by | Aug 29, 2022 12:23 pm | Comments (10)
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City-owned buildings slated to become community hubs.
The Elicker Administration plans to convert eight underused parks buildings into youth, senior, and recreation hubs — with programming provided by both city staff and nonprofits.
by | Jul 25, 2022 9:17 am | Comments (2)
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The main stage at Seeing Sounds.
The concrete made the temperature seem twice as high at Edgewood Park’s skate park Saturday, but skateboards still flew through the crowd — and music filled the air at the first annual Seeing Sounds music festival.
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by | Jul 14, 2022 2:48 pm | Comments (3)
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Youth@Work crew Thursday painting retaining wall in Edgewood Park.
Edgewood Park’s trails got easier to navigate — and nicer to view — this week with the help of a crew from the city’s summer Youth@Work program.
by | Jun 2, 2022 9:48 am | Comments (7)
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Concrete Creations crew at work Wednesday.
Park regulars keep eye on renovations by the "Lyin' Tree."
As a crew repainted the fencing of Edgewood Park’s tennis courts, park regulars like Byron Breland, Ernest Newton, Billy Bostic, and Kerry Ellington watched from a distance cheering on long-awaited renovations to one of New Haven’s communal gems.
Continue reading ‘Court Upgrades Reinvigorate People's Park’
by | May 26, 2022 5:28 pm | Comments (27)
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Participants in Thursday's "Children's March" to Edgewood Park.
One hundred and fifty New Haven middle and high school students put their pencils down and posters up Thursday to give the city a lesson on solidarity, passion, and leading through action.
by | May 3, 2022 8:45 am | Comments (4)
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The Edgewood yeshiva at 765 Elm St.
Eliyahu Mirlis won’t be able to gain control of the former yeshiva building at Elm and Norton streets anytime soon, after a state judge ruled that an automatic “stay” should remain in place as a nonprofit controlled by imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer pursues an appeal in a five-years-and-counting foreclosure case.
by | Apr 26, 2022 1:19 pm | Comments (3)
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The Edgewood yeshiva at 765 Elm St.
Five years after winning a sexual assault case against the rabbi who ran his yeshiva, Eliyahu Mirlis faces yet another potential delay in gaining control of the building — and beginning to collect some of the $22 million owed him.
Continue reading ‘Appeal Could Keep Yeshiva Building Out Of Sex-Assault Victim's Hands’
by | Mar 7, 2022 6:33 pm | Comments (5)
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One of the burned-out cars.
(Updated) Someone lit four cars on fire in Fair Haven, on a night when a stolen car also ended up in the Edgewood Duck Pond.
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by | Feb 21, 2022 8:47 am | Comments (2)
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Greer's former yeshiva at 765 Elm: New "law day" is March 28.
A nonprofit controlled by imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer won yet another month before the convicted sex offender’s victim can take ownership of the historic yeshiva building at the corner of Elm Street and Norton Street.
But with that delay, a state judge also ruled that Greer’s nonprofit cannot buy the Edgewood religious school out of foreclosure — even if it is able to scrounge up enough money by the selling off nearby multifamily rental properties.
by | Feb 11, 2022 10:18 am | Comments (8)
Lucas McClendon: It's been a tough year.
A spate of bad health and worse luck led to Lucas McClendon falling behind on rent at his Sherman Avenue apartment.
Now he’s scrambling to catch up and stay in place as his building’s new owner — an affiliate of the local megalandlord Mandy Management – seeks to kick him out.
by | Jan 26, 2022 2:49 pm | Comments (0)
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Greer company-owned yeshiva building: Worth $6.5M, according to city. Worth $620K, according to court.
A nonprofit controlled by imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer has less than a month to scrounge up $620,000 to pay the convicted sex offender’s victim and retain control of the historic yeshiva building at the corner of Elm Street and Norton Street.
Continue reading ‘1-Month Deadline Set On Yeshiva Foreclosure’
by | Jan 25, 2022 9:25 am | Comments (7)
Imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer (right) owes Alan Dershowitz (left) $20,000, according to court records.
A federal judge has blocked convicted sex offender Daniel Greer’s housing nonprofits from diverting money from rental properties to pay over $308,000 to various lawyers — including controversial celebrity attorney Alan Dershowitz — who have helped Greer seek to leave prison and avoid paying a sex-assault victim.
Continue reading ‘Judge: Housing $ Can't Pay Rape-Case Lawyers’
by | Nov 9, 2021 9:43 pm | Comments (13)
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LCI’s Arlevia Samuel, Mark WIlson, and Raymond Jackson hear Brenda Olmedo’s concerns Tuesday evening in the Edgewood Park gazebo.
The people who run Brenda Olmedo’s government came to a park near her home to hear how to do better. Olmedo was ready with a four-year-old complaint.
by | Nov 9, 2021 3:12 pm | Comments (12)
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West River’s broken tidal gates.
The tide was high, higher than usual — so Stephanie FitzGerald set out to discover why.
Continue reading ‘Park Mystery: Tidal Gates? Climate Change?’
by | Oct 31, 2021 8:43 pm | Comments (2)
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Melvin McKoy trapped by ET by the bank of the West River.
A New Haven human named Melvin McCoy found himself in the grip of a green extraterrestrial visitor on Halloween, while up the road a crew worked on freeing other New Haven humans from a real-life homegrown horror: lead-paint poisoning.
by | Oct 22, 2021 12:26 pm | Comments (19)
Nonprofit bucks sought for Greer legal team, clockwise from top left: Alan Dershowitz, Michael Schoeneberger, Richard Emanuel, David Grudberg, Richard Colbert.
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Rabbi Daniel Greer.
Rodent-related problems have led to the criminal prosecution of a housing nonprofit controlled by imprisoned Rabbi Daniel Greer — at the same time the same nonprofit has asked a judge for permission to divert money from rental properties in order to support Greer’s legal quest to leave prison and avoid paying a sex-assault victim.
by | Sep 17, 2021 3:14 pm | Comments (5)
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Rabbi Greer: For the first time in recent memory, his companies are not allowed to participate in annual state tax credit program.
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DRS Chief Boughton: Did what mayor, alders wouldn’t.
New Haven said yes to steering more money to companies controlled by imprisoned sex predator Daniel Greer. The state has now said no.
Continue reading ‘State Bars Subsidies For Greer’s Companies’
by | Sep 1, 2021 7:13 am | Comments (2)
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66 Norton St.: Subject of new lawsuit.
Kyle Barrett: Lingering effects.
Covid-induced “brain fog” won a landlord’s attorney yet another continuance in an ongoing legal dispute centered on an infamous, newly rehabbed Edgewood Avenue apartment complex.
by | Aug 18, 2021 7:47 am | Comments (0)
“Harder Than It Should Be,” the latest single from Goodnight Moonshine — the New Haven-based duo of Molly Venter and Eben Pariser — starts with a cooing, provocative line from Venter while Pariser joins on guitar. It’s a simple setup that lets the song unfold in its own time, as Pariser gradually adds in other elements while Venter’s voice, front and center, unfurls lyrics range across the history of a relationship and politics, striking just the right balance of personal and universal.
by | Jul 23, 2021 9:45 am | Comments (7)
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Cyclists, get ready. A protected bike track is on the way.
The long-delayed Edgewood Cycletrack spun a wheel or two closer to fruition, as city staffers and cycling advocates gathered to celebrate the construction underway on the new 2.1‑mile protected bike path.
by | Jul 23, 2021 9:18 am | Comments (1)
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Singer/songwriter Dylan Hartigan began the final song of his set alone on acoustic guitar. Alex Haddad joined him on electric. Halfway through the song, Hartigan said if the audience would sing along in the chorus, he might have a surprise for them. The audience obliged, and an entire backup band — Them Vibes — joined Hartigan and Haddad on stage to turn Hartigan’s quiet song into an all-out rocker. The shift set the tone for the rest of the evening, as a three-band evening of headliner Maggie Rose, supported by Them Vibes and Hartigan, brought the sound of ‘70s rock and funk to CT Folk’s Folk at the Edge concert series and showed how expansive the concept of folk music can be.
by | Jul 6, 2021 3:14 pm | Comments (7)
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David Burgess at work.
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David Burgess in the park Tuesday with citation from the Connecticut General Assembly.
David Burgess has worked five days a week since the days of the first George Bush Administration to clean debris out of New Haven’s waterways, sweep up trash in Edgewood Park, and plant shrubs around the city — and people noticed.
by | Jun 29, 2021 8:44 am | Comments (0)
A motorcyclist names Jermarvin Brown, 33, died Sunday after his Can-Am bike crashed with a Dodge Stratus on Whalley Avenue between Hubinger Street and Whittlesey Saturday around 1:30 a.m., reported police spokesperson Officer Scott Shumway. The driver of the Dodge went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police are investigating the crash to determine how and why it happened.
Continue reading ‘Roundup: Motorcyclist Crashes, Dies; 16-Year-Old Shot’
by | Jun 18, 2021 10:52 am | Comments (3)
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Thursday night’s committee forum.
The top contenders in this year’s mayoral race once again traded barbs Thursday night — while, between the lines, agreeing more than not about challenges facing the city.
Continue reading ‘Between Barbs, Candidates Find Agreement At Forum’
by | Jun 10, 2021 1:06 pm | Comments (13)
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Work crew rebuilds the back fire escape at 66 Norton.
City Deputy Fire Marshal Jen Forslund, a worker at 66 Norton., local realtor and landlord Mendy Paris.
Even though Norton Street’s city-shuttered “New Jack City” has been reborn as the upscale “Norton Pointe Apartments,” tenants find themselves yet again exiled to hotel bedrooms — waiting for the landlord to finish repairs, and for the city to sign off on the building’s safety.