by | Sep 13, 2019 7:40 am | Comments (8)
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After 12 years of asking and waiting, Beaver Hills is about to get a roundabout (or rotary) at the speedway where cars whip around Crescent Street and cross Munson at Winthrop.
Continue reading ‘Roundabout Prepped To Calm Beaver Hills Speedway’
by | Sep 10, 2019 6:16 pm | Comments (8)
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Corbett and Marks (center and right) pitch Wendy Clayton.
As canvassers headed toward the home stretch of Tuesday’s Democratic primary, a labor door-knocking duo converted at least one skeptical Beaver Hills resident to vote for Mayor Toni Harp through a pitch that focused on jobs, public safety, and Goffe Street Park.
Continue reading ‘How Union Canvassers Tried To Rally The Base’
by | Sep 10, 2019 2:52 pm | Comments (0)
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A west side ward that went heavily for Toni Harp the last time she faced Justin Elicker in a mayoral election appeared to be tightening, at least in the first six hours of voting.
by | Aug 16, 2019 7:43 am | Comments (2)
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Avery Wilson offers the field house crowd an ocular buffet.
PnB Rock.
Hundreds came out to Hillhouse’s Floyd Little Athletic Center Thursday night to enjoy a free concert hosted by the New Haven Youth Services Department, featuring R&B singers Sammie, the homegrown Avery Wilson and Hip Hop star PnB Rock.
by | Aug 12, 2019 1:53 pm | Comments (3)
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206 Wallace St.
Mandy Management purchased a Mill River warehouse to store boilers, washing machines, refrigerators, and other household appliances needed for its local property management empire.
Meanwhile, four homes sold on Livingston Street home, totaling almost $3.7 million, in the city’s latest property transactions.
by | Aug 5, 2019 4:43 pm | Comments (0)
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66 William St.
The large New Haven real-estate empire Pike International sold two Wooster Square houses containing nine different apartments for $890,000, in the city’s latest property transactions.
by | Jul 30, 2019 4:17 pm | Comments (0)
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Mayor Toni Harp promoting the CB3B basketball tournament.
The city has officially rescheduled the CB3B concert for Aug. 15 at Floyd Little Athletic Center at Hillhouse High.
by | Jul 27, 2019 9:58 pm | Comments (0)
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Jill Marks.
Jill Marks said she wants to keep bringing park improvements, speed bumps, jobs, and a spirit of unity to Ward 28 — and asked voters to help her do that by electing her to a third two-year term on the Board of Alders.
by | Jul 17, 2019 12:47 pm | Comments (6)
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The candidate with Beaver Pond preservationist Nan Bartow.
Mayoral hopeful Seth Poole got his start in politics chairing the WEB (Whalley, Edgewood, Beaver Hill) community management team. He and his neighbors fought successfully to relocate the police firing range from Sherman Parkway — close to his beloved grandmother’s house — to its new location, well out of residential earshot.
by | Jul 16, 2019 2:08 pm | Comments (24)
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Rev. Kimber and Mayor Harp join hands in campaign prayer.
The Rev. Boise Kimber led two dozen black and Hispanic pastors Tuesday in endorsing Mayor Toni Harp’s reelection — and committed to knocking on doors, handing out flyers, raising money, and running social media promotions on her behalf.
by | Jul 7, 2019 5:42 pm | Comments (11)
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There was dancing in the streets of Beaver Hills as New Haven’s growing Hasidic community celebrated the completion of a new Torah scroll.
by | Jun 20, 2019 4:20 pm | Comments (2)
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Marty Wright had company when he made his thrice-weekly stop Thursday at Island Spice Caribbean on Winthrop Avenue off Whaley: the mayor and an entourage showed up to officially celebrate the restaurant’s city-aided expansion
by | May 7, 2019 5:29 pm | Comments (7)
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Lumpkin on Dyer Street with dropout prevention specialist James Newton …
… and on Blake Street with specialist Michael Fox.
Gemma Joseph Lumpkin, Michael Fox and James Newton knocked on a door a Blake Street apartment building. A woman inside answered. No children could be heard at play.
That was a good sign. It could mean that the children who live there were in fact at school on Tuesday.
by | Mar 15, 2019 12:11 pm | Comments (4)
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Install good lighting inside and around your store.
Have a high-quality camera security system.
And clear out all of the clutter from storefront windows so you can see out and the police can see in.
Top cops brought suggestions like those to Whalley Avenue business owners looking to thwart burglars and robbers.
Continue reading ‘Whalley Biz Owners Schooled In Target Hardening 101’
by | Feb 7, 2019 1:17 pm | Comments (1)
Edgewood, Martinez, ESUMS, Nathan Hale: Parents invited in.
Moms and dads, alders, social-service providers and neighborhood fixtures will be walking through eight schools over the coming months, giving school principals and teachers a lesson on how to make them feel welcome.
Continue reading ‘Want A Tour? Schools Seek Parent Feedback’
by | Feb 4, 2019 8:37 am | Comments (4)
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Brendan Towers off Whalley near Boulevard.
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Justin Goldberg: “We made a positive impact.”
A Fairfield County developer sold a 60-unit Whalley Avenue apartment complex for $2.2 million more than he paid for it before fixing it up, in one of the latest land transactions in town.
by | Jan 29, 2019 4:12 pm | Comments (1)
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Firefighters packing up after extinguishing the fire.
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The Red Cross was headed to Norton Street Tuesday afternoon to find temporary lodgings for a family left in the cold after a fire.
by | Jan 18, 2019 1:17 pm | Comments (0)
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A Sharper Edge barber at work in the restored shop.
Two years after a fire destroyed their shop, the barbers and braiders of Sharper Edge are back on their block.
by | Jan 11, 2019 8:48 am | Comments (0)
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342 Ellsworth Ave.
Mendel Deitsch (right) and Shimon Deitsch.
A growing ultra-Orthodox congregation will add a daycare center to a two-block educational campus in Beaver Hills.
Continue reading ‘Growing Chasidic Community Adding Daycare To School Campus’
by | Jan 10, 2019 5:37 pm | Comments (3)
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A crew from the New Haven Sign Co. attaches Ben’s IMatter banner to Goffe Street. Armory.
The crowd gathered in front of the Goffe Street Armory Thursday.
Benjamin Brown is the newest face of the IMatter multimedia youth empowerment project and the first face to grace a structure outside of downtown.
by | Dec 10, 2018 8:32 am | Comments (0)
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Pastor Donald Morris was grinning Sunday as he stood in front of a tree he planted 15 years ago that has become a symbol of community in Goffe Street Park. Beside him stood Lt. Manmeet Colon, the neighborhood’s top cop, and its alder, Jill Marks, who organized a lighting of that tree as part of a neighborhood holiday celebration.
by | Nov 15, 2018 2:54 pm | Comments (0)
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Syreeta Nicholson and her 3-year-old son, Marque.
Syreeta Nicholson’s second-youngest son Marque already had an elevated blood lead level two years ago when his family first moved into the single-family home at 489 Sherman Pkwy.
Marque’s blood lead level quintupled after just five months of living at the property.
It turns out at least 100 renters like Nicholson have moved into federally subsidized apartments without promised lead paint inspections.
by | Oct 31, 2018 12:56 pm | Comments (6)
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722 Orchard St.
A faith-based nonprofit developer sold a rehabbed Orchard Street home to a low-income buyer, marking its fifth gut rehab and affordable housing conversion completed on a single block between Charles Street and Henry Street.
Continue reading ‘Latest Deals: Beulah’s 5th Rehab On Block’
by | Oct 3, 2018 1:40 pm | Comments (1)
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West Hills graffitied wall before and after.
The following was submitted by LCI Neighborhood Specialist Jillian Driscoll
Every fall, incoming freshman are expected to participate in a Day of Service at Southern Connecticut State University and this year about 200 fanned out over the city to make an impact.
by | Sep 24, 2018 12:02 pm | Comments (14)
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City Engineer Zinn, left, with Deputy Director of Transportation, Traffic & Parking Mike Pinto.
After years of waiting for a roundabout at the intersection of Crescent and Munson Streets, neighbors got a date: July 1, 2019.
That’s when the city plans to start the work that neighbors hope will finally slow down speeders.