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Aug 4, 2022 9:15 am
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New Haven Age Group Track team in the 1970s.
James Barber is a legend in the world of track and field. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, he trained All-Americans and Olympic athletes. His greatest influence, however, was in New Haven, where he inspired thousands of young people to be their best, as athletes and in life. Now, an alumni network of his former athletes is honoring him with a gift that will last forever: a new fund for youth housed at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. The Foundation’s Matthew Higbee contributed this article.
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Nora Grace-Flood |
Aug 2, 2022 5:55 pm
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Board member Mariam Khan: Let's still talk about better bus schedules.
Hamden’s Legislative Council has agreed to transfer $585,000 to the Board of Education (BOE) in order to fund school bus rides this September — reversing a previous decision that had sparked a now-shelved plan to change bus schedules.
Another bond rating agency has expressed optimism for Hamden’s financial future — and provided some tips on how to stay on that upward path moving forward.
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Nora Grace-Flood and Yash Roy |
Jul 28, 2022 10:00 am
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Audrey Tyson, Alder Sarah Miller, and Gov. Lamont talk education at Brazi's during one of the governor's New Haven stops Wednesday.
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Lamont in radio studio with hosts Jose Candelario and Norma Rodriguez-Reyes, and campaign Deputy Political Diretor Gabriela Koc.
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Lamont with Erik Clemons at ConnCORP: Talk to Looney.
Erik Clemons took advantage of a 20-minute audience with Gov. Ned Lamont to make a multimillion-dollar pitch — for bond money to help revive the commercial heart of New Haven’s Black community.
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Laura Glesby |
Jul 27, 2022 4:19 pm
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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.
New year, old schedule: Dismissal at Dunbar Hill School.
Never mind.
Hamden students will start school at the same time as last year.
After two months of hand wringing and debate concerning how to rearrange student busing schedules in a last-minute move to stay within the lines of a level budget, the Board of Education voted Tuesday night to keep school start and dismissal times the same as last year — in hopes that the town will indeed steer extra funding their way.
Daniels at work inside his new storefront business.
Custom Batman sneakers .
First, Dandre Daniels takes the laces out. He soaks them in a solution and then gets to work on the sneakers: brushing excess dirt off, spraying and scrubbing, picking all debris and rocks out from the crevices, and then, the magic moment: re-icing.
Ex-middle school, site of planned "art district"-community center.
Bookshelves, diapers, Covid-19 tests, ellipticals, chicken dinners, alternative education classrooms and paint palettes could all be available to all Hamden residents at a one-stop, no-charge shop — if a plan to build a brand new, Dixwell Q House-style community center in Southern Hamden moves forward.
Dunbar Hill students line up to catch the bus on the first day of school.
Hamden’s Board of Education is revisiting a plan to change school start times — with hopes that families will weigh in on one of the district’s most “daunting” decisions yet.
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Olivia Gross |
Jul 17, 2022 10:41 am
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Leli and Darcus Henry with daughter Leila at their new restaurant.
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Plaintain cups with pork: a La Isla specialty.
Leli and Darcus Henry spent their Covid-19 quarantine wishing for a Hamden-based restaurant that served authentic, home-cooked Puerto Rican food. When they didn’t find one, they opened their own.
Mayor Lauren Garrett, Natalie McLaughlin, Oscar Soler, Joseph Seagren, Acting Chief Tim Wydra, Luisangel Valdovinos, Juan Bayas, and Taquan Mitchell at Friday's swearing-in.
Six officers were sworn into the Hamden Police Department Friday morning, filling long-open vacancies and diversifying the force — while simultaneously prompting questions about the town’s hiring procedures.
A practitioner of chiropractic treatment and acupuncture is looking to break into the political arena by running to represent Hamden in the state legislature — after pinpointing high taxes and public safety concerns as local issues in need of policy adjustments.
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Nora Grace-Flood |
Jul 14, 2022 10:38 am
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Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Brack Poitier and Town Planner Eugene Livshits: Banking on planned development districts (PDDs).
Hamden storefronts, offices and housing may look a little funkier and taxpayer bills a little lower down the road — if a newly passed policy that eases municipal zoning restrictions pans out as planned.
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Nora Grace-Flood |
Jul 13, 2022 9:39 am
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New Super Gary Highsmith: Focusing deputies on curriculum.
In his first move as Hamden’s next superintendent of schools, Gary Highsmith is planning a reorganization of administrative responsibilities — in order to allocate more resources towards teaching and learning and heighten internal collaboration.
New student reps on the board of ed: Mark Hu and Ishnan Khan.
After prevailing in a competition with over 30 classmates vying to represent Hamden schools as student members of the Board of Education, 16-year-olds Ishnan Khan and Mark Hu said they plan to use their new platform to increase the presence of student voice in community decision-making and to set a higher standard for transparency and inclusion across the board.
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Nora Grace-Flood |
Jul 10, 2022 11:57 am
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Mikaela Davis and Southern Star performing at Space Ballroom.
Hamden’s Space Ballroom ascended into a rainbow-splashed, psychedelic heaven Friday night after upstate New Yorker Mikaela Davis set the scene for a fourth-dimensional funk-folk-country-rock set list — with the help of a golden harp and angelic voice.
