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Hill Scrutinizes Columbus House Plans

by | Jan 21, 2019 2:36 pm | Comments (0)

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A two-family house for the homeless at 41 Button St., built by Columbus House and the Yale School of Architecture.

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Columbus House Chief Real Estate Officer Carl Rodenhizer.

A local homeless shelter nonprofit and Yale’s architecture school have teamed up to build five homes in five years for formerly homeless tenants.

Before the partnership proceeds with its third such home in the Hill, it seeks to win support of neighbors wary of adding a rooming house” to a part of town already rich with social services.

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Sgt. Justin Marshall Takes Over As Hill Top Cop

by | Jan 18, 2019 8:49 am | Comments (9)

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New Hill top cop Sgt. Justin Marshall.

The Hill has a new top cop. For now.

At Wednesday night’s Hill South Community Management Team meeting at Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School at 150 Kimberly Ave., Sgt. Justin Marshall introduced himself as the neighborhood’s new temporary district commander, replacing the recently retired Lt. Jason Minardi.

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Campbell Delivers Sermon On The Hill

by | Jan 17, 2019 8:52 am | Comments (15)

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Ordained minister and Police Chief Anthony Campbell preaches to neighbors Wednesday night.

Hands pressed together just below his chest, a starched white collar buttoned snug around his neck, the minister offered a prayer for a police department in great peril.

But prayer alone won’t save this ailing body, he cautioned the rapt congregation. That miracle can only be pulled off by better pay, competitive medical benefits, a stable union contract, and a community committed to working with its sworn officers.

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How Izzy Juda Survived

by | Jan 16, 2019 3:06 pm | Comments (1)

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Isidor Juda Wednesday with pre-K teacher Kathy Barkin (who arranged the visit) and the fifth-graders.

One train was a stop away from freedom. Another was a stop away from a death camp.

Teenager Isidor Izzy” Juda needed a miracle to get on the right route.

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Ghost Was Chilling — Then Shots Rang Out

by | Jan 9, 2019 4:51 pm | Comments (3)

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State cops investigate on Greenwich between Kimberly and First.

Ghost outside of Gem Liquor Store.

Kimberly Square was on partial lockdown Wednesday as state police scoured for clues in an officer-involved” shooting the night before, and neighbors like Ghost processed the drama they saw unfold in their neighborhood.

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3 Kings Bring Joys and Toys To Casa Otonal

by | Jan 7, 2019 8:30 am | Comments (1)

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King Balthazar on the job.

Mayor Toni Harp officially Friday afternoon greeted King Melchior (aka Joey Rodriguez), one of the Three Kings who arrived at Casa Otonal on Sylvan Street in the Hill to get a jump start on celebrating Three Kings Day.

The holiday marks the arrival of the kings to behold Baby Jesus in Bethlehem— and is also known as Epiphany. (Its official day of celebration was Sunday.)

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From Ashes Of Disaster, A Challenge Arises

by | Jan 2, 2019 5:24 pm | Comments (5)

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Demolition at Church Street South.

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Jonathan Hopkins & Inner-City News Editor and radio host Babz Rawls-Ivy, a former Church Street South tenant, at the exhibit.

Church Street South may have disappeared, but the debate continues over what New Haven should learn from the housing development’s demise.

Thank Jonathan Hopkins for that.

The New Haven-bred architect and new urbanism advocate revived the complex’s complex history in an exhibition at Yale’s architecture school, at the corner of York and Chapel streets.

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Mandy’s 2018 Buying Spree Nears $13M

by | Dec 21, 2018 1:12 pm | Comments (14)

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Recent Mandy purchases in Newhallville: 38 Townsend St., 247 County St., 591 Sherman Pkwy., and 100 Newhall St..

A single-family Colonial in Fair Haven. A two-story condo in the Annex. A three-family house in Newhallville. A 21-unit complex in Edgewood.

Those are four of 87 New Haven properties that the Netz/Mandy Management organization took over in 2018, a year that saw the operation acquire over 170 units and spend almost $13 million in expanding its local real estate empire of low-income rental apartments.

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Trap Sprung At Hill Central Debate

by | Dec 14, 2018 1:07 pm | Comments (1)

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Marshall with 7th-graders: Ready … set … debate!

It makes sense for middle school kids to learn a new language at school, because 10 years old or so is just about the time when it becomes harder. So why not start at an opportune time?!

Respectfully, to disagree: Teaching a language consumes so much time. There are so many other classes kids want to take instead. Cooking, for instance. Design. Technology, or computer coding.

Plus, kids, including so many immigrant kids like us, can learn or hone Spanish, Mandarin, or you name it, at home, from our parents.

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