Chief Jacobson: Street takeovers are "extremely dangerous."
CTSTREETS weighs in on recent "Inciting a Riot" arrest.
“We’ve got a trailer full of dirt bikes and ATVs that we want to get rid of,” Mayor Justin Elicker said, while flanked by the city’s police chief, the state attorney general, and the chair of the state legislature’s Judiciary Committee.
Please, he implored state lawmakers, let New Haven destroy these street-takeover vehicles, and not just auction them off.
1447 Chapel, home to a "cordial" rent-hike dispute.
A 75-year-old tenant’s monthly rent will increase by $100 — after the Fair Rent Commission chipped away at the landlord’s compromise proposal of $150, following an initial suggested hike of $350.
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Fernanda Franco engaging a new generation.
Jonathan Bower, Myra, Caleb, Louise Umutoni, and Estelle gather together for a quick moment before exploring what to draw next.
Aristocratic portraits lined the walls of the Yale Center for British Art on Day 2 of its grand reopening weekend Sunday, accompanied by the low din of museum-goers walking around, pointing out famous pieces. But the kiddos knew where the real action was at. They were on the fourth floor, sitting on the carpet being mesmerized by local literacy org New Haven Reads’ art-themed storytime.
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Wexler in-school suspension coordinator Doug Bethea: "A lot of people from this area can't go to Newhallville."
Keyana Calhoun fought back tears at the thought of her five elementary school-aged children being transferred from Wexler-Grant School in Dixwell to Lincoln-Bassett School in Newhallville.
She felt blindsided by the public school district’s decision to merge the two community schools. And as a Newhallville resident herself, she’s been working hard to keep her kids far away from what she considers to be her home neighborhood’s negative influences.
Kelly Marshall, at Ives on Friday: If the libraries were open on Sundays, "I would be here."
City Librarian Maria Bernhey: Access to library services has grown, even if all five remain closed on Sundays.
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Mayor Elicker: "We’re doing the best we can with the resources we have.”
Three years after Mayor Justin Elicker announced that the city’s public libraries would be open on Sundays, all five branches remain closed on that weekend day — with no plan in place to make that previously promised change a reality.
Alder Troy Streater at his day job, making his signature hazelnut coffee at the 180 Center's warming center.
After spending 23 years in prison, Newhallville Alder Troy Streater traveled to Hartford to make a case that his pardon is enough of a testament to his innocence to warrant a nearly $12 million award from the state.
City climate czar Winter: Get ready for curbside compost.
Seagulls swoop above the trash pile at the city transfer station.
CWPM operations manager Carl Oberg fires a "screamer" to disperse seagulls from the dump. He said he fires this loud-sound device up to 15 times a day. Why? Because seagulls pick up trash and drag it all over the place. Also, "they're known to poop."
The star of a press conference at the city dump Thursday afternoon was an unassuming green plastic bag that, in the not-too-distant future, New Haveners will fill with apple cores and banana peels and leave for curbside pickup on trash day.
Brewery Square: $24M renovation, 17-year tax break deal in the works.
A Fair Haven brewery-turned-apartment complex on the Quinnipiac River is on the brink of getting a new owner, a new tax break, and a new boost in affordable rentals.
Jorell Alford, Mell Savage, and other U-ACT organizers listen to Elicker's budget presentation.
Unhoused activists took their proposed “People’s Budget” directly to Mayor Justin Elicker Wednesday evening — bringing signs, printed copies of their proposal, tents, and calls for more money for homelessness services to the latest city budget town hall meeting.
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Rev. Edmonds and Ed Joyner started a book bank for Wexler students, back in the day.
The city’s school board voted to rename New Haven’s adult education center after the late local minister and civil rights leader Edwin R. Edmonds — as it considers whether or not to extend the program’s lease on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard for another five years.
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Heriberto Cotto's sister, Yarisbeth: "God sees everything."
Cotto, a car club enthusiast who was shot and killed during a Christmas Eve fight.
City police have secured a warrant for the arrest of a 32-year-old New Havener who allegedly killed a man in the Dwight neighborhood — before fleeing to Pennsylvania to attempt to kill someone else.
Supt. Madeline Negrón explains merger at Monday meeting.
A proposed new middle school on Wexler-Grant’s campus could open up next fall with around 30 students — before slowly growing over the years to eventually include high school students as well.
