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Detective Reid demonstrates how to shield a handbag from thieves.
Police Detective Rosalee Reid told of one scammer who tried to to entice her to give up her personal information so he could attempt to drain her bank account by promising her she’d “won” $750,000 and a white Mercedes Benz.
by | Feb 4, 2019 1:13 pm | Comments (0)
Keith Johnson Photos
At first glance, maybe it looks like a simple painting made on a textured canvas with a broad brush and a confident hand. Maybe that hand has captured a distant mountain and its foothills, giving birth to a meandering river.
But they’re really just tar-filled cracks in street pavement. And that’s part of the point of “2018,” photographer Keith Johnson’s exhibition of recent work, now running at Kehler Liddell Gallery in Westville until Feb. 10.
by | Feb 4, 2019 8:33 am | Comments (0)
Pee Wee Herman.
Officer Yonick Crawford caught a thief trying to make off with two 30-packs of Budweiser from the Amity Stop & Shop. Thieves at other west side locations had better luck escaping with a 55-inch TV and a Pee Wee Herman doll.
by | Jan 21, 2019 1:29 pm | Comments (6)
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Incann founder Sarah Paris with the star of her new CBD lineup.
Sarah Paris was like a lot of young entrepreneurs — working hard and stressed out. On a quest to feel better she was introduced to CBD. She said it helped her find her will to chill … and to start a new business.
by | Jan 16, 2019 8:41 am | Comments (8)
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Westville Village businesses hit in recent months.
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Alisa Bowens-Mercado: No more cash to steal.
After a spate of burglaries, Westville Village businesses are on the lookout for people trying to break into their stores and offices, while moving ahead with a revival of the commercial neighborhood.
by | Jan 10, 2019 12:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Serigraph.
The two images in David Roth’s Serigraph are in many ways identical. Same size. Same pattern of dots of changing hues, creating the same shapes, the same shifting fields of light and dark. But in terms of color, they depart radically. One employs only blacks and whites, shades of gray. The other, a vivid palette of the six primary and secondary colors.
It’s a study of color, but more important, a study of the effect of color on the viewer. “What can color do? What is it doing for you?” said gallery owner Gabriel DaSilva. “Does it speak to you differently?”
by | Jan 2, 2019 8:31 am | Comments (2)
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Pizza making at Rawa as part of “Let’s Play.”
From its art galleries to its warren of studio spaces to its live music and theater venue at Lyric Hall, “Westville is seen as an arts center in New Haven,” said Elizabeth Antle‑O’Donnell. An initiative she’s helping to build is making sure it stays that way, and grows.
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by | Dec 21, 2018 1:13 pm | Comments (1)
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Father Westerberg beside a rendition of the Last Judgment.
Michael Westerberg will preside over Christmas services one last time next week, then step aside after 38 years overseeing the transformation of the Holy Transfiguration.
by | Dec 20, 2018 1:12 pm | Comments (0)
The place to be this New Year’s Eve will be in the commercial heart of Westville, where the annual “Westville Winter Formal” bash begins at 9:30 p.m.
by | Dec 18, 2018 3:24 pm | Comments (7)
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Slammed on Yale’s field: Will synthetic turf protect brains?
Yale wants to replace its natural grass football field with synthetic turf. That has the chair of the city’s Environmental Advisory Council nervous.
by | Dec 18, 2018 8:36 am | Comments (0)
Julie Fraenkel
Conversation.
Two finely textured dolls stand facing each other. Their expressions are simple, but not simplistic. They suggest openness, warmheartedness, a willingness to engage. One of them has an open flame in her hand. She passes the flame to the other one.
The piece, by Julie Fraenkel, is called Conversation. As apt as it is for its chosen subject, it’s also a fitting concept for “Deck the Walls,” the last exhibition of the year from Kehler Liddell Gallery in Westville.
by | Dec 17, 2018 8:32 am | Comments (0)
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DaDA Mr.
The night started later than billed, allowing a small but attentive crowd to filter into the Lyric Hall, and then opener DaDA Mr. — Christopher Cavaliere on guitar with painter Marcella Kurowski, of Bridgeport — glided silently onto the stage. Cavaliere sat down, center stage, without a spotlight. The projector behind him showed the quick work of Kurowski, paint splattered and smocked, shadowy hands and brushes streaking the white screen in blue or purple.
by | Dec 13, 2018 8:34 am | Comments (4)
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Signs like these are up in New Haven, West Haven and Woodbridge.
The West River Greenway is getting a little more advertising in the towns that it meanders through thanks to some new signage \going up in the watershed.
by | Dec 12, 2018 1:33 pm | Comments (7)
Medical marijuana coming to the former 7-Eleven.
New Haven will soon get its first medical marijuana dispensary and it’s coming to upper Whalley Avenue
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by | Nov 29, 2018 4:12 pm | Comments (15)
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John Cavaliere.
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When John Cavaliere bought a decrepit building on Whalley Avenue in Westville Village in 2006, he saw an opportunity to practice his craft as a restorer of antiques on a grand scale by bringing back to life the century-old edifice. He ended up doing that, and much more.
by | Nov 19, 2018 5:04 pm | Comments (21)
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Harp faces Westville-West Hills managment team.
You might see Mayor Toni Harp at your next management team meeting. She and the city’s budget officials are making the rounds to talk about the city’s finances … and to claw back a narrative that lays the blame for dire straits at her feet.
by | Nov 16, 2018 2:12 pm | Comments (7)
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949 Whalley Ave.
Scientology architect Christopher Sanders (right) and project manager Larry Nardecchia pitch plans.
The Church of Scientology of Connecticut got the thumbs up to convert a vacant Westville former furniture warehouse into a place of worship, despite reservations of two neighbors who lambasted the organization for long neglecting the property and spurning the community.
by | Nov 16, 2018 1:14 pm | Comments (0)
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Neighbors at the brainstorming that generated the 50 ideas.
Westville neighbors fed up with an uptick in crime put their heads together and came up with 50 ideas to thwart criminals and help each other find peace of mind.
by | Nov 9, 2018 8:15 am | Comments (1)
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94 East Rock Rd.
An East Rock home recently sold for over $1 million — still a rare feat for New Haven residences, even in the East Rock neighborhood’s pricey housing market.
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by | Nov 8, 2018 9:45 am | Comments (17)
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Neighbors hash out crime fighting ideas at Edgewood School.
Westville neighbors went looking for solutions to a recent uptick in crime in the neighborhood. They found them by picking each other’s brains instead of their pockets.
by | Nov 7, 2018 3:58 pm | Comments (25)
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Some of the hundreds waiting four hours to vote Tuesday.
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Democratic Registrar of Voters Shannel Evans assembles hand-count team at 1:42 a.m. at Edgewood School.
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Merrill: No excuses.
Hours after most Connecticut communities had reported their election results, New Haven’s leading voting official arrived at Edgewood School after midnight Wednesday with a team of election workers and began counting 1,968 ballots. By hand.
by | Nov 7, 2018 9:32 am | Comments (15)
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Kingmaker Mauro: “I’m just a fat guy from the Elm City with the best team in the state. Maybe the country.”
(Updated) Ned Lamont will be the next governor of Connecticut, thanks to New Haven.
Voters here gave Lamont a 23,278-vote victory margin — which will continue to grow as more votes are counted — over Republican Bob Stefanowski, the largest single vote total in the state.
Stefanowski conceded to the Greenwich Democrat on Wednesday morning, even as New Haven continued counting its ballots after a disastrous election day muddled by broken voting machines.
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Part of the voting traffic jam at City Hall to register.
Double breakdowns in New Haven’s elections Tuesday have thrown the city’s vote-count into chaos — and prompted Republican gubernatorial Bob Stefanowski to go to court to segregate some of the city’s ballots.
by | Nov 6, 2018 1:31 pm | Comments (1)
New Haven goths and goth-curious art lovers congregated in Lyric Hall in Westville to celebrate goth artwork at the first annual Gothic Arts Market, hosted by Lorelei Rayven.
by | Nov 6, 2018 1:30 pm | Comments (0)
Westville neighbors plan to meet with their alder and neighborhood top cop Wednesday evening to brainstorm ideas to counter a recent uptick in burglaries, car break-ins, and muggings.
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