Firefighters Pitch In To Combat Covid
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.
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Hill Neighbors Tackle Covid-19 Hotspot
by | Jun 11, 2020 10:29 am | Comments (2)
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Window at Hill restaurant Sandra’s Next Generation.
The leaders of one of New Haven’s pandemic hotspots have a plan to cool the spread of the coronavirus in their neighborhood.
Green To Police HQ, June 5, 3-7 PM
by | Jun 6, 2020 10:32 am | Comments (0)
The following photos were taken Friday afternoon during the 5,000-person police abolition march from the Green to police headquarters at 1 Union Ave. Click here for a full story on the protest march.
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White Coats Kneel For Black Lives
by | Jun 5, 2020 5:30 pm | Comments (8)
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Protesters, Police Chief Talk It Out
by | Jun 3, 2020 7:15 pm | Comments (44)
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Chief Reyes (center) talking with protesters outside 1 Union Ave. Below: Top brass taking a knee.
Over 60 protesters converged on police headquarters Wednesday for the second time in four days.
This time, they were greeted not by officers in riot gear, but rather by top brass who kneeled in support of their anti-brutality message — and then spoke with them about how to work together to build a more community-accountable force.
Hill Fire Displaces 9
by | Jun 3, 2020 12:12 pm | Comments (0)
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Fire at 207 Spring St.
A fire at a two-family house in the Hill displaced six adults and three children, with no injuries reported at this time.
1 Union Ave., May 31, 3-8 PM
by | May 31, 2020 11:52 pm | Comments (1)
The following photos were taken Sunday afternoon during the anti-police brutality protest held outside of police headquarters at 1 Union Ave.
Presented in chronological order, they offer a snapshot of some of the tenser moments of a historic day. For many more photos and a full report on the day’s events, click here.
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1K Protesters Take Over I-95
by | May 31, 2020 2:43 pm | Comments (49)
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Black Lives Matters marchers occupy southbound I-95 lanes. Below: Ala Ochumare keeps protest on course.
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Police, protesters at 1 Union Ave. after bottles were thrown at cops, who pepper sprayed …
…onto such protesters as Derek Cote.
One thousand Black Lives Matter protesters and their allies marched from Broadway to the Green — and then on to the highway, with police standing back.
No one got arrested. No one got hurt. Until, later at the police station, some protesters started throwing bottles at the cops. Others tried to enter the building, and cops pepper sprayed them to deter them.
Green Standards For Big Buildings Advance
by | May 29, 2020 9:25 am | Comments (1)
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The zoning district in question covers the border between Downtown and the Hill.
Committee alders gave a unanimous thumbs up to a proposed zoning change designed to pave the way for a greener city.
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Amid Hard Times, Biotower Plan Advances
by | May 28, 2020 10:35 am | Comments (15)
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101 College St. rendering.
Brian Wingate: “Only New Haven can do this in a pandemnic.”
Plans for a new 10-story, 500,000 square-foot bioscience lab and office tower to be built atop the former Route 34 corridor advanced with enthusiastic community support and a tweak to include Hill and Dwight residents in the benefits.
YNHH Updates: Operating Loss Could Reach $500M; New Testing Site To Open At Strong School
by | May 27, 2020 4:23 pm | Comments (0)
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YNHH CEO Marna Borgrstrom
Yale New Haven Health could face an operating loss of upwards of $500 million this fiscal year — a roughly $750 million swing from the regional health care system’s rosier, pre-pandemic budget projections.
Also, the city and YNHH have teamed up to open a new Covid-19 testing site at the former Strong School on Orchard Street.
Water, Traffic Concerns Addressed On Bioscience Tower
by | May 26, 2020 10:59 am | Comments (1)
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Carter Winstanley promises to build this public plaza instead of a parking garage at 101 College.
Do you know about the floods?
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Build-Bigger Zoning Update Advances
by | May 25, 2020 12:56 pm | Comments (3)
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The proposed new 101 College St. development.
The City Plan Commission unanimously approved eco-friendly zoning updates that would enable 101 College St.‘s developer to build big.
Andrea Jackson-Brooks Way Marks Lifetime Of Public Service
by | May 23, 2020 10:12 pm | Comments (1)
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Families, friends, and mentees of former Hill Alder and State Rep. Andrea Jackson-Brooks joined together Saturday at what is now known as Andrea Jackson-Brooks Way, the corner of Spring Street and Dewitt Street.
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Pop Up Fills 250 Pantries In The Hill
by | May 22, 2020 6:31 pm | Comments (4)
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A neighborhood pop-up pantry in the Hill handed out 250 grocery packages to Hill residents like Roberta Lombardi, who “went from nothing in the house to a full cart.”
Hill Addiction Recovery Center Approved
by | May 22, 2020 9:57 am | Comments (2)
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The site of the proposed, approved new addiction recovery center in the Hill.
Cornell Scott Hill Health Center’s plans to build a new three-story, 52-bed inpatient addiction recovery center in the Hill won its final needed administrative approval in a nearly unanimous vote of support from the City Plan Commission.
Biotower Plan Proceeds Despite Pandemic
by | May 13, 2020 3:31 pm | Comments (3)
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Proposed 101 College tower; Kendall Square in Cambridge.
The developer of a planned new half-a-million square-foot bioscience lab and office tower at 101 College St. said the Covid-19 pandemic has only encouraged him to proceed with the estimated $100 million building project.
Towers Residents Crochet For First Reponders
by | May 11, 2020 2:25 pm | Comments (1)
Towers Volunteer Coordinator Sarah Moskowitz with the handmade blankets.
Women in The Towers assisted-living apartments have added homemade blankets to a Covid-era mask-making network.
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Sandra’s Points The Way In Pandemic
by | May 1, 2020 3:05 pm | Comments (4)
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Steady stream of customers at Sandra’s Next Generation.
Miguel and Sandra Pittman have figured out how to keep their popular soul food restaurant hopping during the pandemic — and picked up some ideas for how others, too, can adapt when the state gradually reopens.
“Telemedicine Can’t Weigh The Baby”
by | Apr 29, 2020 2:42 pm | Comments (2)
The crew of the Community Health Care Van, repurposed for post-partum visits during Covid-19 in the Sherman-Tyler lot.
Lindsie Cohen and newborn son, after visit to repurposed van for post-natal care.
Marlena Santos brought her newborn son to a 40-foot converted school bus occupying two spaces in the Sherman-Tyler Parking Lot near Ella T. Grasso Blvd. There, an advanced practice registered nurse weighed and measured him, checked his heart rate, and listened to his lungs.
Hill Activist Danny Newell, 1963-2020
by | Apr 25, 2020 9:20 pm | Comments (5)
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Danny Newell at a 2014 “People’s Caucus” event.
Daniel Demetrius Newell, known as “Danny” to most and as “Counselor” to at least one close friend for his compassion, wisdom, charity, and dedication to community, died from complications from the coronavirus on April 21. He was 56 years old.
They’re Ready To Serve To Prevent Stimulus Repeat
by | Apr 24, 2020 6:23 pm | Comments (16)
Williams, Carter and Pittman Friday on “Dateline.”
With $60 billion in Covid-19 relief headed to cities to boost hard-to-reach small businesses, Miguel Pittman, Rodney Williams, and Jayuan Carter stand ready to help New Haven get it right this time.
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Details Fleshed Out For Planned 101 College Bio-Tower
by | Apr 21, 2020 10:45 am | Comments (5)
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The proposed new lab and office tower at 101 College.
A planned new bioscience lab and office tower to be built at 101 College St. will be between 350,000 and 550,000 square feet large, cost the developer roughly $100 million to construct, create upwards of 1,000 new permanent jobs, and include a privately-owned public plaza and a maximum of 175 on-site parking spaces.
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The Covid-19 Shuffle: 1 Home, 3 Generations
by | Apr 17, 2020 1:55 pm | Comments (0)
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Remote pre-K learning: Noél traces the letter X.
Jorgieliz Casanova continues to rise at 6 a.m. to begin her role in helping three generations set off to work and school in her Portsea Street household. But now not everybody is rushing out the door.
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Hill North Eyes PPE Purchase With Democracy $
by | Apr 16, 2020 10:02 am | Comments (1)
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Hill North management team regulars Lynda Faye Wilson, Hill Alder Ron Hurt, and Dora Lee Brown.
The Hill North Community Management Team wants to help their neighbors during the Covid-19 public health crisis by buying fask masks and food with extra neighborhood improvement dollars.
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