by | Jul 13, 2017 12:09 pm | Comments (0)
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“Obsidian Flow Oregon #1,” archival digital print by Bob Giannotti, curated by Alan Shulik
If you believe that a picture is worth a thousand words, then what if pictures can talk? And not only to us but to each other?
by | Jul 13, 2017 8:02 am | Comments (24)
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Ward 26 Co-chairs Sharon Jones and Amy Marx, Ward 27’s Henry Lowendorf at forum, which ended in a split vote.
Upper Westville Democrats are torn on judging whom they want adjudicating cases in probate court: a practitioner in that area of the law, a familiar face in the neighborhood, or a service-minded newcomer.
by | Jul 12, 2017 12:23 pm | Comments (1)
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Elizabeth Barton of Iron & Walnut.
On the most recent version of a new Westville Village art crawl Second Saturday, the artists working in West River Arts — a warren of second-floor studio spaces nestled amongst galleries, cafes, and commercial buildings on Whalley Avenue and Blake Street — threw their studios open for conversation with the community.
by | Jul 11, 2017 5:35 pm | Comments (2)
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Hamoudehand his family cut the ribbon with Upper Westville Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr. and Mayor Toni Harp.
First there was pizza. Now, there’s chicken. Crispy, crunchy chicken, with biscuits on the side.
And a few Moroccan pastries.
by | Jul 6, 2017 7:39 am | Comments (0)
Concerned neighbors Angela Clinton and Nate Bixby.
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Giant hoses snake across intersection.
Westvilleans who called in a fire on Alden Avenue Wednesday and tried to start putting it out now intend to hold a fundraiser to help neighbors who are now displaced from their home.
Continue reading ‘Westville Fire Displaces Tenants; Neighbors Pitch In’
by | Jul 4, 2017 11:03 am | Comments (8)
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Bolden-Smith and Kravitz at their new outpost.
Marijuana leaf symbols have appeared in the window of a small office at 326 Central Ave., but you can’t knock on the door and buy ganja.
by | Jul 4, 2017 8:52 am | Comments (4)
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David Sepulveda locked and handcuffed in a cruiser at the scene: Trump tweets about it; New Haven does it in real life.
No deal, Independent reporter David Sepulveda told the state.
No case, the judge ruled in the end.
by | Jul 3, 2017 2:02 pm | Comments (1)
Rescuing baby ducks from a storm drain proved only part of the challenge on West Rock Avenue.
by | Jul 3, 2017 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
At the municipal parking lot wall on Blake Street, off Whalley Avenue in Westville, artist Don Wunderlee unveiled a new mural Sunday.
by | Jun 26, 2017 7:31 am | Comments (2)
Mulcahy.
Karen Ponzio
Mark Mulcahy strummed his guitar on the stage of Lyric Hall on Thursday, midway through a string of older songs after performing his new album, The Possum in the Driveway, in its entirety.
“What else?” he asked the band around him. Someone in the audience shouted a request.
“Not that what else,” he said. “Don’t yell out songs” he said, in a soft and kindly manner, “because the band might not know them and then they’ll feel bad…. If you went to someone’s house and they offered you apple pie, you wouldn’t yell out ‘cherry pie’, would you?”
by | Jun 22, 2017 4:36 pm | Comments (28)
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Proposed redesigned Winthrop-Edgewood intersection.
Wharton: Can you help sell GOP curmudgeons?
After nearly three years spent convincing Westville, Edgewood and Dwight neighbors of the benefits of a two-way cycle track stretching from Forest Road to Park Street, city planners found one group left to convince: Republicans.
by | Jun 19, 2017 12:23 pm | Comments (0)
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Fay and Dakoulas.
Alex Dakoulas, owner of Strange Ways in Westville, had been enjoying the weekly underground movies being shown at Lyric Hall on Whalley Avenue, down the street from his own shop every Tuesday. Coincidentally, Dakoulas had begun holding Flair Fair, a market for vendors of pins, patches, and other wearable art, in Lyric Hall.
So he approached Joe Fay, the curator of Lyric Hall’s film series, with the hope that they could “combine our powers” and “get people together for a unique event” — to not only shop, but to also see, as Fay put it, “slightly offbeat films.”
Thus, Strange Cinema was born.
by | Jun 19, 2017 8:00 am | Comments (17)
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A new mascot for Jamell Cotto’s campaign: the kangaroo.
A challenger for the Board of Education has a new name for his supporters: “kangaroo warriors.”
by | Jun 16, 2017 8:15 am | Comments (39)
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Harp, Paca at their first joint forum Thursday night.
In Mayor Toni Harp’s New Haven, violent crime has fallen nearly 75 percent in six years. In challenger Marcus Paca’s New Haven, bullets still fly in struggling neighborhoods, with victims shot “even in their own homes.”
Young people are flocking downtown for walkable living and a startup-friendly culture, in Harp’s city. In Paca’s, economic development hasn’t touched the Westville, Grand Avenue or the Dixwell main drags.
by | Jun 14, 2017 7:41 am | Comments (2)
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TSF golie Mateo Zabala makes a save against Elm City.
For the third time in 16 minutes, Elm City Express was gaining on the New Jersey-based TSF FC‘s goal. Anthony Assante extended his left leg and kicked, giving the ball a solid spin. TSF goalie Mateo Zabala watched it carefully. With a thump, the ball fell squarely into his gloved hands.
by | Jun 8, 2017 12:05 pm | Comments (0)
Ni’Jauh Boston-Williams, Kayla Poole, and Dhalia Brelsford as Leonata, Hero, and Beatrice.
The Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School has one of the coolest science and technology-themed programs in town, complete with partnerships with spacemen and competitive robotics clubs.
An increasingly poorly kept secret is the growing prowess of its long-standing Shakespeare reading groups, which have led to The Mauro-Sheridan Shakespeare players’ annual production of a Bard play.
by | Jun 6, 2017 11:53 am | Comments (0)
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Alice McGill with her ladybug.
Alice McGill carefully placed squirmy ladybugs, which she thought were “pretty cool,” on the flowers in the garden of the Mitchell branch library. She helds out her hand as to present the red ladybug for a photo. Then, when she lifted her hands, Alice squealed in surprise as the bug took flight.
by | Jun 5, 2017 7:42 am | Comments (1)
The theater space at Lyric Hall was only a quarter full when the Jellyshirts were ready to play. Through the doorway to the hall, the bar, and the front of the building, voices trickled, a sign that the people who’d come to hear the music didn’t know it was starting.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are the Jellyshirts,” said vocalist and guitarist Bret Logan. With a quick signal to the rest of the band — Nick Appleby on bass and Scott McDonald on drums — the began to play. And the people came from the rest of the building to listen.
Continue reading ‘Psychedelic Rockers Tip Hat To Sgt. Pepper’
by | Jun 1, 2017 2:00 pm | Comments (3)
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Katie Kowalski, who helps disabled people ride bikes.
One recent morning Katie Kowalski was helping get people with disabilities back on bicycles. She had her hands midway up my right calf, working it into a black attachment that was half-bike, half-ankle foot orthotic. She tightened a gear with a blue-headed wrench, then secured velcro straps and double-checked my helmet. With her nod of approval, I hit the pedals hard and headed onto a path at Edgewood Park.
by | May 15, 2017 3:20 pm | Comments (6)
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Westvilians make their top picks.
Before Westville and West Hills neighbors decided on how to spend an annual allotment of $10,000 from the city, they asked themselves a bigger question: Should they even accept the money?
by | May 14, 2017 2:43 pm | Comments (0)
A steady rain couldn’t keep people away from ArtWalk, held in Westville Saturday afternoon. Though the neighborhood’s central streets were missing the usual crowds during the annual event, Edgewood Park stayed lively, and indoor activities in the artists’ studios in West River Arts and Lyric Hall on Whalley Avenue ensured ArtWalk kept its tradition of celebrating the arts — for 20 years and running — alive.
by | May 10, 2017 12:11 pm | Comments (52)
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Disha Joy Monsanto and business partner Mike Amato at Tuesday night’s hearing.
A businesswoman won permission to open a new lounge and eatery in Westville — then heatedly told a neighboring family they don’t have permission to step inside the doors.
“Don’t show up to my establishment,” Disha Joy Monsanto, the applicant, snapped at neighborhood activist Thea Buxbaum, who sought to prevent her from winning zoning approval to open her restaurant. “I don’t want you there! You’re not wanted there!”
by | Apr 28, 2017 7:38 am | Comments (20)
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Gremse: In discussions about returning.
The old Delaney’s lot has a new owner — along with a renewed effort to rebuild the popular former Westville meeting spot from the ashes.
by | Apr 27, 2017 2:30 pm | Comments (1)
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Ravski at Jewish Federation town hall on Wednesday night.
Levinson.
When New Haven native Jeffrey Levinson was a senior in college in 1991, he and his sister scraped together $1,800 to help relocate the Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven (JCC) from downtown New haven to 360 Amity Rd. in Woodbridge.
Continue reading ‘After Fire, Jewish Community Asks: Where’s The Hub?’
by | Apr 16, 2017 8:50 am | Comments (2)
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SLAM’s Neal shows off the coming upgrades to Chapel Haven’s campus.
With 44 years under its belt, Chapel Haven is ready to make an update to its campus and expand its services for adults with disabilities.
Continue reading ‘Chapel Haven Prepares To Expand Mission, Footprint’