Suit Reveals Foreclosure Rescue “Scam”
by | Nov 6, 2007 4:38 pm | Comments (3)
Arthur and Joanne Taylor were days away from losing their Westville home to foreclosure when a man came knocking on the door. He had a plan to save them.
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Bike Rack Finds A Home
by | Oct 30, 2007 10:25 am | Comments (0)
After the parks commission said no, Amity Bicycles’ owners found somewhere they could donate a bike rack: Westville’s “green” synagogue.
Taxes Propel Westville Challenge
by | Oct 25, 2007 7:57 am | Comments (62)
When Tom Malone rang doorbells in Westville seeking votes for alderman, he was quick to talk about taxes, and his neighbors were quick to respond. Colleen Murphy-Dunning (pictured) said high taxes, combined with private-school tuition, might drive her family to the suburbs.
“What Is This About, Brother?”
by | Oct 10, 2007 3:56 pm | Comments (10)
When a maintenance supervisor came out onto the Blake Street sidewalk Wednesday afternoon, he wanted to know why carpenters were urging people to boycott the new Wintergreen apartment complex he oversees. He got an earful — and gave as good as he got. Click on the play arrow to watch; read on for the full story.
Hens May Have Last Cluck
by | Oct 10, 2007 7:44 am | Comments (20)
Despite the presence of more than two dozen supporters, some in festive gallinaceous display, Rebecca Weiner failed to win permission to keep chickens at her house — at least for now. But the legal chicken stew is hardly done, either for Weiner or for hen-keepers all over town.
2 “Examples of What Good Government Can Do”
by | Sep 20, 2007 5:07 pm | Comments (2)
Good news for mass-transit-minded cyclists and owners of sinking homes in Beverly Hills — direct from the state Capitol, where Independent legislative blogger Pat Dillon (pictured) offers an up-to-the-minute report on the latest budget debate.
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Here Came The Sun
by | Sep 18, 2007 8:06 am | Comments (1)
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund visited a synagogue in Westville Tuesday morning to dedicate a new solar installation. Meanwhile, the synagogue’s rabbi has worked with his state representative, Pat Dillon, to make it easier (i.e. cheaper) for other people and organizations throughout the state to install their own solar panels.
Chickens Zone Home to Roost
by | Sep 17, 2007 12:39 pm | Comments (23)
Is the buff orpington (that’s a breed) chicken that 2‑year-old Sarah Rastelli is petting indeed a pet? Or is she petting livestock? The zoning board will consider that very question, which has ramification for chicken-keepers all over town.
Immigration Splits Westville Candidates
by | Sep 6, 2007 11:12 am | Comments (2)
The mayor’s neighbors have a chance to weigh in on his nationally debated immigrant-friendly ID plan when they go the polls next Tuesday.
Nature Pals Turned Down For Dough
by | Jul 19, 2007 4:42 pm | Comments (0)
The city’s Parks Commission likes a ranger program The Friends of Edgewood Park run for kids — but turned down a request to pay for it. Read on to find out why, and to learn about Dwight neighbors who had better luck with the commissioners.
Traffic-Calming Moves West
by | Jul 17, 2007 2:44 pm | Comments (19)
The smell of burning rubber on Tour Avenue came not from a speeding car but from a speed bump Chandra Watson (pictured) was putting in place Tuesday, as New Haven’s traffic-calming campaign moved to the west side of town. Watson wasn’t sure her work would make a difference.
“Parent Power” Hits The Park
by | Jul 16, 2007 10:22 am | Comments (10)
This little girl could hardly wait for her turn in the Moonwalk, as she and 200 parents and kids turned out for a summer celebration at Edgewood Park sponsored by the grassroots parents’ activist group, Teach Our Children. Amid the play was talk about why city public school children can’t bring textbooks home from school or have recess — and what parents can do about it.
Arts Walks The Village
by | May 14, 2007 11:25 am | Comments (1)
The sunny weather brought crowds to the streets of Westville Saturday for the annual ArtWalk.
Friends Clean A Pavilion
by | May 7, 2007 2:23 pm | Comments (0)
When you have “Friends” like these, you’re in luck. Especially if you’re a park.
Westville Crowd Eyes Potholes and Budget Holes
by | May 4, 2007 9:28 am | Comments (3)
Westville Alderwoman Ina Silverman began her annual neighborhood meeting by passing out pink slips that seemed to match her jacket. Only they weren’t that kind of pink slip. These slips had written on them a question she had already put to some 800 of her constituents over the years: What kind of stores would you like to see in future downtown development?
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Body Found In Edgewood Park
by | May 3, 2007 12:42 pm | Comments (0)
Surrounded by trees showing the blossoms of spring, police found a dead body hanging by a boot lace from a tree in Edgewood Park Thursday morning.
Officer Bullock Calls Nobody A Liar
by | Apr 30, 2007 8:35 am | Comments (2)
After a crash totaled two cars and sent two teens to the hospital, Officer Wayne Bullock calmed an “irate” driver without taking sides.
East Rock Public Housing A No-Go
by | Apr 25, 2007 9:38 am | Comments (0)
Controversial plans to move public housing into two East Rock homes as part of a court-ordered integration effort were aborted when the homes got sold. The housing authority had better luck in Westville, where it just authorized the purchase of a single-family home.
The Dig-Out Begins
by | Apr 18, 2007 5:00 pm | Comments (0)
John Sehl’s crew got to work digging out Edgewood Park as the floodwaters receded.
Westville/West Hills Group Revived
by | Apr 17, 2007 11:11 pm | Comments (1)
A once-fizzled out community policing group teemed with attendance as Westville/West Hills neighbors discussed: A no-go elderly housing development; efforts to foster growth in the Village, the upcoming ArtWalk, and who’s been stealing local cars to catch a ride to Hillhouse High.
Tennis, No One?
by | Apr 16, 2007 12:13 pm | Comments (0)
(Updated: 5 p.m.) Look closely: those are the tops of nets poking over the river that, before the storm, was known as Edgewood Park. The flood damage to city parks and to street trees Monday could have been worse.
“Deja Brew,” Theater Conversion Approved; Amistad Eyes Move
by | Apr 14, 2007 3:23 pm | Comments (2)
New Haven’s former prized downtown cinema will soon turn into a T‑shirt shop, according to a zoning decision this week. Authorities also gave a final OK to a Dunkin’ Donuts in the Hill and a new cozy coffee shop in Westville, while a towing company pitched a move to Wooster Square, and the pictured mom and principal pitched a charter school’s move to the Boulevard.
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Manhunt—The Game, & Real Life—Comes To Quiet Westville Block
by | Mar 28, 2007 10:32 pm | Comments (0)
Rory Kane and Nate Kristan were playing “Manhunt” — a game they made up — when the cops poured onto their street and arrested a shooting suspect.
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A Renewed “Hub” On Tap For Westville
by | Mar 8, 2007 9:11 am | Comments (4)
After this popular corner deli shut down across the street from Edgewood School, neighbors have been hankering for a new place to mingle. Four years later, owners plan to reopen.
Tree Down
by | Mar 6, 2007 3:49 pm | Comments (0)
What would bring a city parks and rec crew out into the cold — and Anthony Figueroa (pictured) in a cherry-picker — in Tuesday’s freezing cold? An old tree and a smashed windshield on Central Avenue.