DeGale Field To Get A Makeover
by | Sep 20, 2018 2:07 pm | Comments (2)
DeGale Field, better known in the city as Goffe Street Park, is headed for a makeover thanks to about $217,597 in grant money that is expected to come from the state.
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New Haven Shrugs For Ned, Feels Eva
by | Aug 14, 2018 9:08 pm | Comments (6)
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Peter Blasini agrees to vote for Lamont after Jess Corbett’s pitch.
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Eva Bermudez Zimmerman hugs a supporter outside the polls.
Ned Lamont won the vote Tuesday — but he didn’t win New Haven’s hearts.
That could be a problem come November.
Shhh!! New Firing Range Opens
by | Jul 20, 2018 2:59 pm | Comments (6)
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Targets lined up inside the range …
… as the ribbon is cut outside.
Francine Caplan wasn’t sure she’d live to see the day where she didn’t hear a hail of gunfire just blocks away from her home. She and her neighbors had been pushing for what seemed like forever — actually more than two decades — for the city to move the outdoor police firing range in Beaver Hills.
A Call to End Gang Violence
by | Jul 5, 2018 8:04 am | Comments (5)
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“Enough is enough! Stop the violence!”
A Banner Day For Goffe Street Park
by | Jun 18, 2018 7:56 am | Comments (0)
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Jill Marks and Mary Brown at the banner event.
Mary Brown has lived across the street from Goffe Street Park for 60 years. She has watched the plot of land, currently including a baseball field, basketball court and playground, morph into “not being kept up like when I was a kid.
Yes They Did!
by | Jun 14, 2018 6:51 pm | Comments (9)
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Pols and school officials kickoff the construction of the future Barack H. Obama University Magnet School.
Kindergartener Luis Castillo addresses the crowd while Principal Susan DeNicola holds the mic.
With a shout of “Yes we can!” and the toss of some dirt, politicians and city officials launched the building of what will be the Barack H. Obama Magnet University School on the Southern Connecticut State University campus.
Police Firing Range Nears Completion
by | Mar 27, 2018 1:02 pm | Comments (3)
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The range as of Jan. 22.
The new indoor police firing range is in the home stretch of completion.
Strong Might Become Obama School
by | Mar 8, 2018 1:47 pm | Comments (23)
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Rendering of future Strong — er, Obama? — School.
When the Strong 21st Century Communications Magnet School opens its new home on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University, it might have a new name — that of the 44th president on the United States.
Roundabout Eyed For Crescent “Highway”
by | Dec 21, 2017 8:50 am | Comments (6)
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Team Zinn-Hausladen presents plan to neighbors.
For years, residents of Beaver Hills have been complaining about speeds at Crescent and Munson Streets. Now officials have put together a plan for a traffic-calming roundabout — if the city can find the money to pay for it.
“Wonderland” Wows
by | Dec 18, 2017 1:24 pm | Comments (1)
Sochi Estrada, Leticia Estrada, Itzel Estrada.
Hillhouse High’s Floyd Little Athletic Center turned into a “Winter Wonderland” Sunday, hosting a city-organized holiday-season celebration complete with bounce houses for the kids, a dj to keep the crowd upbeat and in good spirits, and entertainment that ranged from singing, rapping, and dancing.
Beaver Hills Joins The Neighborhoods Tree-Lighting Roster
by | Dec 11, 2017 2:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Ice the Beef performs at Sunday’s tree-lighting.
The Beaver Hills community had some early Christmas cheer to spread Sunday as the Friends of Goffe Street Park celebrated its first tree lighting on DeGale Field. Members of the community came together to sing, dance, and be merry.
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WEB Welcomes “Woman Power”
by | Oct 18, 2017 12:29 pm | Comments (1)
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Horton and Tuozzoli Tuesday night.
Whalley, Edgewood and Beaver Hills neighbors have a new top cop, who promised to address neighborhood crime with increased cross-district communication and policing.
New WEB Top Cop Gets An Earful
by | Sep 20, 2017 1:55 pm | Comments (12)
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WEB Chair Nadine Horton questions District Manager Steve Torquati.
Beaver Hill neighbors pressed their new top cop for quicker action on a recent spate of gun shots — while the top cop pleaded for patience as he gets to know a new neighborhood.
Sounds Like Liberation
by | Sep 7, 2017 3:51 pm | Comments (0)
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Unique Jones interviews Catherine Moore, whose senior group is at Bethel AME.
In a white-walled room at the New Haven Correctional Center (NHCC), Daniel Watts was preparing a month early for his first City-Wide Open Studios. In one hand, he held a small microphone to his mouth, checking his p’s to make sure that they weren’t popping too hard. Seated inches away, artist Maria Gaspar clutched a recorder.
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by | Sep 4, 2017 8:20 am | Comments (1)
Q House, Delayed, Set For Spring Groundbreaking
by | Aug 9, 2017 8:19 am | Comments (4)
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Bill MacMullen overseeing the demo of the old Q House in January.
The Q House is still on track for construction to begin next spring despite some fits and starts, including a detour through Probate Court and a subterranean discovery.
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Secret Garden Blooms In Beaver Hills
by | Jul 26, 2017 2:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Bee balm flowers in the oasis.
In Beaver Pond Park, behind the practice fields for the Hillhouse High football team, something beautiful is growing.
Call Him “Young Mr. Starpower”
by | Jul 25, 2017 1:34 pm | Comments (2)
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Quinton with his mother, Krystal Bethea, and his colossal trophy after winning the Young Mr. Starpower award.
Quinton White Jr. of New Haven has not graduated elementary school yet. But he has won two national dancing championships, and he has no intention of stopping now.
Chubb Rock Brings “Old School” Vibes To Goffe Street
by | Jul 20, 2017 7:50 am | Comments (3)
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Chubb Rock, a rapper popular for the 1991 smash hit “Treat ‘Em Right,” gave New Haven a soulful performance Wednesday evening in Goffe Street Park to launch this summer’s Cool Breeze in the Park Series.
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Beaver Hills Trio Runs As A Team
by | Jul 17, 2017 7:52 am | Comments (7)
When people in Beaver Hills look for calmer streets or a cleaner park, they have a team of alders speaking up for them downtown.
Maybe By 2018?
by | Jun 27, 2017 8:08 am | Comments (8)
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Goldson: We’ve been deliberate and transparent.
Eighteen people have applied to be New Haven’s next schools superintendent, in a process that began in 2016 and may now drag out until the end of 2017.
New “Friends” Give Goffe Park A Shine
by | Jun 19, 2017 2:29 pm | Comments (4)
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The stage at Goffe Street Park.
Parks can be places where people make new friends. On Saturday, it was a park itself that made new friends as community leaders, officials, and city wide residents gathered to inaugurate and celebrate the launch of Friends of Goffe Street Park, the newest among 15 park advocacy and stewardship groups across the city.
Old Armory Sprouts A Community Garden
by | Jun 15, 2017 12:08 pm | Comments (2)
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Land Trust intern Shelby Mauchline; and neighbors Chris and Olivia Peralta bring soil to fill planters Wednesday at the new garden.
Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and eggplant will soon spring from planters at a garden outside the Goffe Street Armory, a sign of new life at a largely abandoned neighborhood anchor.
Long-Term Graduates Get Their Day
by | Jun 9, 2017 12:28 pm | Comments (0)
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Jeanette Morales at Adult Basic Ed graduation.
Jeanette Morales never thought she’d get to have a high school graduation. Until a late lesson on Galileo Galilei encouraged her to keep going, and become an educator herself.
Thursday night Morales was one of 99 students to receive her high school diploma through the New Haven Adult and Continuing Education Center, which celebrated its graduates in a degree ceremony at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU).
Dog Bites Alder; Will Alders Bite Back?
by | Apr 19, 2017 4:21 pm | Comments (14)
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Brenda Foskey-Cyrus: alder and two-time dog bite survivor.
Newhallville Alder Brenda Foskey Cyrus had surgery on a Thursday, returned home on a Friday and was bitten by a dog on Saturday.