by | Jul 15, 2022 2:27 pm | Comments (13)
Current facade of 82-90 Wall St.
Planned new facade.
It’s official: No more slices will be ready from the oven at the old Naples Pizza on Wall Street.
by | Jul 14, 2022 10:38 am | Comments (3)
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Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Brack Poitier and Town Planner Eugene Livshits: Banking on planned development districts (PDDs).
Hamden storefronts, offices and housing may look a little funkier and taxpayer bills a little lower down the road — if a newly passed policy that eases municipal zoning restrictions pans out as planned.
by | Jul 14, 2022 9:15 am | Comments (0)
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Panelists at Wednesday's event.
The new and the old came together Wednesday night to reflect on how healthcare is changing in New Haven.
by | Jul 12, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (3)
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Mayor Elicker and May Lin cut ribbon at Zakka.
Now that she has cornered the bubble tea market on Whitney Avenue, business owner May Lin has moved on to the skincare-to-footwear variety market on Chapel.
Continue reading ‘From Bubble Tea To Squishmallows: Entrepreneur Opens Asian-Themed Gift Shop’
by | Jul 11, 2022 12:25 pm | Comments (5)
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Julie Smith: "Fingers crossed" on open-air concerts resuming.
A new executive has taken over at Best Video — just in time to work with her former colleagues in Hamden city government to enable one of the town’s cultural gems to resume popular outdoor concerts.
Continue reading ‘New Best Video Chief Saving Outdoor Music’
by | Jul 8, 2022 9:14 am | Comments (6)
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After a countdown from three, Kevin Mackenzie took a bottle of champagne — and smashed it against the side of The Cannon, the new combination sports pub-plant-based eatery on Dwight Street.
“We thought,” Mackenzie said, “this was a little more our style.”
Continue reading ‘The Cannon Smashes Open, Dispenses With The Ribbon’
by | Jul 7, 2022 2:30 pm | Comments (1)
Fashion designer Monica Lee at Wednesday evening's graduation.
New Haven’s nine newest homegrown entrepreneurs are hitting the market with ideas ranging from a “smart potty” to tools to help other entrepreneurs hit the market as well.
Continue reading ‘From Smart Loos To Cold Brews, Collab Grads Ready For Market’
by | Jul 4, 2022 9:23 am | Comments (5)
Tisha Hudson mixing her cream cheese frosting.
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Behold the Edible Couture strawberry shortcake cheesecake cupcake.
The strawberry crumble festive with summer. The frolicking dollop of cream cheese frosting. The luscious strawberry slice on top. It’s positively gleeful.
Continue reading ‘Today's Special: Tisha Hudson's Strawberry Shortcake Cheesecake Cupcake’
by | Jun 30, 2022 1:01 pm | Comments (9)
City rendering of a new vision for Long Wharf.
City Plan Commissioners unanimously advanced a proposed one-year building moratorium on Long Wharf, as one developer accelerated a truck maintenance facility application before the deadline.
by | Jun 30, 2022 9:32 am | Comments (9)
From newly approved report: Town just over 1 percent shy of state target.
Hamden is aiming to make at least 10 percent of its housing stock affordable by moving seniors and millennials alike into smaller apartments, with the help of zoning changes and tax incentives.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Sets Plan To Boost Affordable Housing’
by | Jun 29, 2022 11:03 am | Comments (3)
Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz and SBA District Director Catherine Marx.
Chabaso Bakery offered Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Connecticut Director Catherine Marx a taste of their manufacturing processes, their pandemic recovery effort, and, of course, some fresh bread, during a tour of the business’s James Street headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.
Continue reading ‘Chabaso Tour Reveals Recipe For Biz Success’
by | Jun 29, 2022 9:29 am | Comments (1)
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Fresh mozzarella naan with Italian seasoning.
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Mahesh Pirthiani, the new owner of Zaroka.
After 21 years of running his own 7/11 franchise, Mahesh Pirthiani was in need of a new project. Luckily, his favorite restaurant was looking for a new owner.
by | Jun 28, 2022 4:27 pm | Comments (2)
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Lamont mixes with seniors at the Whitney Center during Chamber gathering.
At Hamden Regional Chamber of Commerce’s first in-person annual breakfast meeting since the beginning of the pandemic, Gov. Ned Lamont touted his administration’s record on the pandemic as well as the net gain in population within the state, a reversal from the 2010s when more people were leaving the state.
Lamont also heard some sharp words on increased state funding for private universities from Quinnipiac University Provost Debra J. Liebowitz.
Continue reading ‘At Biz Gathering, Lamont Pressed On Higher Ed, Child Care’
by | Jun 23, 2022 11:01 am | Comments (4)
Kismet Douglass debuts her signature mac and cheese at Wednesday's Q House farmers market
Dixwell got its first taste of farmer market produce Wednesday — and Kismet Douglass’s bacon and roasted chicken-topped mac and cheese.
Continue reading ‘Q House Farmers Market Launches, With New Mac & Cheese Twist’
by | Jun 20, 2022 1:42 pm | Comments (9)
Mayor Justin Elicker samples a chocolate espresso cocktail cupcake Monday at the Q House incubator kitchen (above), where baker Maxine Harris (below) displays a stand mixer she received from City Seed.
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It wasn’t too early in the morning to sample an artisanal beer-infused cupcake — or announce an infusion of federal dollars into a recipe for strengthening both public health and entrepreneurship in the Dixwell neighborhood.
Continue reading ‘$194K Seed Planted In Dixwell Food Desert’
by | Jun 20, 2022 8:49 am | Comments (1)
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Hamden Food Truck Fest kicks off summer.
Seven thousand people gathered at Hamden Town Center Park for the annual Hamden Food Truck Festival, with 24 food trucks and tents set up to feed them.
Continue reading ‘From Oxtail To Vegan Crab Cakes, Hamden Food Truck Fest Caters to All’
by | Jun 14, 2022 4:05 pm | Comments (10)
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Cody Roach at Grand & Atwater Deli: Back in neighborhood, giving back.
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Amelia with her dad.
When he was living at a halfway house after a stint in prison, Cody Roach called his 9‑year-old daughter and asked what he should do with the rest of his life.
Her suggestion: Buy my grandmother’s deli. Ten years later, Roach is still running Grand & Atwater Deli, which bursts with colorful snacks and inspirational quotes on display in the Fair Haven neighborhood where he grew up.
by | Jun 10, 2022 10:34 am | Comments (3)
Arvinas summer interns at Thursday's event.
Samantha Tice is getting a chance this summer she’d been waiting for — to break into New Haven’s booming bioscience industry.
“I’ve always had a natural interest in science and I wanted to do something impactful,” Samantha Tice, a Masters student at the University of New Haven said. Now, an internship doing oncology research and testing drug interactions at Arvinas is providing her with the perfect opportunity to break into the bioscience industry.
Continue reading ‘170 Student Interns Kick Off Bioscience Summer’
by | Jun 9, 2022 1:36 pm | Comments (3)
Zero-emission on-site roasting: inside Poppy's Coffee + Kitchen.
After sampling three “amazing” drinks, Lily Kitfield-Vernon knew she had found that “new local spot” within walking distance she’d been waiting for.
by | Jun 8, 2022 5:11 pm | Comments (22)
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Hasmukh “Harry” Patel outside his shuttered store: Not giving up.
The state has shut down a problem liquor store on Whalley Avenue, but its owner has hopes of reopening — and winning over his neighbors.
by | Jun 8, 2022 3:21 pm | Comments (15)
Up next at Long Wharf Theatre (clockwise from top left)?: Model smoking INSA pre-rolled joint; theater's sign on Sargent Dr.; INSA cannabis chocolates; theater's current home in the Food Terminal.
Could the Long Wharf stage that hosted performances by Sam Waterston and Anna Deavere Smith become a spot to purchase “Mellow Bar” cannabis chocolates and “Infused Rocket” pre-rolled joints?
That possible future won a vote of support from an aldermanic committee that greenlit the legal sale of marijuana on Long Wharf — including on an industrial stretch of Sargent Drive where a Massachusetts-based cannabis dispensary hopes to move in to the longtime, soon-to-be-former home of Long Wharf Theatre.
by | Jun 8, 2022 1:36 pm | Comments (1)
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Builder Michael Frisbie Tuesday at Hamden P&Z.
A proposed mixed-use development including apartments, a convenience store, and a gas/EV charging station on Whitney Avenue gained final approval with conditions Tuesday night at a meeting of the Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission.
by | Jun 8, 2022 10:15 am | Comments (1)
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Officials cut ribbon Tuesday at Mindless Clothing.
Examples from MTC's line.
Homegrown entrepreneur LaDrea Moss is putting her stamp on New Haven’s clothing — and on a neighborhood that also benefits from a fresh look.
Continue reading ‘Streetwear Star Has Designs On Cedar Hill’
by | Jun 7, 2022 9:16 am | Comments (14)
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City Plan Director Brown: One year needed to rezone Long Wharf.
The City Plan Department has proposed putting a one-year pause on new developments on Long Wharf — in a bid to attract more shops and apartments, and fewer gas stations and truck repair facilities, to the city’s industrial waterfront.
by | Jun 3, 2022 2:49 pm | Comments (14)
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Kebra Smith-Bolden: Pursuing state's equity promise.
With the help of a $3 million investment, a leading medical cannabis entrepreneur in New Haven has plans to expand into recreational cannabis now that Connecticut has legalized it.