by | Sep 21, 2020 9:06 am | Comments (7)
Courtney Luciana photos.
Twenty West Hills Community neighbors, alders, and city officials gathered for the unveiling of a sign that reads “Welcome to West Hills” at the entrance to the neighborhood.
Continue reading ‘West Hills Welcomes World With 4 New Signs’
by | Sep 4, 2020 12:40 pm | Comments (2)
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Charles Eugene Holiness and Shelly Holiness prepare for food delivery.
An SUV backed into Honda Smith’s Harper Avenue driveway in West Hills this past drizzly Wednesday afternoon.
Smith, the alder of Ward 30, emerged from her garage, clicking off her phone. Another batch of fresh food for those in need during the pandemic had arrived — and a team of volunteers was ready to get those boxes distributed.
by | Aug 31, 2020 2:22 pm | Comments (8)
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S’ence (left) and Quanetta Thomas.
When S’ence and Quanetta Thomas saw lights flashing and heard police speakers booming, they rushed out of their home at the Brookside Apartments.
Behind the line of police cars and motorcycles, a bright red and white striped Jolly Roger Ice Cream Truck rolled up to the scene.
by | Aug 14, 2020 7:09 pm | Comments (5)
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Christian Vazquez, Iyana Torres, D’Hati Burgess, Kenny Flowers, Joshua Vazquez, Jaylin Martinez.
Two dozen “youth ambassadors” in neon green “Elm City Communities believes” T‑shirts are becoming familiar faces in West Hills as they clean up streets and serve their neighbors.
by | Jul 23, 2020 1:39 pm | Comments (4)
A jobs program on the west side of town to reengage teens. An expanded police presence on the east side of town.
The Housing Authority of New Haven/Elm City Communities ( HANH/ECC) is including those two features in a response to the uptick in violence in the city, particularly as it is affecting vulnerable residents in public-housing developments.
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by | Jul 8, 2020 4:04 pm | Comments (3)
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Alex Amendola: Healthy water starts with healthy forest.
The “whodunit”in the woods by the West River is now a “hedidit.”
by | Jul 2, 2020 3:03 pm | Comments (8)
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A whodunit has arisen in the woods of West Hills.
by | Jun 29, 2020 9:55 pm | Comments (17)
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Ward 30 Alder Honda Smith with New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes.
West Hills Alder Honda Smith and other community leaders vowed to take back the streets in a press conference Monday night held in response to a recent uptick in gun violence.
Continue reading ‘Alders Appeal For Community’s Help To Deter Gun VIolence’
by | Jun 22, 2020 1:10 pm | Comments (0)
The Parks Commission gave approval for Common Ground High School to build a a secure, permanent out-of-doors structure, with fresh air blowing through, and large enough for a class all to be under the roof.
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by | Jun 19, 2020 5:04 pm | Comments (28)
Kiana Brown.
A champion lay asleep when a bullet apparently meant for someone else ripped inside — and ended her life when it was just getting started.
Continue reading ‘Cops: Hoopster, 19, Was Shot Dead In Sleep’
by | Jun 12, 2020 11:11 am | Comments (17)
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Hausalden at a February community meeting.
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Cycletrack plan — at least as of four years ago.
• City readies comprehensive plan for bike, pedestrian commuters.
• Long-delayed Edgewood cycletrack delayed once more.
by | Jun 5, 2020 1:08 pm | Comments (2)
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Cops track Westville roamer’s whereabouts.
Top west side cop Lt. Elliot Rosa updates us on the whereabouts of the bear roaming Westville — and asks if “Boo-Boo,” who was last spotted roaming Orange, may be the same visitor.
by | Jun 1, 2020 1:27 pm | Comments (2)
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The Covid-19 pandemic has not stopped West Hills Alder Honda Smith from connecting with residents, keeping her neighborhood cleaned up, and from going outside for a healthy walk around the neighborhood.
by | May 16, 2020 10:12 pm | Comments (5)
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A donation from The New Haven Chapter of The Links Inc. helped Ward 30 Alder Honda Smith provide 50 West Hills families with $100 gift cards to Stop & Shop along with 500 masks, which Smith began distributing on Friday.
Continue reading ‘West Hills LINKed To Masks, Shopping Cards’
by | May 14, 2020 3:10 pm | Comments (20)
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Rendering of project’s riverine bike path and pedestrian plaza.
Building new apartments on the grave of the old 500 Blake Street Cafe is a great idea. But what about the traffic? And what kinds of stores will go on the first floor?
Westville neighbors offered that support and unleashed those questions Wednesday night in a virtual gathering with a prominent developer about his plan to build on the lot that used to house the storied restaurant-bar-banquet hall.
by | May 11, 2020 12:06 pm | Comments (11)
“Look at that,” the narrator says as a man on screen pops in to a car parked at the Citgo gas station on Whalley Avenue.
by | Apr 23, 2020 8:43 pm | Comments (0)
Police conducted a manhunt on the west side Wednesday night to locate a suspect in a stolen car case that might turn into part of a shooting case.
by | Mar 26, 2020 9:50 am | Comments (5)
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The proposed new Valley Street apartments.
The City Plan Commission unanimously approved the city housing authority’s plans to knock down and replace 40 decades-old affordable apartments on Valley Street as part of a redevelopment project that the authority first got approved in 2017, and only recently learned will be funded in large part by the state.
by | Mar 6, 2020 1:07 pm | Comments (5)
A car thief crashed into another driver’s car, then bailed. He started running. Officer John Truhart ran after him.
by | Feb 27, 2020 8:29 am | Comments (1)
Someone left a car running at the Citgo gas station on Whalley Saturday, went inside to the convenience store — and came back out to find someone else taking off with the vehicle.
Continue reading ‘Top West Side Cop Pleads For Common Sense’
by | Feb 19, 2020 2:21 pm | Comments (2)
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New pitched roofs going up at McConaughy Terrace.
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An architecturally historic New Haven apartment tower is getting a $1.47 million upgrade, while another public-housing complex across town, built in 1948 for returning World War II veterans, is in line for a nearly $1 million replacement of its ancient clay sewer lines.
by | Feb 18, 2020 4:09 pm | Comments (4)
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CFO Penn in foreground, with Superintendent Tracey.
The Board of Education is really not in deficit. It has just been chronically and systemically under-funded for the last 30 years, and you should write to your representatives, especially in the state to deliver that message.
Continue reading ‘School-Funding Road Show Rolls Into Westville’
by | Feb 17, 2020 2:07 pm | Comments (0)
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Pink or red or salmon-colored cards up in Westville.
Westvillians raised their pink cards — or were they salmon-colored? or red? — to give the thumbs up to support for a local longtime after-school program and a job training program that has been in the neighborhood for 50 years.
Continue reading ‘After-School Care, Job Training Supported in Westville/West Hills’
by | Feb 10, 2020 4:46 pm | Comments (4)
The west side of town now has its own video report on weekly crimes, courtesy of top district cop Lt. Elliott Rosa.
by | Jan 9, 2020 2:43 pm | Comments (7)
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Rosa (left) and Dell (right) with CMT stalwart Marge Wiener.
All that’s changing is … a vowel.