by | Dec 24, 2014 9:33 am | Comments (2)
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McCoy, one of four former public-housing renters spending a first Christmas in homes of their own.
LaShawn McCoy had been working and saving for seven years to buy her first house. She found a cute two-bedroom on Blake Street. As the closing approached this spring, two problems loomed, one huge, one small: Her credit report came back with a problem. And her son was shot.
by | Dec 1, 2014 8:52 am | Comments (2)
Three dozen young people and community volunteers collected 15 bags worth of trash during a cleanup of the Pond Lily Nature Preserve.
by | Nov 24, 2014 9:14 am | Comments (1)
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The project would go up on a slope starting here on Whalley.
After two denials, the city will listen yet again to a builder’s proposal to construct more than 100 senior homes in the shadow of West Rock by the West River — this time chastened by a court ruling.
Continue reading ‘For W. Rock Builder, 3rd Time Could Be Charm’
by | Oct 22, 2014 8:16 am | Comments (1)
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When U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro arrived at Park Ridge Apartments at 40 Austin St.Tuesday afternoon, she met a packed room of nearly 200 with the gusto and ease of someone who wins elections, and knows that every interaction counts.
Continue reading ‘In West Hills, DeLauro Helps Malloy Rally The Seniors’
by | Oct 16, 2014 10:35 am | Comments (0)
If you were waiting for the Pond Lilly Dam to be removed from the West River, you’ll have to wait a little longer.
by | Aug 8, 2014 3:09 pm | Comments (1)
Officers found a trove of crack and a loaded 9mm handgun after responding to a domestic dispute on Valley Street Thursday afternoon.
by | Jul 14, 2014 12:30 pm | Comments (25)
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Displaced teacher Alex Oji: “How are we going to be successful” at the next school?
Twenty-nine teachers are leaving Lincoln-Bassett and MicroSociety schools — some voluntarily, some not — to make way for slated overhauls of low-performing schools. Where will they go next?
by | May 19, 2014 12:44 pm | Comments (5)
Richard Furlow has five separate neighborhoods to represent; he promised to do so “independently.”