The late Daily Jackson, whose godfather described him as "an adorable kid who was bustling with energy."
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NHPS Supt. Negrón (right) on Wednesday: "Please know that these days are very hard for the school community."
(Updated) Seventeen-year-old New Havener Daily Jackson was walking on Shelton Avenue Tuesday evening when someone in a “suspect vehicle” shot and killed him and drove away — making him the second Riverside Academy student to die by gunfire in the past two weeks.
“These are connected,” Police Chief Karl Jacobson said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference, at which he described the two Riverside homicide victims as friends who belonged to the same “group” that has been feuding with another youth crew in town.
Tenants union leader Zach Postle tapes a pamphlet to Farnam's front door ...
... as union members and supporters rally for a collective lease.
Another tenants union rallied outside another front door of another Ocean Management successor — calling for their new property management company to step it up on maintenance, and to be open to negotiating a collective lease.
The St. Luke's proposed $32M development ... before it lost its sixth floor.
A long-delayed Whalley Avenue redevelopment lost a floor — and saved $2 million, because of how much more expensive it is to build with steel and concrete instead of just wood.
Future homeowners Melvin Poindexter (center) and Sylvia Cooper (right), shoveling dirt alongside state housing commissioner Seila Mosquera-Bruno.
Melvin Poindexter and Sylvia Cooper dug their shovels into a pile of dirt on an empty Hazel Street lot — and helped move the ground that they, and future generations of their respective families, will some day soon call home.
UNH student Priyanshu Agwal, who was struck and killed on Whalley in October 2023.
When Aman Agwal sleeps, his brother Priyanshu visits him in his dreams. Sometimes, he rides a scooter, the exact one that he was riding when he was struck and killed by a car — during a hit and run that, a year later, has resulted in an arrest.
“Sometimes he comes in my dream, and he just plays on his scooter,” Aman said during a Monday morning press conference at police headquarters. “I wish I could do something.”
Yale's proposed dramatic arts building, circa 2029 ...
... to be located at York and Crown.
All the world’s a stage — for Yale, which plans to construct a new seven-story, 188,000 square-foot building for its drama school and the Yale Repertory Theater, to be located at the northwest corner of Crown and York streets.
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Classmates Robina, Faryal, and Ghofran, at Troup's annual multicultural luncheon.
Sitting around a lunch table draped in an aquamarine cloth and topped with festive fall ornaments, Robina, 10, Faryal, 12, and Ghofran, 12, giggled and cracked jokes, translating them into English after the fact, in between bites of fried chicken, bread rolls, and rice.
Youth Continuum's Tim Maguire (right), with city Homeless Services Director Velma George: Looking to create "a one-stop shop for unhoused youth."
A proposal for a peer-led youth homeless shelter in Wooster Square is back on the table — with a higher price tag and a new design prioritizing privacy and public health.
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Hillhouse Principal Billy: "We're better than last year."
Hillhouse’s average attendance rate so far this year is 84 percent — a number the high school’s principal credits to, and hopes to improve on, by paying special attention to making sure ninth graders come to class.
Best Video's Rai Bruton, with Lyric Hall's John Cavaliere: “Places like this and Best Video will only last if we work together.”
Lyric Hall Theater came full circle on Tuesday night as the beloved Westville venue partnered with Best Video for the first night of its new monthly film series for New Haven movie fans.
Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto at the announcement of $25 million in "Move New Haven" Biden Bucks.
Connecticut’s transportation chief is stepping on the gas — to get public-transit paperwork in to Washington before a new presidential administration takes over.
Naranjo at ULA's City Hall protest: "We're full of fear.”
Paula Naranjo fought back tears as she spoke on the front steps of City Hall about what Donald Trump’s second presidential administration could mean for New Haven-area immigrants like herself.
Francine Advincula, with Eneida Arroyo: Music's great, camaraderie's better.
A menu of pollo asado, arroz con gandules, and tres leches for dessert was the centerpiece of a joyous afternoon of gratitude, service, and community love in Fair Haven.
