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Jacky and Amanda Forcucci with their kids, Johnny and Sawyer, at Wednesday's event.
Hamden raised a rainbow flag at Town Hall for the first time to launch Pride Month — and lifted the spirits of LGBTQIA+ community members looking to live in a more aware and affirming town.
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Screen grab from a police incident included in FOI requests.
The town of Hamden is calling in an outside organization that will investigate why police sought to destroy 100 volumes of public records while a freedom-of-information request for them was pending.
Continue reading ‘Outside Help Sought In Doc-Destruction Probe; Released Video Missing Key Scene’
by | Jun 1, 2022 1:39 pm | Comments (6)
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Coming next -- gas and EV?
A Hartford-based company is seeking to turn this grassy expanse on Whitney Avenue in northern Hamden into a new development with a gas and electric vehicle (EV) charging station alongside 12 apartments and a convenience store.
by | May 27, 2022 3:06 pm | Comments (20)
Ex-Cop Devin Eaton (at center) in court Friday with Attorney Greg Cerritelli.
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Stephanie Washington (center) outside court: "Justice was not served today."
A state judge Friday sentenced a former Hamden cop who opened fire on two unarmed people — fracturing the pelvis and spine of then 22-year-old Stephanie Washington — to three years of probation, and no time behind bars.
by | May 27, 2022 1:38 pm | Comments (3)
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Yisel Ortiz with sons Anthony and Jared.
Church Street School had seven graduates Wednesday — who are parents, not students.
Continue reading ‘Parents "Graduate" Into Community Leaders’
by | May 27, 2022 12:01 pm | Comments (5)
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Best friends Vicki Seitz and Ellen Griest at Thursday's vigil.
For the first time in her life, Vicki Seitz went to a protest vigil — because she didn’t want to leave her best friend standing there alone.
At least that’s what she thought at first.
Continue reading ‘Post-Texas Gun Violence Vigil Gives Old Friend A New Cause’
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Student Saanon Dyahatou.
Hamden High students crowded the school courtyard this week to illustrate through colorful chalk artworks the ways they are “Proud to Be.”
Continue reading ‘Hamden High Schoolers Chalk It Up To Pride’
by | May 27, 2022 8:14 am | Comments (0)
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Hole caused by July 2020 sewer main collapse on Whitney Avenue.
The regional water pollution authority has promised to invest $200,000 in stormwater runoff prevention efforts near the Eli Whitney Museum parking lot — nearly two years after a busted sewer main at that site sent 2.1 million gallons of sewage into the Mill River.
by | May 26, 2022 3:10 pm | Comments (2)
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Hamden’s current alternative education configuration will stay the same next year, now that the Board of Education has decided against a plan to outsource its services.
by | May 25, 2022 4:40 pm | Comments (3)
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Hamden firefighters on scene Wednesday on Colonial Drive.
Boomer, safe from harm.
Thanks to firefighter Nelson Hwang, Boomer the pit bull mix is fine.
by | May 25, 2022 3:53 pm | Comments (3)
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Zach contemplating the "Challenge" sign.
A new guided walking trail has opened in northern Hamden with an aim to help students — and others in the community — connect with nature and their feelings.
Continue reading ‘Walking Trail Opens To Guide Kids To "Resilience"’
by | May 25, 2022 2:12 pm | Comments (2)
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Josh vs. Josh: Incumbent Elliott, challenger Watkins.
Hamden’s Democratic Party endorsed the reelection campaign of State Rep. Joshua Elliott — who now faces a primary that will put a focus on big-issue versus hyperlocal legislating on the ballot.
Continue reading ‘Dems Back Elliott; Watkins Readies Challenge’
by | May 20, 2022 1:41 pm | Comments (11)
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Malacki Lewis: It's working. Keep it.
Malacki Lewis was failing all of his classes at Hamden High School until his mother found out about an alternative learning environment known as the Hamden Collaborative Learning Center. Since transitioning to the smaller public program, he has fallen in love with learning and plans to graduate alongside his peers at both HHS and HCLC this spring before attending Gateway Community College.
by | May 20, 2022 9:34 am | Comments (1)
Hamden police Thursday arrested an 18-year-old New Haven man on murder and conspiracy charges.
by | May 19, 2022 1:08 pm | Comments (0)
Hamden Dragons' jersey in honor of Fred Gross.
The late Fred "Gee-Man" Gross.
Hamden High’s baseball team took the field for its final regular season home game Wednesday night amid a championship run with new jerseys — reading “Gee-Man” on one sleeve and a ribbon picturing on the other.
Continue reading ‘Hamden High Baseball Team Ends Home Season With Cancer-Awareness Tribute’
by | May 19, 2022 11:56 am | Comments (2)
Council members' anxiety begins to show as midnight approaches.
It was 60 seconds until midnight. A half-mill tax cut hung in the balance.
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A 37-year-old Hamden woman died Wednesday evening in a hit-and-run crash.
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Elijah Gomez.
Family and friends of murdered 15-year-old Elijah Gomez gathered inside Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church Wednesday to mourn their loss and celebrate his life, while a GoFundMe campaign was launched in his memory.
by | May 18, 2022 11:15 am | Comments (2)
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State legislators Josh Elliott and Jorge Cabrera at WNHH FM.
Students will find more social workers and counselors in their schools. Mobile crisis centers will be on call 24 – 7. And some people wrestling with the long-term effects of trauma or addiction will get chance to see whether “magic mushrooms” can help guide them through the darkness.
by | May 18, 2022 9:11 am | Comments (1)
Hamden will get a head start on bolstering summer programming this year with the help of a two-part job reorganization, according to the town administration.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Boosts Staff To Support Summer Programs’
by | May 17, 2022 2:30 pm | Comments (2)
Superintendent Goeler with Asst. Superintendent Chris Melillo and schools CFO Tom Ariola.
Four months after Hamden schools’ superintendent announced his retirement, one of the town’s assistant superintendents is also planning a move out of the district — to become the new leader of Newtown’s schools.
Continue reading ‘Hamden Asst. Schools Superintendent Plans To Leave District’
by | May 17, 2022 11:45 am | Comments (28)
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Bonadies at a local RTC meeting: Vows to "go out speaking my truth."
Hamden’s leading Republican official is bolting town, in search of lower taxes and redder colleagues.
by | May 13, 2022 9:35 am | Comments (2)
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Mykael Ross and Band.
A most perfect early spring evening shined even brighter with the sounds of Sun Ra Thursday night, as Best Video in Hamden, in conjunction with The International Festival of Arts and Ideas, presented a Sun Ra Tribute concert on its patio to an appreciative audience of all ages.
Continue reading ‘Sun Ra Tribute Concert Blasts Best Video Into Outer Space’
by | May 11, 2022 5:46 pm | Comments (3)
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Town Clerk Karimah Mickens swears in Wydra.
Elijah Gomez.
Timothy Wydra began a two-step ascension to the top of police department — and invoked the murder of 15-year-old Elijah Gomez in promising to tackle gun violence.
Continue reading ‘As Teen Murder Rattles Town, Hamden Promotes A Top Cop’
by | May 9, 2022 5:01 pm | Comments (11)
A teenager was shot dead Monday along the Hamden section of the Farmington Canal trail.