | Jun 15, 2020 3:51 pm | Comments (20)
Fence outside Nevedo’s house.
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Juan Cervantes shows wound, healing a week later.
Neighbors poured onto Frank Street twice in eight days — first to stop a machete-wielding man from attacking a Mexican immigrant, then to protest what they called deeper problems revealed by the encounter.
by | Jun 12, 2020 11:03 am | Comments (1)
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Lt. Troy Frost and Alder Ron Hurt.
New Haven firefighters responded to help at a hotspot — a hotspot of Covid-19 in the Hill.