Owls, Falcons Make New Friends
by | Sep 12, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (4)
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Great Horned Owl stars at Sunday's Migration Festival at Lighthouse Park.
Humans (above) ponder falcon (below).
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Trash Plant Jumps Through "Justice" Hoop
by | Sep 12, 2022 1:51 pm | Comments (9)
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Peeling back the onion: A plan for a structural addition to this dome has sparked new questions about what's happening on a trash company's property.
Officials of the “Circle of Life” transfer station on Middletown Avenue showed neighbors plans for a new semi-circlular structure on their site — and heard back questions, claims and complaints about the broader conditions on their property.
Climate Concert Series Knows Which Way The Wind Blows
by | Sep 9, 2022 11:14 am | Comments (1)
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Appreciation of nature. Acknowledgment of change. Grief at what’s being lost. But also, hope for the possibility of adaptation. These are the themes of a new set of climate concerts being organized by Dignity Music, a nonprofit helmed by musician and educator Ravenna Michalsen. The first one — slated for Saturday, Sept. 17 at Bethesda Lutheran Church — is intended to stir heart and mind together to action.
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Hamden Weighs Transfer Station Tipping Fees
by | Sep 8, 2022 4:27 pm | Comments (7)
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Scott Papoosha, whom the town contracts to grind down Hamden's organic waste, with one of the site's massive wood chip piles.
Should Hamden quit requiring proof of residency for the right to drop junk at the town’s transfer station — and instead start charging all dumpers a fee?
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Month's Worth Of Rain Falls In A Morning
by | Sep 6, 2022 12:24 pm | Comments (5)
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Tuesday midday at Whitney and Trumbull.
(Updated) A driver was taken to the hospital Tuesday after driving through the heavy rainstorm — and then crashing into a house at Hobart Street and Whalley Avenue.
Maps Show Climate Change's Neighborhood Impacts
by | Sep 6, 2022 8:47 am | Comments (16)
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Map of New Haven areas vulnerable to increased flooding.
Floods in City Point. Heat waves in tree-sparse, lot-heavy Newhallville. More storms that require evacuation. More periods of drought.
As climate change progresses, those conditions will become the new normal for New Haven, especially for the heat- and flood-vulnerable neighborhood of Fair Haven, reported officials tracking the trends.
An environmental transformation is already in motion. But, the officials said, the city can adapt its current infrastructure and prevent carbon emissions from making the problem worse.
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Alders Accelerate "Safe Routes" Plan
by | Sep 2, 2022 2:02 pm | Comments (28)
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Kai Addae (left) and Max Chaoulideer (right) at City Hall hearing.
The city’s planned overhaul of bike, pedestrian, and transit infrastructure is on a fast track to potential approval, as officials race to meet a mid-September deadline for a crucial grant.
Tweed Flights Resume After Fuel Spill
by | Aug 27, 2022 8:58 pm | Comments (4)
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NHFD and DEEP crews attend to Saturday's fuel spill at Tweed.
Flights resumed at Tweed New Haven Saturday night after a daytime fuel spill closed the airport.
Boy Scouts "Citizenship," Circa 2022
by | Aug 23, 2022 8:58 am | Comments (0)
Boys Scouts may be best known for their outdoor activities, but one of the greatest values they instill is citizenship.
Beulah Breaks Ground On Affordable Apts.
by | Aug 10, 2022 11:49 am | Comments (7)
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Developers and officials break Beulah ground.
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Sustainable, affordable housing envisioned for 340 Dixwell.
Faith leaders, politicians, and investors shoveled a pile of ceremonial dirt, breaking ground on a soon-to-rise apartment complex that will be sustainable not only for the earth, but for low-income families.
Peace Waged, Park Butts & Hub Caps Cleared On Interfaith Day of Service
by | Aug 9, 2022 9:03 am | Comments (3)
Kristen Schick, coastal cleanup intern for environmental nonprofit Save the Sound, collecting trash during Sunday morning's cleanup at Criscuolo Park.
Hub cap. Fish skull. Brand new bucket hat. Bike chain. An entire picnic setup. And so, so many metal bottle caps.
These were among the items included in 200 pounds of trash collected by volunteers at Criscuolo Park on Sunday morning.
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Bus Tour Highlights Community Greenspaces Citywide
by | Aug 8, 2022 2:37 pm | Comments (5)
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Greenspace outside Mitchell Library.
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URI Intern Justine Phillips-Gallucci at the tour's new Valley Street stop.
Dozens of New Haveners peeled off of yellow school buses and down a pathway toward the Botanical Garden of Healing, nestled in the shadow of West Rock on Valley Street. They were grandmothers, grad students, kindergarteners, actual gardeners, high school friend groups, and everyone in between, who braved the thick August heat for a tour of New Haven’s ever-growing roster of community greenspace sites, including this new one on Valley.
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There's Gold In Them Thar Hill
by | Aug 5, 2022 3:40 pm | Comments (3)
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Capital quest: Running Brook Farms founder Scott Papoosha shows off the transfer station's sweet peat vs. black gold (above), confronts pile of tub-ground wood (below).
As old logs and leaves sizzled in the 90-degree heat at the peak of Hamden’s transfer station, a fiery red milling machine moved between piles of debris, shooting sharp chips of wood high into the sky while churning the organic waste into something of value — the beginnings of top-quality compost Hamdenites refer to as “black gold.”
It took some legislative churn this week to make sure Hamden can pay the bill to produce that black gold, part of a fiscal-clean-up lawmaking grind aimed at stopping the town from bleeding red.
Bridge Brings Neighborhoods Together
by | Aug 1, 2022 2:45 pm | Comments (10)
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Tom Lehtonen, Honda Smith, and Frank Cochran cut ribbon on new West River pedestrian bridge.
Anna Baker accompanied her grandmother Nan Bartow to walk for the first time across a new West River pedestrian bridge.
Liz & Lizzette Plant Perkins St. Paradise
by | Jul 29, 2022 5:53 pm | Comments (8)
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Lizzette Flores and Liz Johnston, in paradise.
Homeowners trying to turn their expanses of traditional turf grass into gardens for vegetables or flowers might take some cues from Elizabeth (Liz) Johnston and Lizzette Flores of Perkins Street: Their small yard is full of flowers, vegetables, and fruit trees and vines, and is described by some friends as “Paradise.”
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Chapel Haveners Hit The Trails
by | Jul 29, 2022 11:09 am | Comments (1)
Chapel Haven accessible hiking group summits Lake Wintergreen park's western ridge.
Almost 30 members of the Chapel Haven Schleifer Center hit the trails this week through accessible hikes for people with disabilities, enjoying the views and proving that hiking is for all.
100 Years Later, Eugene Fargeorge's Fair Haven Survives, & Thrives
by | Jul 29, 2022 9:29 am | Comments (7)
Entrance to the Eugene Fargeorge Preserve.
Courtesy Caroline Fargeorge
The late Eugene Fargeorge, at home.
Relatives and friends of Eugene B. Fargeorge are gathering to commemorate what would have been his 100th birthday Saturday, and one of their activities will be a clean-up of the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargeorge Preserve, which was established by the New Haven Land Trust in 1987 and named in his honor.
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Solar Panels Delayed To Spare Grass
by | Jul 28, 2022 9:35 am | Comments (10)
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Attorney Stuart Margolis, right: We'll help planet, not kill grass.
As the planet baked and record temperatures were recorded nationwide, Hamden zoners delayed an apartment complex owner from installing solar panels — due to concerns about … shrubbery.
Zoners Debate, Table Sports Night-Lighting Change
by | Jul 27, 2022 4:19 pm | Comments (3)
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Bob Pattison laments light pollution.
A proposal to raise the permitted height of sports facility lighting has generated controversy in Hamden among light sleepers, bird migration enthusiasts, and critics of Quinnipiac University’s role in the possible zoning change.
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Div Dorm Aims For Green Eden
by | Jul 27, 2022 3:47 pm | Comments (14)
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A draft rendering of the Living Village addition, at the top left of the map, as it fits into the Divinity School's existing structure.
The Yale Divinity School plans to build a dormitory that recycles its wastewater and generates all its own energy — aiming to create the first residential building to meet “Living Building Challenge” standards for sustainability.
Diplomas In Hand, Climate-Conscious Contractor Corps Ready To Build Green
by | Jul 25, 2022 3:12 pm | Comments (5)
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New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, Sonia Cruz, and Mike Piscitelli at Monday's event.
As nations dither and the planet bakes, New Haven is getting ahead of the curve on preparing contractors in green construction and environmentally responsive design.
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Flood Prevention Plans Advance
by | Jul 22, 2022 5:02 pm | Comments (5)
City officials updated City Plan commissioners about two major long-term efforts to contain flooding near the train station and in the Hill, and got the go-ahead to keep pursuing them.
On Green, Lamont, Lawmakers Tout New Clean Air Act
by | Jul 22, 2022 2:50 pm | Comments (3)
Ned Lamont announces bill in front of all-electric buses.
Gov. Ned Lamont inhaled the sweltering heat-wave air of the city with the country’s seventh-highest asthma prevalence — and touted a new state law aiming to make that air easier to breathe.
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New Haven Terminal To Pay State $44,400 For Oil Leaks
by | Jul 21, 2022 3:43 pm | Comments (2)
Five years after oil seeped into the New Haven Harbor by way of a leaky pipe, New Haven Terminal has agreed to pay the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) a $44,400 fine.
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Osprey Nation Holds On
by | Jul 8, 2022 12:27 pm | Comments (9)
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When I went on my latest rounds monitoring local osprey nests, I was relieved to find the ospreys still here. The mother ospreys were guarding their nests. The fathers were out looking for the fish that make up their entire diet. The heads of some of the recently hatched osprey chicks were starting to become visible above the sides of the nest.