by | Aug 1, 2014 3:13 pm | Comments (2)
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Eneida in the revived Hill community garden.
A month ago, Eneida Martinez didn’t know you could even grow vegetables in old contaminated New Haven.
Continue reading ‘Teen Garden-Rescuers Beat Back The Invasives’
by | Aug 1, 2014 1:12 am | Comments (4)
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Arnold: “Don’t lie to me!”
As a third heated confrontation commenced on the sidewalk, the cops had to figure out who was telling the truth — and where an evicted couple would spend the night.
by | Jul 31, 2014 4:30 pm | Comments (1)
The Third Ward Democratic Committee has selected Latrice James (pictured) to fill a vacant seat on the Board of Alders from the Hill neighborhood.
by | Jul 25, 2014 7:10 pm | Comments (12)
Police made three arrests as the city dismantled a short-lived camp for homeless people, just after the mayor announced progress in a new longer-term community effort to make sure all New Haveners are housed.
by | Jul 25, 2014 4:11 pm | Comments (1)
Yet another special election looms in New Haven — this time for a Board of Alders seat that already went vacant once this year.
by | Jul 24, 2014 8:12 am | Comments (2)
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Jody Wynn Rodiger records neighbors’ ideas.
Hill neighbors said they hope to see a broken connection repaired between their neighborhood and the rest of the city, while also providing more jobs.
The former Episcopal Church of the Ascension building on the corner of Howard and Lamberton Avenues, which closed in 2011, may hold part of the answer.
Continue reading ‘Closed Church Seen As Catalyst For Hill Revival’
by | Jul 15, 2014 3:06 pm | Comments (2)
“Strong is sexy! And I am sexy, baby!” shouted the women in Mubarakah Ibrahim’s early morning “boot camp” exercise class. By fall, more women may be shouting those phrases — in free classes at a new not-for-profit gym in Newhallville.
Continue reading ‘Women’s Fitness Mission Heads To Newhallville’
by | Jul 2, 2014 12:12 pm | Comments (1)
Look for four new houses to come up for sale in the Hill soon as part of a neighborhood revival effort.
by | Jun 25, 2014 12:07 pm | Comments (0)
Betty Seye took out the dryer and the synthetic hair — and a two-strand twist corn roll bun was underway.
Continue reading ‘Senegalese Hair Braider Marks Decade In Hill’
by | Jun 24, 2014 1:09 pm | Comments (0)
Walsh, Maleek Wray & Joshua Silba at one final deep-think.
You don’t rat out your bank-robber accomplice — even if you obtain a prize by doing so.
by | Jun 22, 2014 11:50 am | Comments (3)
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Walking a dog behind Career High School Friday, a Hill neighbor found a swastika and a racist message written on a white paper bag hanging from a tree.
by | May 16, 2014 4:49 pm | Comments (30)
Just one day after activists set up a camp for homeless people on Rosette Street, the city removed their tents — and took two organizers away in handcuffs.
by | May 16, 2014 2:01 pm | Comments (3)
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Ayman Gebriel, brother of Est Est Est’s owner, at work in the restaurant Wednesday.
Est Est Est is hitting the road.
by | May 15, 2014 1:49 pm | Comments (25)
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Donis: It’s safer here.
(Updated 5:23 p.m.) A replay of 2012’s Occupy New Haven showdown may be brewing in the Hill neighborhood, as the Harp administration Thursday afternoon “urged” homeless advocates to remove newly erected tents from a city-owned lot.
Continue reading ‘City Hall Tells Hill Occupiers To Pack Up’
by | May 15, 2014 12:14 pm | Comments (0)
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United Way of Greater New Haven sent in the following writeup by Cara McDonough from a recent community service event.
Continue reading ‘The Work Gets Done At Davenport Children’s Community Garden’
by | May 13, 2014 11:48 am | Comments (11)
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Kids in the Clemente library.
Principal Pam Franco will stay at the helm.
Three years after it hired a New Jersey-based company to “turn around” Clemente Leadership Academy, the school system is bringing the school back in-house.
by | Apr 27, 2014 1:22 pm | Comments (1)
Police are looking into whether operations of an after-hours nightclub had any connection to a shooting in the Hill neighborhood early Sunday.