And this is occurring right at the time of widespread general concern that the United States Postal Service is under bureaucratic attack and may not be up for the expected onslaught of mailed-in ballots.
New apartments coming soon to (clockwise from top left) 109 Court, 98 Olive, 192 Fitch, and 904 Quinnipiac.
New Haven’s market-rate apartment boom continued apace as four different projects that would add 51 new units of housing across town — including in former ground-floor commercial and office spaces — won key city sign-offs.
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Aug 19, 2020 12:07 pm
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Inside the new Westville cafe, Pistachio.
The coffee was silky and smooth, with a rich, complex flavor. The foam on the top was thick and creamy, with a stripe of sweetness in it, a mystery ingredient. What made it taste like that? “You start with the best bean you can find,” said Mohamed Hafez, architect, artist, and now owner of Pistachio, the new coffee shop opening imminently at Lotta Studio in Westville. “Good milk that is fresh and coming from close by.” And maybe, he said, the sweetness came from a dash of agave.
Yale University consolidated its control of the southwest corner of York Street and Chapel Street by purchasing two adjacent brick townhouses for $2.85 million, among the city’s latest property transactions.
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Aug 10, 2020 12:04 pm
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Westville Alder Darryl Brackeen, Jr.
(Opinion) As a nation, we are facing troubling times during this pandemic. But the truth is many issues, gaps, and weaknesses have been exposed within so many of our state institutions. Not only the vulnerabilities in our healthcare system but equally true of our voting system as well.
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Aug 10, 2020 9:47 am
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Julie Robbins shows off her new PPE to Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz .
“We love our clients to the moon and back!” small business owner Julie Robbins declared from behind her new BioVYZR, a masked air filtration system with an astronaut-like flair.
Since reopening The Well For Women, a center that specializes in massage therapy for prenatal and postnatal women, on June 28, Robbins has been “going hardcore on PPE.” The CEO, doula, licensed massage therapist, entrepreneur and mom said that she has been able to invest in new safety protocols — and pay her rent and employees — thanks to various grants and loans from state and federal governments.
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Aug 6, 2020 9:48 am
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Amanda Duchen
I Am … A Dreamer.
A cluster of heads floating like balloons on stalks. An oil painting of a woman eating a hoagie. A connection with a goddess. All these and more are part of “I Am…,” the latest riotous exhibition at Kehler Liddell Gallery, which is now open by appointment and for limited weekend hours.
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Laura Glesby |
Jul 21, 2020 9:41 am
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Chapel Haven residents honoring the organization’s recently-expanded name, the Chapel Haven Schleifer Center, in 2018.
A former employee of Chapel Haven was sentenced to 33 months in prison on Monday, after stealing at least $240,000 from both clients and the institution — and puncturing the school’s culture of “family” trust.
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Jul 3, 2020 10:11 am
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Susan Tabachnick
Blades. Surgical pliers. A length of wire. Who used them, and for what exact purpose, remains unknown. But used they were, and then discarded and collected by artist Susan Tabachnick. She then made them into new art for a show called “Artifacts,” running now until July 12 at Da Silva Gallery on Whalley Avenue in Westville. The gallery, operating under the guidelines for maintaining social distancing, is open by appointment.
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Jul 2, 2020 10:35 am
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Kim Weston
The figures in Kim Weston’s four grouped photographs are in frenzied motion, dancing, traveling. The red prayer bundles laid at their feet — a pinch of cherry tobacco wrapped in red fabric, each one signifying one of the 15,000 murdered and missing indigenous women in Canada and the U.S. — feel both like a border marking a sacred space and a road leading from here to someplace far away. Weston’s photographs have been paired with Frank Bruckmann’s paintings for Kehler Liddell Gallery’s first show since its reopening, “Journeying,” which runs until July 12 — and thus will be around for an event KLG is billing as date night.
“You’re the problem!” “I’m the solution!”: Marshal Criscuolo spars with co-owner Monsanto outside Fitch 50 at Monday’s paper-serving.
Prompting accusations of racism from the owner, the city closed down the popular 50 Fitch restaurant and bar and revoked its license after an event that drew an estimated 1,000 people to its parking lot amid restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus.
Carlton Staggers (center) at Monday evening support gathering: “We’re standing by” Monsanto.
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Jun 19, 2020 10:25 am
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Over a hundred cars decked out with balloons, paint, and signs rolled through an end-of-year drive-through Thursday afternoon for students at Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School (MASH).
Faculty and staff lined the perimeter of the parking lot behind the school greeting student families as they passed.
Jada and Madison (Maddy) McAulay (pictured) started a neighborhood Black Lives Matter chalk event to turn West Elm Street into “West BLM Street” for a day.
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Jun 9, 2020 10:15 am
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Corina and her very New Haven find.
“Should I buy this shirt?” Maria Corina asked me as she held up a slate gray T‑shirt that had the words “New Haven” across it, along with a picture of the city’s skyline.
It was the first time we had both been out shopping with a friend present, in person, in a very long time.
It was also the first time for this type of shopping experience at Vintanthromodern, a vintage store that had decided on a hot Saturday afternoon to hold its first tag sale in the back parking lot of its Westville location. Not only would it give customers a chance to get back to what they love — shopping for vintage deals — but it would also be a fundraiser, with Vintanthromodern donating fifty percent of sales to a cause aligned with social justice and equality.
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.
Families drove their kids back to Edgewood School Monday — honking their horns as they passed teachers and other staffers like social worker Rosalie Febus, special ed teacher Julia King, and Youth Development Coordinator Travis Jones (pictured).
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Jun 1, 2020 12:17 pm
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The Zoom visit to artist Chris Ferguson’s studio filled up fast, as 20 people joined within two minutes of each other. Ferguson, in his studio next to a painting of an outdoor scene, smiled back.
“Is this where all the masterpieces come from?” someone on the meeting said. Ferguson laughed.
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May 21, 2020 12:08 pm
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Closed downtown businesses in March.
A federal judge has turned down a complaint from a local bar owner alleging that the mayor and the governor have violated her constitutional right to free assembly during the pandemic.
The court’s rationale? The emergency orders limiting the size of social gatherings are not “arbitrary” or “unreasonable” or “a plain, palpable invasion of rights,” but rather appropriate actions for government to take during a public health emergency.
Ocean Management’s plans to transform a largely vacant riverfront stretch of Westville into 129 market-rate apartments won key approvals as city planners chose increased density over immediate neighbors’ traffic concerns.
