by | Dec 16, 2020 2:34 pm | Comments (8)
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Mechanic Rich Pepe: Impressed with crooks’ talent.
Rising rare-metal prices have made this a desirable target for thieves in pandemic.
Rising prices for precious metals have focused thieves’ attentions on older-model Toyota Priuses — specifically on catalytic converters.
Continue reading ‘Thieves Dive Under Hybrids For Pricey Prize’
by | Dec 15, 2020 7:49 pm | Comments (3)
A 44-year-old man crashed an SUV into a Fountain Street apartment building Tuesday evening after someone shot at him.
by | Dec 14, 2020 11:22 am | Comments (2)
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Joshua Levitt offered a reason for why he showed up at a public Chanukah celebration Sunday evening rather than stay hunkered down at home.
“It’s a holiday of lights,” he said, “and this is a time in the world where we could use some more light.”
Continue reading ‘“Drive-In” Bash Keeps Chanukah Light Shining’
by | Dec 10, 2020 4:48 pm | Comments (2)
A pandemic. Then mass protests. Violent crime shoots up. Other crimes plummet.
Continue reading ‘Top West Side Cop Reflects On “Wild” 2020’
by | Dec 10, 2020 11:07 am | Comments (39)
Alder Furlow: This wasn’t about affordable housing.
Concerned about drugs, traffic, and violence, Upper Westville neighbors convinced city zoners to stop a two-family home from becoming a rooming house.
by | Dec 9, 2020 5:36 pm | Comments (3)
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Matthew Larson heard a crash around 1 p.m. Wednesday — and came outside to see what you see in the above picture. That’s his Camry.
by | Dec 6, 2020 6:58 pm | Comments (3)
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Maya, Margi and Elina Rosenthal “front porching.”
A slow-moving parade of cars made its way down West Rock Avenue as gleeful shouts of “We Love you Margi!” were punctuated with handmade placards, balloons and sounds of celebration.
This was no ordinary procession. And “Margi” was no ordinary person.
by | Dec 2, 2020 11:16 am | Comments (13)
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Central between Fountain & Whalley: Future pedestrian-only plaza?
Neighbors explored the merits of woonerfs and bumpouts, as consultants proposed changes for a crash-wracked stretch of Fountain Street.
Continue reading ‘371 Crashes Later, Fountain Fixes Floated’
by | Nov 27, 2020 3:45 pm | Comments (11)
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Gus, right, gets ready to roll.
Before taking off, toddler Gus Rosa glanced over his shoulder with a grin. He was standing on his brother’s skateboard at one end of a newly-constructed half pipe in his backyard. With his dad’s help, he tipped the board upwards and dropped in.
by | Nov 25, 2020 4:53 pm | Comments (0)
City of New Haven
The new Together New Haven Marketplace website.
Shop online, if you can. Shop in-person, if you must.
But no matter what, city officials implored, during this Covid-heavy holiday season, please shop local.
by | Nov 20, 2020 4:31 pm | Comments (2)
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Wilkins Guadalupe helped elm trees launch a second shot at surviving in the Elm City.
In the process, he was embarking on his own second-chance survival quest.
by | Nov 17, 2020 11:36 am | Comments (0)
Liz Antle-O’Donnell
Tick Tock 2
Liz Antle‑O’Donnell’s clock is an older work made new. Those who’ve followed her work recognize the busy circular pattern of buildings and color. Turning it into a clock doesn’t just lend a piece a functional air. The moving hands animate the image behind them. In a sense it can be understood as a clock for our times. The pattern resonates with the way time feels a little different during the pandemic, a little more flexible, as days can sometimes seem slower while weeks slip away. The buildings can be read as waiting, minute by minute, for the busier street life we know before March.
by | Nov 12, 2020 3:55 pm | Comments (18)
Ephrat and Benny Lieblich inside soon-to-open Ladle and Loaf near Edge of the Woods.
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Co-owners Choni and Esther Grunblatt with Operations Manager Zee Kessler outside their soon-to-open Westville Village restaurant.
An Argentinian entrepreneur is about to start selling kosher sushi up the block from a new Peruvian restaurant, a new Mexican eatery, and a new Syrian coffee shop.
Did somebody say something about a pandemic recession?
by | Nov 11, 2020 4:20 pm | Comments (5)
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The Blake Street office complex where Waterstone Counseling needed zoning relief before moving in.
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BZA Commissioner Daum: But is there hardship in the land itself?
A new counseling center won approval to move into a Westville office complex — after a debate about how close zoning commissioners should hew to the letter of the law in making decisions in New Haven.
by | Nov 7, 2020 7:26 pm | Comments (16)
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Foster Street neighbors respond to the election news …
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… as did Angela Clinton, Kidan Kashuan, and Tagan Engel on Central Avenue.
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There was joy in Goatville — the once-“mighty” Donald had struck out.
by | Nov 5, 2020 10:36 am | Comments (5)
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With David Sepulveda’s new work on residential Westville street.
by | Nov 3, 2020 2:52 pm | Comments (1)
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Robinson: With Alder Furlow’s help, in time for class, as well.
Naszier Robinson arrived at City Hall at 6 a.m. to register to vote for the first time ever — and wound up on an hours-long journey back and forth between downtown and his Westville neighborhood in order to cast his ballot.
Continue reading ‘Why Naszier Robinson Traveled Miles, Waited Hours To Vote’
by | Nov 2, 2020 3:17 pm | Comments (3)
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A 20-year-old man drove straight into a Westville Village storefront — and now a business that usually repairs teeth is repairing its windows instead.
by | Oct 23, 2020 10:26 am | Comments (8)
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The ribbon cutting at Pistachio
Four years ago in Westville, there were 11 empty storefronts. This year, there’s only one.
Continue reading ‘Westville Celebrates Restaurant Renaissance’
by | Oct 15, 2020 5:23 pm | Comments (8)
City of New Haven
You can’t throw a rock in New Haven without hitting a nonprofit organization, quipped one neighbor.
Yale-New Haven Hospital services are all over the place. And there already are mobile units out there from a range of state and local mental health services.
So why does the city need for yet a new agency, however worthy, especially when government budgets are so tight?
Continue reading ‘Non-Cop Crisis Team Pitched To West Siders’
by | Oct 14, 2020 10:16 am | Comments (2)
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Former convent at 349 McKinley.
Saints Aedan & Brendan Church is one step closer to selling a former convent building on McKinley Avenue, after winning zoning relief for the church’s Westville campus. The building’s future use remains uncertain.
by | Oct 1, 2020 3:44 pm | Comments (24)
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CeCe Staten Gilchrist.
(Updated) — City staffers are mourning the loss of one of their own — Celeste “CeCe” Staten Gilchrist, a 68-year-old New Havener who worked for over two decades as a school crossing guard.
Continue reading ‘City Mourns Death Of Beloved Longtime Crossing Guard’
by | Sep 28, 2020 12:20 pm | Comments (4)
A 59-year-old Hamden woman has died after a 23-year-old Oxford man drove his Saab directly into her car on Fountain Street.
Continue reading ‘59-Yr-Old Hamden Woman Dies After Westville Car Crash’
by | Sep 24, 2020 9:29 am | Comments (9)
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No guacamole left behind at Westville’s new “Camacho Garage.”
The chipotle ketchup on my notebook didn’t quite fit the script.
by | Sep 21, 2020 12:53 pm | Comments (23)
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Home-invasion victim Doyens: “We are in a bizarre time.”
A 19-year-old man is back home nursing shoulder pains as police look for the men responsible for shooting him during a weekend crime spree in Westville.
The series of pre-dawn crimes took place in Westville and included at least one home invasion, a car theft, attempted car thefts, the shooting, and a car crash.