How much would buying an ice cold Corona on-scene contribute to the experience?
This year’s attendees of Hamden Fest may get to find out for themselves, thanks to a proposed amendment put forward by Hamden’s mayor to allow for the sale and distribution of alcohol at town celebrations on a case-by-case review basis.
Sewell-Poole, at center, with officials at "More Amour" ribbon-cutting.
Kimberly Sewell-Poole watched stylishly dressed pedestrians pass by her new storefront window — and thought back to SoHo. Her new building’s exposed-brick interior recalled boutiques she loved while growing up in Baltimore.
Cannabis zoning map proposal; legal sales districts shaded in purple.
Should the city allow for the legal sale of cannabis on Long Wharf? Or is recreational pot not a good part of the plan for that to-be-developed waterfront district?
Local legislators grappled with those questions — among many others — as they worked through a first draft of the city’s proposed zoning regulations for where marijuana sales may and may not take place in town.
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Apr 1, 2022 4:44 pm
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Jennifer Lopez sports a mask of her own design.
For more than 20 years, while she worked day jobs in nursing and security, Jennifer Lopez held onto her love of fashion.
“Something always told me to follow it,” she said.
Lopez, a New Haven-based single parent with four kids, is now starting an accessories line and fashion education business. She said she was rejected from the first few loans for which she applied. Then, last October, she obtained a microloan from Grameen America. With the $2,000, she purchased supplies and registered her business under the name Jenna Line Customs LLC.
Cannabis could be sold within the purple areas of this map.
Planners passed forward a map of suggested places to allow cannabis sales in town — while recommending that alders mellow out rather than rush to finalize rules, and that they redo the math calculating distances from dispensaries to public schools.
The City Plan Commission offered those recommendations after an hours-long debate Wednesday night.
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Mar 30, 2022 1:06 pm
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As the sun set, the playlist of mid-2000s slow emotional pop inside B Natural Kitchen made the experience of eating a “Warm Market Bowl” by the College Street window feel like a moment straight out of a rom-com — while the bowl itself offered respite from the chilly wind outside.
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Mar 29, 2022 4:58 pm
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Pina Dattilo plans her exit -- from budget hearing, maybe from town.
Another $700 tax hike? So long, Hamden.
Pina Dattilo may just be ready to take that step, she said, echoing other seniors at a public hearing who expressed outrage over a proposed 7 percent mill rate hike.
From left to right, top to bottom: Nicole Smith, Natural Resources Analyst, South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority; Tracy Bruno, Marketing and Communications Manager, BHcare; Emma Lopez-Mastropietro, Coordinator, Marketing & Development, Parents’ Foundation for Transitional Living; Kassandra Hernandez, Donor Relations Officer, New Reach, Inc.; Shana Schneider, Founder, Fitstyle by Shana/Consultant, Russell Reynolds Associates/LGNH Program Coordinator, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce; Nikelle Carter, Clinical Program Manager, New Reach, Inc.; Kristen Welton, Development Manager, Alzheimer’s Association; Jorgieliz Casanova, Program Manager (K-12), New Haven Promise; Kentha Heng, Acting Coordinator of Wrap Around Services FESP & Equity Programs/Achievement Coach, Family Economic Security Program (FESP)/Case Manager, Center for Students and Families, Gateway Community College Counseling and Wellness Center; Juan M. Salas-Romer, Founder & Executive Director, Known Coworking & Growth Lab; Devon O’Nalty, Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Avangrid; Terri Rioux, Director of Philanthropy, Whitney Center; Jim Hill, Director of Operations, South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority; Tameika G. Miller, Vice President of Marketing & Program Development; Terri Alford Mosley, Director of DMHAS Young Adult Services & Mental Health Waiver, Marrakech, Inc.; Venetia Ndabian, Branch Manager, People’s United Bank; Larry Bingaman, President & CEO, South Central Regional Water Authority; Earl McCoy, Jr., Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development, Albertus Magnus College; Deena Nicol-Blifford, Digital Strategist & Graphic Designer, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
From left to right, top to bottom: Anthony McDonald, Vice President & Executive Director, Shubert Theater; Sunny Lakshminarayanan, Vice President, Engineering & Environmental Services, South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority; Nicholas LoCoco, Audit Manager, Marcum LLP; Bruni Pizarro, Executive Director, Junta for Progressive Action; Larry Bingaman, President & CEO, South Central Regional Water Authority; Lutishia Pershad, Interim Director of Finance & Admin Services, Gateway Community College; Tameika G. Miller, Vice President of Marketing & Program Development.
Shubert Theatre chief Anthony McDonald, developer and coworking entrepreneur Juan Salas-Romer, Junta for Progressive Action Executive Director Bruni Pizarro, New Haven Promise’s Jorgieliz Casanova, and and community green-dream organizer Doreen Abubakar were among the rising New Haven leaders to complete this year’s Chamber of Commerce Leadership Center training.
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Mar 23, 2022 5:58 pm
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Seniors turn out Wednesday to hear from town officials and Hamden Plaza's owner about shopping-center safety.
Miller Memorial Library employee Kathy Galasso wasn’t at work Wednesday — but she sent a public explanation to her boss and 100 fellow seniors from her “uncomfortable hospital bed” where she is currently recovering from two pelvic fractures sustained during a broad daylight carjacking at the Hamden Plaza.
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Mar 22, 2022 5:23 pm
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Visual projection of Hamden's anticipated budget drivers.
Hamden lawmakers provisionally OK’d filling two new government positions early — but pressed for a broader discussion about whether the town should be funding new jobs while raising taxes by up to 3.68 mills.
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Mar 21, 2022 5:22 pm
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Diane Brown at entrance to new Stetson Branch Library.
Diane Brown swung open the door Monday morning to a long-awaited new, enhanced neighborhood library and community anchor at the corner of Dixwell Avenue and Foote Street, with lots more room, more books, and more to do.
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Mar 21, 2022 12:30 pm
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Dominiq Oti, left, helps Nylee Williams with her signature.
In careful penmanship, 8‑year-old Nylee Williams signed her name, title, and “company” at the bottom of a page outlining her responsibilities in the planning process for a new community center in Newhallville.
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Mar 17, 2022 10:21 am
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Hamden's biggest expenses: Board of Education, fringe benefits, and public safety. Garrett proposed increasing the police budget by 3 percent.
A first draft of Hamden’s next annual operating budget includes a tax hike — as well as a strategy to reduce the town’s long-term liabilities and bolster efficiency within municipal government.
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Mar 16, 2022 9:38 am
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Jerlisa Thomas with her soulmate sewing machine outside of Clarion Hotel, her temporary lodgings.
Show must go on: Thomas gets models ready for her Friday's “50 Shades of Chem" fashion show at Terminal 110.
When fashion designer Jerlisa Thomas returned to her Warner Street apartment for the first time following a three-alarm fire, she was bombarded with ash and loss — until she noticed a treasure the flames failed to destroy: Her sewing machine.
A furnished-housing rental business spent over $3 million adding 21 apartments to its growing local real estate holdings, in some of the city’s latest property transactions.
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Laura Glesby |
Mar 11, 2022 1:35 pm
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Closed, but not for long: The spot at Park & Elm.
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Snapshots of Place 2 Be's other locations.
A Hartford-based brunch bar is planning to move to the former home of Box 63 on Elm Street, now that New Haven’s zoning board has OK’d the renewed sale of alcohol there.
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Mar 11, 2022 9:46 am
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Wednesday? Must be yoga night.
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Live music night.
After dusk, night after night, young crowds are swarming into an unassuming new coffeeshop on State Street to transform the place into an event hot spot — each time with a different reason to gather.
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Mar 10, 2022 4:37 pm
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Garcia, at right, makes her pitch.
On the corner of Adeline Street and the Ella T. Grasso Boulevard, Angela Garcia is looking to transform a vacant industrial building into a used car dealership, adding to a hub of nearby car sales and repair shops.
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Mar 9, 2022 12:19 pm
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Tentative sketch of Elena's On Orange.
An ice cream shop — with alcoholic offerings on tap — is one step closer to materializing on Orange Street, after the Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday night unanimously approved a parking and alcohol variance.
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Mar 8, 2022 3:42 pm
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After years of outsourcing abandoned and abused pets to North Haven, Hamden is exploring joining forces with New Haven to establish a regional animal shelter.
