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Troup’s Black History troupe
A troupe of Augusta Lewis Troup School middle schoolers took their cues from a 1967 speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr., in which he declared, “I come here tonight and plead with you, believe in yourself and believe that you’re somebody. Be proud of our heritage.”
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Marcus Paca, with Draughn: The community spoke.
Dwight neighbors said thanks but no thanks, for now, to seeking federal millions for a comprehensive revitalization plan — because the plan included a notorious slumlord.
Continue reading ‘Fed Up With Slumlord, Dwight Neighbors Quash $2M Grant Quest’
by | Dec 24, 2015 3:20 pm | Comments (2)
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Ashe at Antillean Manor: No thanks for the fruit basket.
The management company that oversaw the destruction — then partial rebuilding — of Alice Ashe’s apartment complex asked her to sign a petition the other day. She wasn’t buying.
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Oct. 20 ribbon-cutting at the luxury Novella apartments at Chapel and Howe, former red-light district epicenter.
Chapel West has done a remarkable job. Basically replacing the city as much as possible and providing services to us property owners. May I suggest the next step?
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A crumbling government-subsidized housing complex in the Dwight neighborhood crawled with power-washers, construction workers and hazmat-suited cleaners Monday in response to an emergency order from the city’s building official.
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by | Oct 30, 2015 3:01 pm | Comments (13)
Police charged a Yale student with failure to obey a school bus’s stop sign after she allegedly drove into a 7‑year-old boy at the corner of Orchard and Elm streets.
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by | Oct 28, 2015 12:13 pm | Comments (4)
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Crews were at work Tuesday on Dwight Gardens.
Ladders were up and the saws out to prepare a Dwight housing complex for along-awaited rebirth, thanks in part to a $3.75 million loan from the state.
Continue reading ‘$3.75M State Loan Keeps Dwight Gardens Rescue On Track’
by | Oct 23, 2015 4:18 pm | Comments (18)
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Griffin below her waterlogged bathroom ceiling at Antillean Manor.
The city has ordered that families be moved out of — and emergency repairs made to — moldy apartments in a crumbling federally subsidized cinderblock-and-concrete apartment complex … that is not Church Street South.
by | Oct 20, 2015 5:24 pm | Comments (46)
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After helping to cut the ribbon Tuesday on a $40 million upscale apartment complex at the corner of Chapel and Howe, Mayor Toni Harp decided it’s time to rebrand a corner once known as New Haven’s red light district.
by | Sep 28, 2015 12:01 pm | Comments (30)
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From her Orchard Street apartment Sherry Bryant has for years seen groups of masked dirt bike riders popping wheelies on the street on summer evenings. She got a closer look recently when a couple of those bikes and their riders slammed into her.
Continue reading ‘Dirt Bikers’ Victim Left Busted, Disgusted’
by | Sep 11, 2015 10:52 am | Comments (1)
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Seven-year-old Ramaya Glass goes to the dentist regularly and has the smile to prove it.
Some students at her school, Augusta Lewis Troup, don’t see a dentist. Yet. Starting this school year, they will have a chance at better oral health and having a smile like Ramaya’s.
by | Aug 7, 2015 12:15 pm | Comments (4)
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Caitlin Zerella was cruising the neighborhood near the intersection of Derby Avenue and Mead Street when she saw a man riding his bike on the sidewalk.
Zerella debated with herself about whether to stop him.
by | Jul 28, 2015 8:16 am | Comments (7)
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Souman Douti planned to interview for a better job Monday. A city public works driver had other ideas.
Continue reading ‘Truck Driver Foils Souman’s Job Interview’
by | Jun 24, 2015 8:45 am | Comments (0)
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McBride and lead guitarist John Kengla.
“Wherever you are right now, you have a right to live music, and to happiness.”
Continue reading ‘A&I Headliner Brings Music To Fellowship Place’
by | Jun 23, 2015 1:50 pm | Comments (4)
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After almost half a year as interim principal of Troup Magnet School, Michelle Bonora (pictured at top) was chosen to fill the position permanently.
by | Jun 19, 2015 2:00 pm | Comments (6)
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Finishing what they started: That is the reason three alders gave the people gathered in a field behind Augusta Lewis Troup School to support them for another term.
by | Jun 15, 2015 7:54 am | Comments (2)
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From the street, the rescue of Dwight Gardens appears as stalled as ever. Inside New Haven’s Building Department, it has the green light, finally, to restart.
Continue reading ‘Delayed Dwight Gardens Rescue Set To Resume’
by | May 26, 2015 8:02 am | Comments (1)
Every year, as the spring comes to New Haven, Linda Townsend-Maier invites her community to help clean the streets. She has been doing this for 22 years, and this Saturday was no different.
by | May 7, 2015 11:44 am | Comments (14)
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Romei: 5 new cameras coming to Chapel West.
A man danced in daylight at the intersection of Chapel and Church as downtown police and security personnel tried coaxing him out of the street. Onlookers had pulled out their cell phones to record him — joined by the Town Green Special Services District.
In case you haven’t noticed, your comings and goings downtown and along Upper Chapel and Dwight are likely being recorded.
by | May 5, 2015 8:01 am | Comments (29)
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The new owner of the downtown Courtyard Marriott received a get-to-know you message from neighbors — an attempt to stop him from renewing his hotel’s liquor license.
by | Apr 3, 2015 8:58 am | Comments (0)
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The Dwight Central Management Team is offering a $500 scholarship for high school seniors in the area who plan to go to college.
by | Mar 13, 2015 2:18 pm | Comments (0)
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S&S hub “ambassador” Rivera-Labuthie, Wyman, Demchak, and DSS Commissioner Roderick Bremby deliver.
Stop & Shop received an unusual delivery Friday: a mental-health and job-training “help desk.”
Continue reading ‘MOMs Partnership Gives Birth To Stop & Shop Mental-Health Hub’
by | Feb 12, 2015 1:05 pm | Comments (17)
Carl Babb at the “transformation” confab.
New Haven is home to nearly 400 not-for-profits generating $700 million in annual revenue. Throw in Yale University and Yale-New Haven Hospital, and the revenue grows to $7 billion.
Yet the city still struggles to make progress on the issues these groups address: jobs, education, crime and poverty.
Continue reading ‘City Seeks To “Transform” Not-For-Profits’ Work’
by | Feb 6, 2015 12:47 pm | Comments (2)
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Diaz and Werner.
A shot went off in the dark of the Dwight night. Four cops heard it — and began looking for the shooter.
Continue reading ‘Cops Hear A Gunshot, Track Down Alleged Shooter’
by | Jan 30, 2015 2:29 pm | Comments (9)
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Justin Goldberg figured he’d be obtaining a building permit about now for the next phase of reconstructing the Dwight Gardens apartments. Instead, thanks to two different messages from two different bureaucracies, his team had to rework designs – for handling an inch of rainwater.