Supt. Negrón: "This is a stressful time for many in our community."
If U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attempt to enter New Haven schools, the school district will require them to present a warrant — which will then be reviewed by a legal team and the superintendent’s office.
Then, the district will notify guardians if a warrant specifically mentions their child.
Supt. Madeline Negrón notified New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) parents of that immigration-related update in an email Tuesday afternoon.
Chief Jacobson (right), with Acting CAO Justin McCarthy and Mayor Elicker at Wednesday press conference.
(Updated) A 35-year-old man died and two West Haven police officers were injured following a shoot-out Wednesday morning in a Grand Avenue apartment complex.
Former U.S. translator Serweri at WNHH: Brother's family stranded.
They risked their lives to help the U.S. They followed all the rules to win permission to come to the U.S. to escape death threats. They had their airplane tickets ready. Mohammad Daad Serweri was ready to welcome them to New Haven and help them start new lives.
Then the Trump administration slammed shut the door. What happens next to the Afghan families — and to the U.S.‘s ability to convince people in other countries to risk their lives to help us in the future — is suddenly in question.
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DeLauro: "This is nothing less than highway robbery."
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Mayor Elicker (right), with Acting CAO McCarthy Wednesday, after the Trump administration rescinded the funding-freeze memo: "What a waste of time and energy."
(Updated) Elected officials and grassroots nonprofit leaders scrambled to figure out how to keep government and social services running at home amid a frenzied nationwide battle over a Trump administration plan to freeze federal spending.
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Daniel Juárez: En route to ed board?
When Board of Education nominee Daniel Juárez’s oldest child was approaching high school — with a daunting local school lottery process on the horizon — Juárez and his wife had a question for their two kids enrolled in New Haven Public Schools.
“We said, ‘What would you guys think about moving to the suburbs?’” Juárez recalled on Monday evening.
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“His mother signed him up for the show!”
The Albertus Magnus College men’s basketball team, school president, basketball coach, and nearly 150 others gathered Monday night, clutching roses and blown up pictures of their favorite alum — now the star of the 29th season of a reality TV dating show.
Suddenly, there he was, on the Zoom screen and on their TVs: The Bachelor himself!
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200 execs at 100 College, for "legislative breakfast."
Bracing for a federal funding drought and higher state costs for Medicare and Medicaid, Gov. Ned Lamont urged pharma executives to work with Hartford on cutting the cost of prescription drugs Monday morning at a gathering held by the life sciences lobbying group BioCT.
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D'Agostino, Wilson, and Zamir: Going up.
Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated New Haven’s Judge Robin Wilson to rise the ranks to the state Appellate Court — while also picking a New Haven legal aid lawyer and a former Hamden state representative to join the judicial bench.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant, perhaps the jazz vocalist of the last decade, performed in New Haven Saturday in what she described as an evening of “pure fantasy.”
New Haven’s flagship refugee resettlement agency is hustling to raise millions of emergency dollars after the Trump administration suddenly canceled a contract to help up to 800 families start new lives here.
Erycka (with Alyssa-Marie, both of the Children of Marsha P. Johnson): "Our fear and anger deserves a healthy place to be felt."
Queer rights advocates and city officials gathered at the New Haven Pride Center Friday to send a resounding message: that no presidential executive order can erase the reality of transgender people — or dim New Haveners’ commitment to protecting queer rights and safety.
The latest design for 450-ish apartments planned for State St.
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Newman Architects' Paul Santos: Looking for mix of traditional and modern.
(Updated) A development team’s plan to build nearly 450 apartments atop a publicly owned parking lot on State Street inched forward — with a second community meeting, a refined design and an estimated price tag of $125 million.
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Hillhouse students at work writing invisible ink messages ...
... after their teacher, Kate Goodwin, applies heat to reveal invisible messages in class about the American Revolution.
A Hillhouse student’s eyes widened as he applied grape juice and heat to what appeared to be a blank piece of paper — but instead held a secret message in invisible ink, written as part of a course designed to teach multilingual learners like himself U.S. history and English at the same time.
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CTTU Vice President Luke Melonakos-Harrison at the mic, fighting for "for housing stability, for dignity and respect."
(Hartford) New Haven’s tenants union leaders are back at the state Capitol for the second straight year to push for limits on landlords’ ability to evict tenants — and they’re hoping this session goes better than the last.
