by | Dec 14, 2011 8:45 am | Comments (27)
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Yale Homebuyer Program milestoners Errechin and Bienstock.
Eder Errechin and Robert Bienstock knew they’d found the dream house that would keep them in the city. They didn’t know they’d also crossed a threshold for one of New Haven’s most successful neighborhood-strengthening efforts.
by | Dec 3, 2011 8:43 pm | Comments (15)
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Claudette Robinson-Thorpe stepped out her front door on Norton Street and found a young man waiting with a present — a small revolver wrapped in a white paper towel. It would become one of 60 turned into police on “buy-back” Saturday.
by | Nov 18, 2011 2:41 pm | Comments (1)
A knock came at the door, followed by a shout: “Police!”
It wasn’t the cops.
by | Sep 11, 2011 11:13 am | Comments (10)
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Challenger Wingate.
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Aldermanic President Goldfield.
As he sought seniors’ votes, Brian Wingate came face to face with the type of problem he’ll confront if he unseats New Haven’s top legislator and becomes Beaver Hill’s alderman: dog poop in the park.
by | Jul 22, 2011 12:36 pm | Comments (25)
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Kerekes pitches Ward 28.
When Democrats gathered in two neighborhoods with high voter turnout, they chose not to stand behind the man who’s been their mayor for 18 years.
by | Jul 21, 2011 8:04 am | Comments (65)
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East Rock aldermanic candidates Jessica Holmes and Matt Smith.
One neighborhood saw two homicides in the last month. The other saw two assaults. So when neighbors gathered to vet political candidates Wednesday night, a common question emerged: What will you do about the violence?
by | Jul 6, 2011 3:19 pm | Comments (77)
(Update) As critics of police misconduct planed to rally Wednesday night, Police Chief Frank Limon had two reactions to the release of a video that appears to show cops punching and kicking a man at the tail end of a chase and scuffle. He promised an internal affairs investigation. And he released copies of the full incident report and the suspect’s criminal history.
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‘Post-Video, Cops Release
Report & Criminal History’
by | Jun 30, 2011 2:18 pm | Comments (0)
Police are closing in on people they believe committed last weekend’s two murders in the Beaver Hills neighborhood.
by | Jun 26, 2011 12:13 pm | Comments (21)
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For the second time in two days, a young man has been shot dead in the Beaver Hills neighborhood.
by | Jun 24, 2011 3:40 pm | Comments (11)
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Shots rang out on Diamond Street early Friday morning, ending the life of 31-year-old Donell Allick, a former rising basketball star from New Haven.
by | Jun 24, 2011 1:09 pm | Comments (12)
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Stan Kontogiannis.
The latest idea to emerge from the campaign trail: Require New Haven restaurants to post signs in their windows with letter grades based on their health code inspections.
by | Jun 24, 2011 7:51 am | Comments (7)
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Greer points out a fallen stone.
The gravestones on Jewell Street go back to 1856, but for years some of them have been neglected. Tombstones have toppled and groundhogs have moved in. With a new database of cemetery plots, Eli Greer is poised to perform an “act of true kindness” for those buried there.
by | Jun 10, 2011 7:35 am | Comments (3)
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Cosby with third-grader Evan Scott Alexander.
Sitting on the floor in Crocs and a baseball cap, Bill Cosby offered a gym full of laughing kids a math lesson on the difference between a “skazillion” and a “manillion.” His efforts just might help them get an education at Southern Connecticut State University.
by | Jun 8, 2011 11:02 am | Comments (15)
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Beaver Hills. West Hills. The Village. Beverly Hills. Amity.
To Angela Russell, those neighborhoods are all part of “Westville” — in spirit, but not enough in reality.
by | May 25, 2011 2:00 pm | Comments (23)
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Denouncing a “lack of leadership,” a custodian-turned-union official announced he’s running against city government’s number-two top elected official.
by | May 23, 2011 11:22 am | Comments (16)
Alderwoman Robinson-Thorpe (left) and Denise Herbert.
As Alderwoman Claudette Robinson-Thorpe knocked on doors to announce that she’s running for reelection in Beaver Hills, she navigated a dividing line measured in sidewalks.
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by | May 19, 2011 7:28 am | Comments (4)
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Kendall Murphy & John Prokop.
Longtime New Haven homeowner Kendall Murphy had a problem with a tree. He saw city parks director Bob Levine.
He also had a problem with the sidewalk in front of his Ella Grasso Boulevard home. So he sat right down for a face-to-face with public works director John Prokop
It was the Mayor’s Night Out, and on a squalling Wednesday evening at Hillhouse High there were far more department directors to chat up than residents.
That meant that Murphy got to bring his gripes directly to as many top city officials as he wanted, right in his backyard.
by | May 9, 2011 3:14 pm | Comments (0)
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Ola Smith fills in investigator Todd Kornacki at the scene of Monday morning’s Ellsworth Avenue fire.
Ola Smith thought she could put out a small fire in her bedroom with a wet blanket. In less than a minute, flames burst out and “the heat pushed me back” and out the front door.
by | Apr 21, 2011 2:53 pm | Comments (3)
Robert Caplan and Peaches Quinn.
As the city moved forward to relocate its police academy to West Rock, Beaver Hills neighbors asked the question: How soon can you move the firing range out of earshot?
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‘Beaver Hills To City:
Thanks For Base Deal ...’
by | Apr 8, 2011 11:48 am | Comments (17)
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Riverkeepers Peter Davis & David Burgess.
“Ninety-one gross diapers,” Riverkeeper Peter Davis announced. Add to that four rugs, 27 tires, umpteen bags of household garbage, several mattresses, and a nice beige corner chair that someone had rolled down the hill to the margin of Beaver Creek.
by | Mar 29, 2011 4:31 pm | Comments (6)
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Hillhouse High School was on lockdown for 15 minutes Tuesday afternoon after gunshots were fired a block away outside the A&A Market.
by | Feb 24, 2011 3:38 pm | Comments (3)
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Two city appraisers took a break from inspecting houses Thursday morning on the Ella Grasso Boulevard to grab a cup of coffee. When the came back, they found police detectives inspecting those same houses for bullet holes.
by | Feb 8, 2011 5:15 pm | Comments (5)
One landlord, on Whalley, finally emptied that Dumpster and removed the bulk trash in the parking lot. After an inspector showed up, a homeowner on Bellevue Road finally shoveled the sidewalk. Meanwhile, a neighbor is keeping an eye on a Colony Road address to make sure a commercial truck doesn’t reappear in the driveway.
by | Jan 31, 2011 8:59 am | Comments (2)
Oh wait — the tow truck itself needs a tow …
by | Jan 4, 2011 4:50 pm | Comments (15)
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Sgt. Joyner with the weed-purged crate.
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Moments after a 37-year-old on Norton Street signed for the delivery of a crate filled with pounds of marijuana, Sgt. Max Joyner and state police clapped him in handcuffs.
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