by | May 21, 2020 9:46 am | Comments (11)
Newman Architects
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.
Continue reading ‘500 Blake Approved; Density Trumps Traffic’
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.
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.
by | May 14, 2020 3:10 pm | Comments (20)
Newman Architects
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 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.
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.
Continue reading ‘Despite Guv’s OK, Stylist Fears Reopening’
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 | 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.
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 | Apr 22, 2020 5:02 pm | Comments (14)
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A New Haven driver in his early 40s went on a tear through Westville streets, slamming into cars and circling the blocks, until he got stuck — and pulled into an ambulance.
Continue reading ‘Families Watch Wild Westville Ride, Crash’
by | Apr 17, 2020 12:25 pm | Comments (2)
The Westville Synagogue on West Prospect Street was shot at, not by bullets, but by projectiles from a BB gun.
The incident likely occurred some time between April 10 and April 13. The police responded Tuesday at noon, when someone associated with the congregation entered the building and reported the damage.
No one was hurt as the building was empty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with congregants gathering only virtually at home to celebrate the eight-day Passover holiday.
by | Apr 14, 2020 1:22 pm | Comments (4)
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Organizer Luis Luna at the Food Garage: Undocumented workers are frontline workers.
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Common Ground High School barn, where Food Garage team divides up boxes.
What began in mid-March with a few boxes of extra vegetables from Trader Joe’s has turned into a grassroots operation that collects donated food for around 180 mostly immigrant families a week out of a garage in Westville.
Continue reading ‘“Food Garage” Feeds Families During Covid’
by | Apr 14, 2020 9:30 am | Comments (4)
Still from the newly released “Speed of Light” video.
In the heart of Westville, a young musician walks past the ghost rubble of a former hot spot and imagines traveling at the “speed of light.”
Continue reading ‘Midnight Strangers Emerge On Streets Of Westville’
by | Mar 30, 2020 1:59 pm | Comments (2)
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Natalie Kikkenborg at her home, in self-quarantine.
Natalie Kikkenborg is finally beginning to feel like herself again — nearly three weeks after the 36-year-old Westville fitness instructor and single mom’s temperature first shot up to 102 degrees, and over one week after she tested positive for Covid-19.
She wants people to see her and know about her experience, in part to dispel misconceptions about who is or isn’t at risk during the pandemic.
by | Mar 18, 2020 5:26 pm | Comments (11)
Newman Architects
Rendering of the proposed 500 Blake development.
Ocean Management plans to build 129 new apartments and over 7,000 square feet of new commercial space at the site of the long-shuttered 500 Blake Street Cafe in Westville.
Continue reading ‘129 Apts. Planned At Ex-500 Blake St. Cafe’
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 | Mar 4, 2020 5:08 pm | Comments (0)
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Elicker Wednesday at Mauro-Sheridan.
“What changes do you want to make to New Haven Public Schools?” asked seventh-grader Alex Oquendo,12.
Oquendo posed that question Wednesday morning to a visitor to class at Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School: Mayor Justin Elicker.
Continue reading ‘Mauro-Sheridan Students Press Mayor On Food, Learning’
by | Mar 3, 2020 9:15 pm | Comments (7)
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Major Ruth and Audrey Muriel-Tyson: Ready for Trump.
Incumbents beat challengers across town Tuesday night in Democratic Ward Committee co-chair primaries.
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 24, 2020 11:28 pm | Comments (18)
Vowing to crack down on dangerous driving amid a rash of pedestrian crashes, police obtained an arrest warrant for a man accused of plowing into the walker of a woman inside a Westville pedestrian crosswalk.
by | Feb 21, 2020 4:14 pm | Comments (6)
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A 26-year-old New Haven woman drove into a utility pole Friday morning and ended up in the hospital.
by | Feb 21, 2020 1:18 pm | Comments (6)
Emily Hays Photos
Frank Cochran at work clearing invasive species in the park.
The mystery tree with red bark (center) hides behind a dead tree near the Edgewood Skate Park.
Frank Cochran looked up from clearing rose vines near the base of a large tree — and saw what looked like a California redwood.
An old one. Standing in Edgewood Park. In New Haven.
Could it be?
by | Feb 20, 2020 6:34 pm | Comments (32)
A woman had her walker knocked from beneath her hands by a car hurtling through Westville, propelling her to the street with an injured hip.
The driver was found at fault — and received a verbal warning to watch out for pedestrians in crosswalks in the future.
by | Feb 18, 2020 4:09 pm | Comments (4)
Allan Appel Photo
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 18, 2020 11:14 am | Comments (0)
Gar Waterman
Proboscoid from the Planet Rhinoplast.
Gar Waterman may have called the piece Proboscoid from the Planet Rhinoplast, in honor of a certain nasal prominence that emerges from the work. But the piece is far from extraterrestrial. Waterman sourced it from Fair Haven, and from New Haven’s own long industrial history.
Continue reading ‘Meet The Proboscoid From The Planet Rhinoplast’