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An Achievement First principal-in-residence, Michelle Bonora, expected to gradually ease into her first job as principal with the help of a mentor. She started Monday as the new interim principal of Troup Magnet School — a far from gradual transition.
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A fire late Saturday night damaged a century-old three-story home that now houses gynecologists’ offices.
by | Dec 9, 2014 9:43 am | Comments (10)
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As a crowd of neighbors looked on, Mark Fenton ran into the middle of North Frontage Road near Orchard Street and jumped up and down because no cars were coming. Then he joined the crowd on the side of the road as a flood of cars, released by the traffic signal at Howe Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, zipped by at speeds well above the posted speed limit.
by | Dec 3, 2014 5:54 pm | Comments (15)
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Human beings were seen jogging, walking, and hanging out at the urban renewal-devastated corner of Legion and Dwight — in an architectural sketch displayed at a groundbreaking for a project aiming to make that dream a reality.
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City development chief Matthew Nemerson, Continuum board member Tom Macy, developer Bob Landino, Mayor Harp, Walker, & Malloy at Wednesday’s Route 34 West groundbreaking.
by | Nov 19, 2014 8:49 am | Comments (1)
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Harp talks with DCF’s Williams.
Over the next five years, the Connecticut Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Public Health and the City of New Haven will receive $4 million in federal funds to prove that providing integrated physical and mental health services improves outcomes for the city’s youngest children, particularly those who live in the Dwight neighborhood.
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by | Nov 11, 2014 4:01 pm | Comments (27)
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D’Aquila: “Bucking the trend.”
Yale-New Haven Hospital promised to find $65 million in annual cost savings when it took over the Hospital of St. Raphael. Two years later, it has exceeded that goal without cutting the workforce, according to its top exec.
by | Nov 11, 2014 2:43 pm | Comments (0)
Eblens got the OK from the zoning board to set up on Whalley Avenue at the corner of Dwight Street.
by | Nov 9, 2014 3:59 pm | Comments (1)
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Stallings (left) and new pastor Barber.
When Bishop Robert H. Stallings Sr. became the pastor of the Church of God and Saints of Christ almost 40 years ago, he never would have anticipated how far he would come, and how much he would become a part of New Haven.
by | Nov 6, 2014 9:09 am | Comments (8)
A rendition of the planned Residence Inn.
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Cohen with Dwight Alder Frank Douglass Wednesday night.
Hotel developer Douglas Cohen offered the Dwight neighborhood an apology and promise of an estimated 40 new permanent jobs, as he began repitching his plans to bring a Marriott Residence Inn to Elm and Howe streets.
by | Oct 20, 2014 2:29 pm | Comments (0)
One more hurdle down to bring Eblens to Whalley Avenue.
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Two Dwight groups divided over a proposed Marriott Residence Inn on Whalley agreed in favor of a plan for an athletic apparel store a block away.
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Dwight management team chair Curlena McDonald speaks with zoning staff after the decision.
Developers of a proposed Marriott Residence Inn on Whalley Avenue were granted more time to talk with Dwight neighbors before continuing with their quest for zoning relief.
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60 Whalley now.
60 Whalley, next?
The owner of a regional athletic-wear chain is seeking zoning relief to open a store in the former Rite Aid at Whalley Avenue and Dwight Street.
by | Oct 8, 2014 9:00 am | Comments (39)
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McDonald (at right): “Leave it.”
A scheduled kiss-and-make-up meeting between Dwight neighbors and the proposed builder of a new six-story 115-room Marriott Residence Inn turned into a mass denunciation of the plan — when the developer failed to show.
by | Sep 19, 2014 3:51 pm | Comments (1)
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The kids at the Waverly Townhouses have come to know Officer Jason Santiago — not because he patrols there, but because he lives there.
by | Sep 10, 2014 11:47 am | Comments (14)
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Dorthula Green urges zoners to let neighbors’ voices be heard.
After the project initially seemed bound for easy approval, neighbors lined up to urge city zoners not to let the Marriott build a new residence inn on Elm Street behind its Whalley Avenue hotel — at least not until Dwight has more say.
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by | Jun 17, 2014 2:13 pm | Comments (1)
A rainbow rose on Edgewood Avenue, lifted by lots of little hands.
by | Jun 13, 2014 8:32 am | Comments (15)
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With a 19th-century house floating above ground to their right, city officials lifted shovels of dirt to salute the 21st century building underway below ground to their left.
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by | May 22, 2014 1:28 pm | Comments (15)
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Studer and Smith present the plan Tuesday night
Adam Marchand wished he could have said yes to a bigger garage.
by | May 20, 2014 12:49 pm | Comments (0)
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Croog & Faiman, together almost twice as venerable as their shul.
“You sold shoes on Legion Avenue. Three dollars a pair,” Paul Weiss told 100-year-old Herb Croog.
“Your grandfather circumcised me,” Croog reminded 90-year-old Samuel Faiman.
by | Apr 24, 2014 3:30 pm | Comments (10)
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Architect’s design for the project across from Career High.
After lying fallow for decades, a megablock razed in the name of urban renewal will rise again — despite the opposition of one lawmaker and the reservations of another.
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by | Mar 14, 2014 3:02 pm | Comments (2)
After an hours-long public hearing Thursday evening, city lawmakers voted to recommend rezoning 16.2 acres of vacant land along Rt. 34, between Ella T. Grasso Boulevard and Dwight Street.
by | Mar 7, 2014 3:33 pm | Comments (0)
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Huelsman and Zerella at the Dwight substation.
Michael, a wanted man carrying a loaded stolen gun, got to meet six of his new Dwight neighbors at once, in a back alley. Unfortunately for him, they were six rookie cops.
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As a private crew lifted overflowing garbage bags, a long-tailed rodent darted out from under the mess and ran down an alley behind the house.
by | Mar 3, 2014 2:21 pm | Comments (2)
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Benjamin Kwakombe, Rehoboth Bitege, Aekrama Ahmed, and Johnae McFadden.
New Haven’s first female mayor told her story on one school stage — and a young understudy portrayed the same historic part on a second school stage across town.
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