by | Sep 18, 2015 12:01 pm | Comments (1)
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When Kathleen Federico smelled smoke inside her house Wednesday night, she grabbed Maya, her pet Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and headed outside.
by | Sep 18, 2015 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
A special girls’ competition in roller skating attracted a crowd on McKinley Avenue between Fountain and Willard streets. A three-legged race and a centipede race got lots of families involved too. A great drum corps competition in Beecher Park. And let’s hope you didn’t miss the formal dedication of that cannon on Whalley Avenue opposite the cemetery.
by | Sep 17, 2015 2:04 pm | Comments (0)
Lucy Gellman Photos
At Lyric Hall, Alex Nicks was crafting her song in bits. A sunset falling over New Haven. A senpai with half a pancake for a face. A big, cavernous room across which two characters might be able to see each other. Scratch that. A hallway. No. A more abstracted space, with enough breathing room for the song to exist on its own, punctuated by bouts of laughter and Anthony Duff’s beat boxing from the corner.
by | Sep 13, 2015 12:06 pm | Comments (0)
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Buxbaum: We don’t want retail.
The former location of Westville Wines might someday be a row of artist studios — if neighbors settle worries about parking.
Continue reading ‘Westville Neighbors Contest Landlord’s Plans For Whalley Corner Property’
by | Sep 10, 2015 1:04 pm | Comments (0)
Some people in the United States may not have heard of Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen of Westville’s Congregation Beth-El Israel (BEKI). Their loss.
by | Sep 10, 2015 12:06 pm | Comments (3)
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A standout west side cop chased down a suspect in a rash of Westville car break-ins — and ended up sidelined with an injured elbow.
Continue reading ‘Man Charged With Car Break-Ins, Fights Cops’
by | Sep 9, 2015 2:02 pm | Comments (3)
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A day before parents and their 32 nursery school children embark on a new chapter in the life of Westville Community Nursery School (WCNS) at their new Tour Avenue location in Westville Village, school staff Tuesday held a brief ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the remarkable transformation of the former Owl’s Nest Cafe into their new home, complete with a new playground.
Continue reading ‘First Call At The New Westville Community Nursery’
by | Sep 9, 2015 2:00 pm | Comments (0)
“Happy Labor Day, everyone. Good to see some of you are wearing white. It’s the last chance of the summer season.”
So Alex Burnet of Laundry Day amiably kicked off a night of music to a full house at Lyric Hall, on, of all things, the Monday of Labor Day weekend. The show, put together by musician and record-label head Ceschi, brought out Burnet and Anonymous, Inc. to support touring acts Little Wings and Weyes Blood en route to Providence.
Continue reading ‘California Closes Out Summer At Lyric Hall’
by | Sep 3, 2015 12:08 pm | Comments (0)
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Wisdom fits Patricia Kalba of Westville.
You don’t have to get naked for it to work. State-of-the art textile clothing technology, with complete body scanners that take measurements and dimensions in virtual fitting rooms, are set to revolutionize the fashion industry and its manufacturing component, according to New Haven fashion maven Neville Wisdom, who will unveil his latest fashions Friday.
by | Sep 2, 2015 12:52 pm | Comments (0)
A man crashed his car into the porch of a house at Chapel Street and Central Avenue, after thinking his wife was having chest pains.
Continue reading ‘Car Crashes Into House After Medical False Alarm’
by | Aug 28, 2015 7:37 am | Comments (0)
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Lucie Safarova was the story Thursday at the CT Open in Westville.
by | Aug 27, 2015 10:25 am | Comments (0)
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Alize Cornet..
Mendel Haston saw the advancing players in new Haven’s CT Open Wednedasy stretch …
by | Aug 24, 2015 2:06 pm | Comments (0)
Riddle me this: Do you care about sexploitation films? Horror? Blaxploitation? Basic pornography? Does anyone? Should anyone?
by | Aug 23, 2015 10:26 pm | Comments (0)
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Irina-Camelia Begu signed her native Romanian flag at the CT Open tennis tournament in Westville Sunday. It was a veritable United Nations on the court.
by | Aug 6, 2015 2:23 pm | Comments (15)
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The new Westville CVS won’t be two stories high, or have outdoor seating, but it might feature the work of local artists and other touches advocated by its future neighbors.
by | Aug 3, 2015 2:10 pm | Comments (1)
A high school student who had ever only thought of New Haven as a rough place. A teenager whose voice had been stifled by adversity for years, but had a “rip your face off” kind of quality to it when she opened her mouth and sang. An Afghan war veteran who found a guitar vital to readjusting to civilian life. Three woman who found solace in the solo flight of a brave butterfly.
by | Jul 30, 2015 2:03 pm | Comments (0)
His guitar at his waist, Evan Nork grinned out into the audience, edging towards the microphone in front of him. “How’s everyone doing tonight?” he asked.
by | Jul 24, 2015 8:37 am | Comments (90)
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A portion of the proposed bike lane.
A heated tête – à – tête between Westville Alder Adam Marchand and Carol Frawley, owner of Deja Brew Cafe, over bike lanes versus parking spots drew both recriminations and apologies in the wake of a public meeting held at the coffee shop.
by | Jul 20, 2015 4:25 pm | Comments (6)
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Westville Alder Adam Marchand has no one running against him for reelection, but on Sunday he had a lot of people running with him.
by | Jul 19, 2015 5:38 pm | Comments (4)
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“Forbidden Fruit” is now dangling from the upper reaches of a mature honey locust tree in the center of Westville’s fashion and arts district. A large yellow serpent, complete with forked tongue and hypnotic eyes, is up there too.
by | Jul 16, 2015 1:10 pm | Comments (2)
Deputy Director of Zoning Tom Talbot was right and Beverly Hills neighbors were wrong, zoning commissioners unanimously ruled after a four-month process full of complications and delays.
by | Jul 13, 2015 8:06 am | Comments (27)
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Lyn Sabatasso looked out of the front window of her Whalley Avenue business and cringed. “First of all,” she said, “the elderly crossing here — forget it.”
by | Jul 10, 2015 2:05 pm | Comments (18)
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Toni Harp returned to a neighborhood where she faced fierce opposition two years ago, and emerged with a unanimous endorsement for reelection as mayor.
Continue reading ‘Upper Westville Endorses Harp, Brackeen, Joyner, Smart’
by | Jul 9, 2015 5:14 pm | Comments (17)
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Neighbors at Wednesday’s management team meeting.
Fearful that a burglar was in her house, Marge Wiener called 911. The cops responded — 45 minutes later.
Forty-five minutes after Wiener’s call. But, it turns out, only four minutes after cops got the message.
by | Jul 9, 2015 12:18 pm | Comments (1)
A young, handsome doctor in a white lab coat hunches his shoulders and stares across the screen at his colleague. In between them stands a maze of tubes and wires, a half-filled beaker secured tightly to a metal post, and a tray of dark, gelatinous liquid holding a severed human head.
Continue reading ‘Lyric Hall Brings More Movies, Better Beer To Westville’