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Developer Jay Hakimian (center) at Tuesday's groundbreaking.
An $18 million infusion to a long-stalled downtown development means that 96 new apartments will finally soon rise at the site of the ex-Harold’s Bridal Shop — the latest step in a builder’s journey that began with a love for Louis Kahn’s architecture.
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Finance Chair Marchand: "There’s a fair amount of money that has not been spent.”
More than three years after a flood of federal pandemic-relief aid started to make its way towards New Haven, the Elicker administration has spent less than half of the $115 million received by the city — and now has two years to get the rest out the door, or potentially have to give some of that money back.
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Hubbard and Pittman at Career after polls closed.
(Updated) Angel Hubbard bested Miguel Pittman in Monday’s special election for Ward 3 alder — but by less than 20 votes, which means city election officials will have to recount the ballots by hand before the results are final.
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DeLauro with Lina Khan Monday at CitySeed.
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro brought a progressive star with MAGA cred to town Monday to help craft an election season message about high food prices: Blame corporate price-gougers.
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Scabby the Rat joins the picket line.
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Local 217 Sec-Treasurer Josh Stanley: "We couldn't be prouder of each other."
More than 120 Omni hotel workers have put down their picket signs and gone back to work — without a new contract, but with a message sent to management that they’re “willing to do whatever it takes to win.”
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2022 Hall of Famer Shirley Neighbors (right) pins 2024 inductee Charles Williams for a half century of service to New Haven's public schools.
A public schools superintendent, a Pulitzer Prize-winning financial journalist, and a high school leader in points, rebounds, and blocked shots all now have at least one thing in common: They’re all newly minted inductees to Lee-Career High’s Hall of Fame.
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Renderings for the future of the Church Street South site, including a "central green" pictured here, were revealed...
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...at a packed meeting on Thursday.
Townhomes shift into high-rises as the buildings transition from the Hill to Downtown, anchored by a “central green.” In the mix is a coffee kiosk, an outdoor theater, and a pedestrian promenade.
A team of architects and designers sketched out those ideas on Thursday for a future mixed-use, mixed-income development at the vacant site of the former Church Street South housing complex and the current Robert T. Wolfe public housing apartments.
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NHPS Supt. Negrón (right) to fired I.T. boss (left): "You took no steps whatsoever to ensure BOE was protected from cyberattacks."
(Updated) The Board of Education’s I.T. network was “among the worst” a cybersecurity contractor had ever seen — and New Haven Public Schools’ (NHPS) top tech safety official misrepresented the work she had done to protect the district from future cyberattacks following a $6 million hack.
Those sharp rebukes are included in a three-page termination letter sent by NHPS Supt. Madeline Negrón to Gildemar Herrera. The letter offers the first publicly available insight into why the district fired its I.T. director, who also serves as a municipal union president.
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Kent Mawhinney and Alexis Kang: Give pinot noir a chance.
Hundreds of new residents will soon be allowed to move into on-the-rise apartments at the ex-Coliseum property — but they won’t be allowed to walk downstairs to buy alcohol at a “high-end” liquor store on site.
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At Lawrence Street Plaza Thursday night.
In the city’s latest experiment in closing a road to vehicle traffic to better boost community, Lawrence Street Plaza shone on Thursday night — with music, pizza, bean bags, picnic tables, and car-free safety.
by | Sep 12, 2024 4:14 pm | Comments (38)
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LCI Director Liam Brennan (center), with deputies Mark Stroud and Frank D'Amore: Time to "streamline all these processes, so that they conform more to what we think public expectations are."
Landlord fines for housing code violations are on track to jump from $250 apiece to up to $2,000 a day — thanks to a state-enabled local law newly endorsed by an aldermanic committee.
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Ranisa Sweat teaching English class at Troup.
Troup seventh grader Lizmarie Hernandez eyed the word “consume” in her English workbook.
Instead of looking it up on her phone, she flipped to the book’s glossary to learn its definition — and then wrote that down by hand to help herself remember.
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Harvest Mart advertises its wares, with the help of a novelty-sized blunt.
Hassan Alsufyani wanted to open up a convenience store at the entrance to Westville Village.
But local zoning law prohibits such a use at that spot — so he now sells strictly tobacco, bongs, e‑cigarettes, and vaping products instead.
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Strike! At the Omni on Temple St.
Over 120 housekeepers, front desk agents, cooks, and other employees at the Omni Hotel went on strike early Thursday morning, amid an ongoing contract fight over better pay, healthcare, and pensions.
by | Sep 11, 2024 2:00 pm | Comments (21)
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Thomasine Shaw, next to BZA member Gemini Rorie: The proposed poultry market would have been too close to people, "endangering their health."
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied a proposed poultry market with on-site, on-demand chicken slaughtering on Tuesday night, following a stream of contentious public testimony that invoked concerns about Islamophobia, bird flu, and the wellbeing of the neighborhood.