by | Oct 20, 2014 3:01 pm | Comments (6)
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Only one steely-eyed door-opener interrupted Jim O’Connell mid-sentence Saturday, refused his flyer, and declared, “Sorry, I’m a stone Democrat.”
Continue reading ‘GOP Longshot Says Voters Deserve A Choice’
by | Oct 16, 2014 4:30 pm | Comments (1)
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Cox: Let’s ramp it up.
Edgewood Park’s skate park is about to get a serious makeover — and perhaps spark an equally serious conversation about public art.
by | Oct 8, 2014 3:05 pm | Comments (8)
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Wallace: “That house is a monster.”
An abandoned showpiece circa-1901 home in Westville is crumbling — and the city, its legal owner, and a series of would-be rescuers say they can’t stop it.
by | Oct 7, 2014 5:11 pm | Comments (15)
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Patty McGill and her neighbors have seen enough airborne cars jump curbs and land in their yards, taking out landscaping and front porches — and occasionally killing people.
Continue reading ‘City, State Pressed To Calm Deadly Forest Road’
by | Oct 7, 2014 6:23 am | Comments (0)
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Six New Haven Fire Department recruits (pictured) ran in Sunday’s Tommy Fund Firefighter Relay in Westville. The runners carried a 50-foot-long fire hose inscribed with the names of New Haven firefighters who have perished in the line of duty.
by | Sep 29, 2014 4:31 pm | Comments (1)
A 12-time national mountain-bike champ who rides trails around the world won a different kind of honor back home Monday.
by | Sep 29, 2014 12:54 pm | Comments (0)
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Umma Mao!
Some of Steve DiGiovanni’s Bedroom Paintings, now exhibiting at Westville’s DaSilva Gallery, suggest strong sexual content, with brief nudity, as movie rating disclaimers sometimes advise.
by | Sep 24, 2014 11:31 am | Comments (0)
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Awaiting the start of the tour outside Lyric Hall.
They came to see the good, and the not so good.
“When it comes to the walking tour,” said Kimberley Parsons-Whitaker, associate director of the Connecticut Main Street Center, “we want to see warts and all.”
by | Sep 19, 2014 1:54 pm | Comments (8)
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The fence has come down at the fire site.
Gremse: Nixes 500 Blake.
Ronald Groves has begun planning to rebuild Delaney’s Restaurant & Tap Room — if he can find the $2 million or more he needs.
That’s a big if.
by | Sep 15, 2014 8:19 am | Comments (17)
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Colorful canopies dotted a cordoned section of Judwin Avenue in upper Westville Sunday afternoon, as neighbors came out to enjoy a block party organized by former Alder Sergio Rodriguez and wife Randi Rubin-Rodriguez. The big draw was not a parked fire truck that drew out curious children, but a relaxed Governor Dannel P. Malloy sporting jeans and a blue dress shirt, making yet another reelection campaign stop in the city he needs to win big again on Nov. 4. (We’ve lost track of the number of visits; he has another planned for Monday afternoon across town at Bella Vista.)
Continue reading ‘Sunday In New Haven? That Must Be Dan Malloy’
by | Sep 12, 2014 12:49 pm | Comments (1)
Just up the street from the now fenced-in corner where Westville’s Delaney’s Tap Room and Restaurant once stood, stands Barrage Designs, Westville Center’s newest business.
by | Sep 11, 2014 1:21 pm | Comments (2)
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Two weeks after Delaney’s Restaurant and Tap Room burned to the ground in the heart of Westville Village, Fire Chief Allyn Wright returned to tell neighbors that his crews did all they could in the face of an all-night electrical fire they had no chance of stopping.
by | Sep 11, 2014 8:00 am | Comments (0)
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Abdalla with his rescued passport.
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Branham: “Fed up.”
Rami Alnazzal lost his tuition money and two years of research in the fire that leveled Delaney’s Restaurant and Tap Room. His roommate Fuad Abdalla thought he lost his Jordanian passport — then found it in the rubble.
Continue reading ‘For Tenants, Fire Leaves More Lost Than Found’
by | Sep 4, 2014 1:15 pm | Comments (0)
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Waterman next to “Feral Seed” at a farewell reception.
Westville artist Gar Waterman is heading back to Dartmouth, his alma mater — where his new work, “Feral Seed,” a nearly 11-foot, commissioned bronze sculpture, has found a home.
by | Sep 2, 2014 4:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Community Action Agency has set up a fund to help the ten people who lost their homes in last week’s fire that destroyed Delaney’s Restaurant and Tap Room and the apartments above it.
Continue reading ‘Fund Set Up To Help Tenants Displaced By Delaney’s Fire’
by | Sep 2, 2014 11:11 am | Comments (0)
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Neighbors watch Delaney’s burn on Aug. 25.
“Want to just go to Delaney’s?”
That’s a question either I or my girlfriend will ask on a weekly basis. Sometimes more depending on how many times we’ve visited recently or how tired we are to make dinner. After all, the bar was always a quick walk down Central Avenue from our home, and we could depend on the taps to be flowing with great beer, the kitchen to be cooking up great wings and fries, and more importantly, we’d be certain to have a great time.
Until last week.
by | Aug 26, 2014 11:22 am | Comments (11)
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The commercial heart of Westville had a hole in it Tuesday after an all-night fire left a century-old landmark building, and the popular restaurant and pub on its first floor, in ruins.
by | Jul 25, 2014 12:00 pm | Comments (1)
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Freshly planted trees garnished with hostas and lillies look beautiful to those who slow down to notice, but for the Green Hill Terrace residents who planted them, the effort is not just about beautification. It’s about survival.
by | Jul 22, 2014 1:00 pm | Comments (1)
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Children frolicked, musicians strummed, and pie plates were emptied at the inaugural concert in a Westville summer series Monday night.
by | Jul 21, 2014 5:00 pm | Comments (1)
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On one block, a party. On the next block, a double crash.
by | Jul 10, 2014 12:01 pm | Comments (3)
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Don’t be frightened. The wild creatures inhabiting Westville’s Mitchell Branch Library seem like very friendly monsters.
by | Jun 27, 2014 4:15 pm | Comments (2)
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Ten years after helping launch John S. Martinez School, Sequella Coleman is moving across town and replacing a star principal at one of the city’s highest performing K‑8 schools.
Continue reading ‘New Principals Picked For Martinez, Davis St.’
by | Jun 27, 2014 12:15 pm | Comments (0)
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School bells have stopped chiming for summer break, but memories of an exciting unit that had Edgewood School third-graders visiting Hartford’s Trash Museum, participating in an Edgewood Park clean up, and creating related art and poetry, continue to resonate with staff and students alike. This article was submitted by third grade teacher Kim Rogers and Arts Integration Coordinator Juliet Avelin, both of Edgewood School.
Continue reading ‘Edgewood School Third-Graders “Talk Trash”’
by | Jun 20, 2014 12:04 pm | Comments (45)
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Protest crowd gathers across from shelter.
After a city homeless shelter evicted him Thursday night, Flor Rico Jones traveled to Westville to knock on Mayor Toni Harp’s front door. He had company.
by | Jun 15, 2014 1:15 pm | Comments (0)
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Once police caught one suspect, Officer Carlos Conceicao knew where to find his alleged partner.