Day Of Caring Bingo
by | Sep 21, 2008 2:24 pm | Comments (0)
Don Bamberg from the Mary Wade Home sent in these photos and this write-up:
Citizen Contributions
Mill “River Stories,” Through Students’ Voices
by | Sep 13, 2008 9:41 pm | Comments (0)
Fourth-graders from the Cold Spring School made podcasts — now available to be downloanded through I‑Tunes — about the Mill River.
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New New New
by | Sep 11, 2008 1:35 pm | Comments (2)
That’s the look at Chapel and Park Streets’ Est Est Est restaurant. Reader and neighbor Eric Traester has always loved the place, and he loves the renovations. Est Est Est reopened this week; Eric took these photos.
Attention Walgreens Shopper—You’re Towed!
by | Sep 9, 2008 6:07 pm | Comments (0)
Andrew Yim wrote the following letter to Walgreens:
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Job Corps’ Biggest Loser
by | Aug 26, 2008 8:32 pm | Comments (0)
Jacqueline Solimini of the Job Corps contributed this photo and write-up:
Back-To-School Backpacks
by | Aug 26, 2008 7:54 pm | Comments (1)
The 40 youngsters in Stepping Stones Transitional Housing (Newhallville) and Hillside Family Shelter (Hill) have been outfitted with supplies and bags to prepare for a successful
school year. Both sites are programs of Christian Community Action, offering both parents and children services, counseling and workforce development training.
Toys Delivered To Hospital
by | Aug 12, 2008 4:41 pm | Comments (1)
Rabbi Yossi Hodakov sent in these photos and this write-up.
Who’s Hot At Job Corps
by | Aug 12, 2008 2:34 pm | Comments (0)
The Job Corps’ Jacqueline Solimini sent in this photo and write-up:
Gull Family Preregisters For Gateway
by | Aug 12, 2008 8:18 am | Comments (10)
By Mark Aronson
Hidden behind the blue canvas-draped fence that shields the open pit along Church Street between Frontage Road and Crown, a new immigrant community has taken up squatter’s rights.
The “VIPs” Were Ghosts
by | Jul 27, 2008 9:28 pm | Comments (7)
A reader from Massachusetts sent in the following open letter to the city after attending the Squirrel Nut Zippers concert on the Green the Saturday before last:
Mill River Walk
by | Jul 22, 2008 1:35 pm | Comments (2)
The lower Mill River was the site of the latest Bioregional Group walk. Robin Schafer sent in the following write-up, and Maria Tupper sent in the photos.
Atwater Street Celebrates
by | Jul 21, 2008 2:36 pm | Comments (0)
Don Bamberg of the Mary Wade Home sent in these photos and the following write-up about Saturday’s block party on Atwater Street in Fair Haven.
Farewell, Montgomerys
by | Jul 8, 2008 9:18 am | Comments (0)
The labor community held a party at the Labor Council building on Chapel Street to say farewell to longtime activist and revered labor historian David Montgomery and to Martel Montgomery, who are moving out of town. Bill Berndtson sent these photos and captions.
Job Corps Oasis
by | Jul 7, 2008 9:16 am | Comments (0)
The write-up and photos here were contributed by the Job Corps.
Humpty Dumpty’s Rehab
by | Jun 26, 2008 11:55 am | Comments (0)
The following was contributed by William Hosley from the New Haven Museum:
Blaze Envelops House
by | Jun 22, 2008 7:30 pm | Comments (2)
Edgewood’s Eli Greer was there with his cell phone camera and sent these photos of Friday afternoon’s fire at a multi-family house on Hobart Street.
What Bench???
by | Jun 20, 2008 11:25 am | Comments (3)
Rebecca Turcio sent in these photos and the following write-up regarding Friends of East Rock Park:
Chuck’s Legacy Lives On
by | Jun 13, 2008 10:48 am | Comments (0)
Thursday night in Harlem, New Haven’s Chuck Allen was remembered — in a way that’ll continue the work of helping kids. The “Groove, Give and Get” benefit for The Senator Chuck Allen III Scholarship Fund took place; organizers sent these photos. For background stories, click here and here.
5th Annual Vita Dinner
by | Jun 12, 2008 9:36 am | Comments (0)
Rev. Ariel Martinez sent along these photos and this write-up by Rosa Liusi from the event.
Book Club Diary, Installment #4
by | Jun 11, 2008 11:40 am | Comments (0)
The public library’s youth book club is now “totally on a roll,” reports librarian Sunnie Lovelace. She sent in the following account; read previous reports here, here, here and here.
Market Day In Wooster Square
by | Jun 2, 2008 8:29 am | Comments (1)
Harvey Koizim sent in these photos from a swinging Farmer’s Market this past Saturday in Wooster Square, as well as a write-up about a surprise visitor returning to the city where he left a mark.
Stars Come Out For Yeshiva
by | Jun 2, 2008 8:05 am | Comments (0)
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal headlined the Yeshiva of New Haven’s 31st anniversary gathering, which drew a wide range of guest from the city and well beyond.
The Star Veggies Turned Out
by | May 18, 2008 4:23 pm | Comments (1)
So did a Congresswoman (Rosa DeLauro), a state senator (Toni Harp), a radio talk-show host (Faith Middleton), lots of neighbors and farmers, with their produce. It was opening day Saturday for CitySeed‘s Wooster Square farmers market. Harvey Koizim sent in these photos.
“Cyril Was A Loser All Along”: Book Club Diary Entry #4
by | May 13, 2008 3:40 pm | Comments (0)
“Six wonderful, brilliant, interesting and funny teenagers” showed up for the most recent meeting of the public library’s youth book club, reports librarian Sunnie Lovelace. She sent in the following account written by participant Isha Honey Norris; read previous reports here, here, and here.
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New Stone Added
by | May 8, 2008 8:29 am | Comments (0)
People are still getting killed every day in Iraq. Peace activists added the latest stone commemorating the dead at a monthly vigil at the memorial cairn at the juncture of Park and Broadway. Henry Lowendorf sent in these photos.