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Westville Candidates Run On Resumes

by | Jul 20, 2011 8:11 am | Comments (23)

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Adam Marchand (left) and Michael Slattery.

One said his experience as a tech entrepreneur will help him cut the fat from the city budget and put more city services online. The other said his experience as a union negotiator will help him crack the worker-benefits budget problem and work effectively with Yale on town-gown issues.

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After Tapas, Manjares
Gets Out The Scoop

by | Jul 13, 2011 1:25 pm | Comments (25)

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Ana De Los Angeles behind the counter at Manjares.

Ana De Los Angeles was doing well enough with her young Westville coffee shop that she added an evening tapas menu. Now she’s ready to expand into gelato — and a vacant next-door storefront.

When the space at 838 Whalley Avenue that housed Jennifer Jane Gallery was vacated, customers at its next-door neighbor Manjares Pastry Shop began floating the possibility of expansion to owner Ana De Los Angeles.

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Santour Serenade

by | Jun 21, 2011 10:52 am | Comments (2)

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Amir ElSaffar, top, Dena ElSaffar and Tim Moore play traditional Iraqi Instruments.

Iraqi-American Amir ElSaffar is a versatile instrumentalist who plays jazz trumpet and the santour (hammered dulcimer) and sings. His name may be familiar to some New Haven audiences, especially the city’s Iraqi refugee community. 

The renowned musician and composer will be back in Westville this coming week with his Safaafir Iraqi Maqam Ensemble.

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Challenger Launches Bid in Upper Westville

by | Jun 9, 2011 2:30 pm | Comments (21)

Brackeen (left) with Maachah Elouafai.

With a few clicks on his Dell laptop Tuesday afternoon, Darryl Brackeen Jr. uploaded a YouTube video announcing his candidacy for upper Westville alderman. Moments later, as his offline campaigning began, a neighbor voiced a warning about taking on Alderman Sergio Rodriguez: You’ve got your work cut out for you.”

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Trader’s Mecca Opens

by | Jun 7, 2011 2:36 pm | Comments (11)

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The newest addition to Westville’s expanding economy and its emergence as a destination is Trader’s Market, a year-round flea market that beckons customers to shop, swap and save.” 

During its grand opening last weekend, a giant tethered balloon drew a visual line in the sky to the market’s location at 86 Fitch St., at the corner of Onyx Street, just a block away from bustling Whalley Avenue.

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Body Found In Park

by | May 24, 2011 4:46 pm | Comments (0)

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Sgt. David Guliuzza stretched crime scene tape across Chapel Street.

Neighbors reported a shot in the park at 9:30 p.m. Monday. Police found a body more than five hours later, and were still searching for evidence the following morning.

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Harrowing Crossroads Slated For $450K Overhaul

by | May 13, 2011 11:34 am | Comments (18)

Miller at the “ridiculous” spot.

At one Westville intersection, a lack of sidewalks pushes pedestrians into the street, and bus passengers are forced to step into traffic to board the bus. City Engineer Dick Miller has a plan to change all that — and get rid of a ridiculous” crosswalk to nowhere.”

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C-O-L-L-E-G-E

by | May 4, 2011 7:38 am | Comments (15)

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Sixth-graders Rachel Young and Mary Linton want to go to Yale one day. With a boost from a new Pathway To Promise” campaign, they and students across New Haven spent part of the school day strategizing with their teachers about how to get there, as a seven-letter word became an official focus of the city school curriculum.

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Silent Film, Music Return To Vaudeville House

by | Apr 6, 2011 12:27 pm | Comments (9)

In an old vaudeville house in Westville, the screen will light up with Lon Chaney as Alonzo the Armless, a knife thrower with a secret; and with Joan Crawford in her first screen role, as an ingenue whom he falls in love with but can’t quite embrace, yet. Live music will fill accompany the progress of the carny couple’s creepy romance.

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