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.
by | Aug 12, 2008 4:41 pm | Comments (1)
Rabbi Yossi Hodakov sent in these photos and this write-up.
by | Aug 12, 2008 2:34 pm | Comments (0)
The Job Corps’ Jacqueline Solimini sent in this photo and write-up:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
by | Jul 7, 2008 9:16 am | Comments (0)
The write-up and photos here were contributed by the Job Corps.
by | Jun 26, 2008 11:55 am | Comments (0)
The following was contributed by William Hosley from the New Haven Museum:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Continue reading ‘“Cyril Was A Loser All Along”: Book Club Diary Entry #4’
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.
by | May 7, 2008 8:32 am | Comments (5)
Eric Traester sent in this photo of an accident at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Chapel and Howe. He writes that an “SUV crashed into utility/sign poles. Also involved was a panel truck. I snapped this picture with my cell phone camera. In the background is the Tandoor restaurant.” Send photos here.
by | May 4, 2008 4:13 pm | Comments (3)
After the legislators went home Friday night, real business got done at the state Capitol, as Hillhouse High’s Toddchelle Young was named “Youth of the Year” by the African-American Affairs Commission.
by | May 2, 2008 4:13 pm | Comments (0)
Maria Tupper sent in the following write-up and these photos from last Saturday’s 25th Bioregional Walkabout.
by | Apr 28, 2008 2:19 pm | Comments (0)
New Haven’s SEA-TV sent in the following report:
by | Apr 24, 2008 5:07 pm | Comments (0)
By Josiah Brown
The Greater New Haven Literacy Coalition sponsored a forum Monday morning, April 21, to address Connecticut policy toward education and prisoner re-entry, among other things, as well as a community-wide reading of a Ray Bradbury novel about a book-burning dystopia. Held at the New Haven Adult Education Center, the event featured three speakers as well as participation by a range of coalition members from across the region.
Continue reading ‘Literacy Coalition Forum: State Legislative Update and the Big Read’