Midnight Strangers Off On An “Odyssey”
by | Jul 20, 2020 5:37 pm | Comments (1)
With some sultry opening licks, Westville up-and-coming teen rockers have launched themselves on an “Odyssey.”
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Democracy Grinds On Amid Pandemic
by | Jul 13, 2020 2:59 pm | Comments (5)
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Jim Owen dropped in on his neighbor Shawna Reed to discuss two potentially fruitful matters: absentee ballots and black raspberries.
CitySeed Reemerges
by | Jul 6, 2020 11:05 am | Comments (4)
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New Haveners flocked to Edgewood Park to stock up on fresh veggies, fruit, and flowers Sunday at the opening of CitySeed’s annual farmers market.
Da Silva Gallery Picks Up The Pieces
by | Jul 3, 2020 10:11 am | Comments (0)
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.
Kehler Liddell Takes A Trip
by | Jul 2, 2020 10:35 am | Comments (0)
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.
50 Fitch Shut Down Amid Covid Concern
by | Jun 22, 2020 1:15 pm | Comments (22)
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“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.
Bubbles, Balloons Fill The Air For Mauro-Sheridan Drive-Through
by | Jun 19, 2020 10:25 am | Comments (1)
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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.
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Hausladen Solicits Transit “Pain Points”
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.
Drone’s Eye View Of A BLM Message
by | Jun 9, 2020 10:20 am | Comments (1)
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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.
Vintanthromodern Tags a Sale for Charity
by | Jun 9, 2020 10:15 am | Comments (1)
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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.
Is Boo-Boo The Westville Bear?
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.
“We Miss You”
by | Jun 1, 2020 5:26 pm | Comments (0)
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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).
SalonThrive Aims For The Sky
by | Jun 1, 2020 12:17 pm | Comments (0)
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.
Bear Roams Westville
by | May 27, 2020 10:41 am | Comments (12)
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Stop at bird-watching oasis In Edgewood Park, 7 a.m.
A bear took a morning stroll through Westville Wednesday morning, offering some off-screen pandemic entertainment for the neighborhood-bound.
Crash Sends Postal Carrier To Hospital
by | May 21, 2020 6:24 pm | Comments (6)
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A postal carrier was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after a Volkswagen crashed into his truck.
Judge Upholds Emergency Orders
by | May 21, 2020 12:08 pm | Comments (6)
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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.
500 Blake Approved; Density Trumps Traffic
by | May 21, 2020 9:46 am | Comments (11)
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The planned new 500 Blake St. development.
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.
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Mauro-Sheridan Zooms Shakespeare
by | May 21, 2020 9:36 am | Comments (1)
Jason Calogine was tired and prepared. Rehab Rajou was energized and excited. Isabella Fletcher-Violante was happy to be there. They and several other fellow Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet students were on a Zoom chat with Michael Hinton, a teaching artist at Elm Shakespeare, recording a final few scenes for the school’s production of Cymbeline — which pivoted from theater to Zoom film project to keep the program going during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Master Chef Fires Up An Opening
by | May 15, 2020 3:24 pm | Comments (9)
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Master chef Arturo Camacho onsite.
Chef Arturo Camacho is about to do what you would expect Arturo Camacho to do: open a new restaurant amid a pandemic.
500 Blake Builder Barraged On Details
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.
Selling Online In Strange Times
by | May 14, 2020 12:37 pm | Comments (0)
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Dakoulas next to both sales counter and packing area.
Alex Dakoulas plans to reopen his Westville shop Strange Ways on May 20. He would still prefer for his customers to continue to shop online.
Despite Guv’s OK, Stylist Fears Reopening
by | May 12, 2020 5:26 pm | Comments (25)
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Myers at her salon Tuesday: “I’m not going to open” on 20th.
Samantha Myers can’t understand why the governor thinks she can safely reopen her popular hair salon next week.
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Car Stolen In Seconds
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.
Baby, Don’t You Wanna Go ...
by | May 6, 2020 12:03 pm | Comments (0)
Travis Carbonella
Rocky Lawrence & Thabisa recording performances outside their homes for this year’s virtual ArtWalk.
Westville’s artistic and community-building movers and shakers are not letting a pandemic wipe out their annual ArtWalk celebration.
They’ve found a way to pull off the two-day blow-out with all the variety of performers and events, but without the dangers of in-person crowds.
Manhunt Ends With Shooting Clue
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.