700+ Race For Refugees
by | Feb 6, 2012 10:36 am | Comments (0)
Marvis Brown Photo
Marvis Brown sent in these photos from Sunday’s fifth annual annual IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services) 5K road race to raise money for refugees.
Citizen Contributions
"Keys on Kites"
Merges Gallery, Body Art
by | Feb 3, 2012 2:10 pm | Comments (6)
At 5 p.m., the announced time for its grand opening, workers at Keys On Kites Tattoo & Gallery were still buzzing around the newly installed sign fronting 869 Whalley Ave. in the heart of Westville Village.
Guardians Swarm Monterey
by | Dec 30, 2011 12:10 pm | Comments (2)
Contributed Photos
The cops swarmed Monterey Place this week — to hand out toys.
West River Celebrates
by | Dec 21, 2011 11:42 am | Comments (0)
Sandra Fitzpatrick Photo
Paula Panzarella sent in this write-up about a recent West River holiday celebration:
The West River Neighborhood Services Corporation sponsored its Annual Holiday Party for the neighborhood on Saturday, Dec. 17. About 200 children and 150 adults crowded into the solarium and community room of Berger Apartments, the senior housing complex at 135 Derby Ave.
Kimberly Square Lights Up
by | Dec 6, 2011 3:04 pm | Comments (1)
Heather Rivera
Celebrants at Kimberly Square tree lighting.
“Drive by some night and see what we’ve done with a drab, lackluster little inner city spot and a ‘humongous’ Douglas Fir and lots of bright shiny things!”
Cops Remember Fallen Classmate
by | Dec 1, 2011 3:59 pm | Comments (1)
Officer Stephanie Johnson Photos.
Lt. Kenny Howell, Capt. Denise Blanchard, Officer Donna Aponte, Officer Stephanie Johnson & Retired Officer Cleveland Roach.
Assistant Police Chief Petisia Adger sent in this write-up of a recent cop-class graduation anniversary and remembrance of a fallen classmate.
On Nov. 22, police officers from the New Haven police department (State of Connecticut Municipal Police Training Council’s (MPTC) Class of 233), celebrated their 20th anniversary year as law enforcement officers in the City of New Haven. The New Haven police department graduated 25 police officers from this class.
Teens Take Manhattan
by | Nov 23, 2011 6:59 am | Comments (2)
Petisia Adger Photo
Teens from New Haven’s new Public Safety Academy traveled to New York City, and learned how to cut open a crushed car.
Pardee House Takes Shape
by | Oct 4, 2011 2:20 pm | Comments (1)
Barbara Carroll Photo
Barbara Carroll sent these photos and this write-up about an event this weekend in Morris Cove.
Holocaust Remembered
by | Oct 4, 2011 6:47 am | Comments (1)
Anat Weiner Photo
Anat Weiner sent in these photos and the following write-up about an event at the Holocaust Memorial on Whalley Avenue. Click here and here for previous stories and background about the memorial.
Scenes From
An Apple Crush
by | Sep 26, 2011 6:17 am | Comments (2)
Ariela Martin Photo
Ariela Martin, Co-op High School Class of 2015, sent in these photos of Saturday’s Apple store opening on Broadway.
Fashion Seeds Sewn
by | Sep 15, 2011 10:58 am | Comments (9)
David Sepulveda Photos
Rodrick shows a finished pattern ready to be translated into a final product.
Walking or driving through the center of Westville Village, intriguing window displays at Rodrick Gilchrist Design at 911 Whalley Avenue, signal the artful creations one will find inside. Beyond the gleaming coat-of-arms that bears a large tailor’s shears at the studio’s entrance, is a polished mosaic floor of chunky irregular granite pieces. Racks of clothing are arranged in a setting that seems more art gallery than boutique, more museum than working studio. That vibe may soon change with the advent of new fashion sewing classes that will be offered to the public beginning on September 19, according to partner/owners Rodrick Williams (Gilchrist) and Aysegul Ikna.
Literacy, Every Day
by | Sep 7, 2011 9:07 pm | Comments (0)
The following article was submitted by literacy volunteers Josiah H. Brown and Susan Monroe to coincide with International Literacy Day, which is Thursday.
In discussions of education, the economy, and civic engagement in the United States, rarely acknowledged are the many adults who are functionally illiterate.
Sept. 8 is International Literacy Day. It’s appropriate as a new school year begins — even though much reading, like much learning generally, happens outside of school. UNESCO reports, “In 2008 … the global adult literacy rate was 83%, with a male literacy rate of 88% and a female literacy rate of 79%.” The lowest literacy rates were in sub-Saharan Africa, with under half of the adult population literate in ten countries, while “gender disparity was greatest in Southern Asia, where 73% of all men but only 51% of women had the ability to read and write.” (1)
In the U.S., the National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL, 2003) distinguishes among three types of literacy: prose, document, and quantitative literacy.
According to sources including the NAAL, 2 in 5 adults in Greater New Haven have only basic or below basic prose literacy skills. This is consistent with Connecticut at large, with 1 in 10 statewide below the basic level. In New Haven proper (and other cities), the situation is more severe: about 3 in 5 adults have basic or below basic prose literacy skills.
Westville Mime
Takes Next Step
by | Jul 22, 2011 11:29 am | Comments (4)
Sherece Sellem Photos
A still from “Gone Already.”
David Sepulveda of Westville sent in this report about Sharece Sellem, a city mime who will be performing an autobiographical play in the neighborhood on July 30.
Fair Haven Cleaners
Going Strong At 99
by | Jul 20, 2011 3:06 pm | Comments (2)
Andy Ross Photo
Back in the 1950s, when Michael D’Avino was just 16 years old and a student at West Haven High School, he got a part time job at Green’s Cleaners at 233 Grand Ave. in New Haven. At that time nobody could have predicted that the youngster would 19 years later buy the business and continue to operate it into the next millennium.
Apple Didn't Get
There Fast Enough
by | Jul 11, 2011 11:18 am | Comments (16)
Anderson Scooper Photos
New Haven’s soon-to-open Apple Store may bring new business to the Broadway area, but not soon enough for one nearby business, Bulldog Burrito.
Local Black Legends Feted
by | Jun 22, 2011 3:04 pm | Comments (3)
Contributed Photo
Valerie Bertrand sent in this piece:
Hugh Price, former president and CEO of the National Urban League, was honored on June 18 by the African-American Historical Society, Inc., at its 8th annual awards ceremony. This year’s theme was “Change and Empowerment.” Price received the Lifetime Contributions award for “A Lifetime Commitment to Social Justice and Social Advocacy.”
Box 63 Opens
by | Jun 20, 2011 11:48 am | Comments (9)
Provided Photo
A new restaurant with a firefighter theme has opened at the old Cosi and Fitzwilly’s site at Elm and Park streets.
The brick building, fixed up for the new restaurant, is an old firehouse. In that memory, the new joint is called Box 63.
Read a previous story here.
Jazz Lights Up Broadway
by | Jun 17, 2011 11:02 am | Comments (9)
David Sepulveda Photo
The Arts & Ideas Festival is in full swing on the Green, but sometimes some of the best stuff is off the beaten path — like this New Orleans-style jazz street ensemble that was rocking Broadway Plaza Thursday evening.
They Found Inner Peace
by | Jun 14, 2011 6:49 am | Comments (4)
Andy Ross Photo
About 200 people showed up for the first Festival of Inner Peace June 4. The festival, organized by the Center of Light Ministries, took place in Wooster Square Park as part of an event taking place simultaneously in 14 other cities across the country.
“Promise Land” Cleans Up
by | Jun 10, 2011 4:00 pm | Comments (9)
Andy Ross Photo
Wilbur Cross High School Assistant Principal Larry Conaway with his daughter, Nyla.
When the Christian Community Commission (CCC) launched the Promise Land Project in January, it made a few promises to the residents of the 10-block area that the group targeted for change. Basically, CCC committed to ensuring that neighborhood fear and negativity would be replaced with community pride and safety.
Trader’s Mecca Opens
by | Jun 7, 2011 2:36 pm | Comments (11)
David Sepulveda Photo
The newest addition to Westville’s expanding economy and its emergence as a destination is Trader’s Market, a year-round flea market that beckons customers to “shop, swap and save.”
During its grand opening last weekend, a giant tethered balloon drew a visual line in the sky to the market’s location at 86 Fitch St., at the corner of Onyx Street, just a block away from bustling Whalley Avenue.
A Cedar Hill Welcome
by | Jun 6, 2011 2:32 pm | Comments (14)
Cedar Hill activist Rebecca Turcio sent in this write-up and these photos from an event in the neighborhood this past weekend.
Reclaiming their historical name one step at a time.
That is what the Cedar Hill Community has been spending the better part of a decade doing.
CAANH Celebrates Diversity
by | Jun 1, 2011 7:54 am | Comments (0)
Isadora Del Vecchio Photo
Al Gimm, Amos Smith, Larry Stewart and Greg Walton.
In honor of National Community Action Month, the Community Action Agency of New Haven (CAANH) celebrated its second annual Diversity Day: a day of laughter, bonding and learning for everyone.
'Bark Mitzvah' Raises
$$ For Shelter, K-9 Unit
by | May 27, 2011 7:56 am | Comments (1)
Sarah Oren Photo
In a dual fundraiser for the Robin I. Kroogman New Haven Animal Shelter and the New Haven police K‑9 unit, about two dozen dogs turned out for a “Bark Mitzvah” and some human-canine bonding.
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‘'Bark Mitzvah' Raises
$$ For Shelter, K-9 Unit’
Maypole Mash-Up
by | May 18, 2011 10:12 am | Comments (2)
Paula Panzarella Photo
Paula Panzarella sent in this write-up and these photos from an annual event she helped organize on the Green.
May 1 in New Haven was a great day of international solidarity. The event, on the Green, was a bold proclamation of peace and showed an unyielding determination for justice.
Amid a march to support workers’ rights, there were fun activities, from the traditional maypole (pictured at the top of the story) to hula-hooping and juggling.