by | Aug 8, 2022 9:04 am | Comments (7)
Ivelise Velazquez.
At a time of controversy over how New Haven is or isn’t teaching kids to read, the top official directly responsible is leaving the school district.
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by | Aug 4, 2022 11:51 am | Comments (6)
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State Sen. Martin Michael Looney at WNHH FM.
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Martin Francis Looney.
“It took a while, Dad,” Martin Michael Looney said to himself after the final vote was cast, “but we’re there.”
by | Jul 29, 2022 10:30 am | Comments (2)
24HrJunkies owner Tyron Clemmons.
Tyron “Ty” Clemmons saw a need for more work opportunities for youth — so he founded his own junk removal and landscaping business.
by | Jul 28, 2022 8:42 pm | Comments (20)
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Local 217's Josh Stanley with Graduate hotel worker Jacqueline Sims.
The Graduate New Haven hotel on Chapel St.
Graduate New Haven hotel employees, union organizers, and labor-friendly politicians celebrated the city’s first new hotel worker union in a quarter century by praising an unexpected ally — an employer that voluntarily chose to recognize and negotiate, rather than fight.
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by | Jul 28, 2022 3:23 pm | Comments (3)
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Ava Boris, Mary Sarah Olson, Sofia Trotta, Adrianna Perugini, and State Sen. Christine Cohen
Adrianna Perugini came to Biohaven Pharmaceuticals as an intern to see if she was interested in pursuing biotech. Now she is a full-time employee working in downtown New Haven.
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by | Jul 28, 2022 1:20 pm | Comments (2)
New Haveners Erick Russell and Maritza Bond notched more organized-labor endorsements for their respective runs for statewide office — this time from the local political powerhouse that is Yale’s clerical and technical workers union.
by | Jul 26, 2022 4:11 pm | Comments (25)
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Floor four, and counting: Work proceeds at 101 College St.
Builder Winstanley: On budget, on schedule.
A new bioscience tower has begun taking shape, and a vision of New Haven’s jobs future along with it.
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by | Jul 26, 2022 9:21 am | Comments (11)
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“Where did you get that hat?” I asked Mitchell Daniels.
As I learned on a sizzling sidewalk in East Rock, I was apparently about the 3,000th person to ask that question since this veteran New Haven mailman bought it at a flea market several years ago. He hauls it out of the closet for use whenever there is Fahrenheit inflation.
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.
Continue reading ‘Diplomas In Hand, Climate-Conscious Contractor Corps Ready To Build Green’
by | Jul 22, 2022 2:52 pm | Comments (4)
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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.
Continue reading ‘Sneakers Reborn Inside New Dixwell "Trap"’
by | Jul 22, 2022 11:07 am | Comments (12)
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Elicker speaking to recent Cross graduate Cynthia Marroquin about working for the NHPD.
Cynthia Marroquin, who just graduated from Wilbur Cross High School, found the mayor on her doorstep bearing career advice: become a New Haven cop.
Continue reading ‘NHPD Brass, Mayor Recruit Future Cops In Fair Haven’
by | Jul 21, 2022 9:23 am | Comments (1)
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Officers at Wednesday's promotion ceremony at YAG.
Promoted cops with colleagues after the ceremony.
Two newly promoted sergeants, a lieutenant, a captain, and two assistant chiefs took their formal oaths of office, along with a collective informal oath — to rebuild trust in communities across New Haven.
The swearing-in of the newly promoted cops took place late Wednesday afternoon at the Yale Art Gallery at Chapel and York streets.
Continue reading ‘New Top Cops Sworn In, With Legitimacy Mission’
by | Jul 15, 2022 3:53 pm | Comments (6)
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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.
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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 | Jul 14, 2022 1:07 pm | Comments (8)
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Workers' rights groups rally to celebrate new protections and continue advocating.
Workers and activists rallied outside of City Hall Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the passage of a new federal immigrant-whistleblower rights policy, while vowing to put it into action.
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by | Jul 11, 2022 12:24 pm | Comments (6)
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Zannelli (left); Ettienne.
The city’s new police chief has recommended two trusted veteran cops to become his assistant chiefs: David Zannelli and Bertram Ettienne.
Continue reading ‘Ettienne, Zannelli Tapped To Become Assistant Chiefs’
by | Jul 8, 2022 2:26 pm | Comments (2)
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Stephan Torquati at WNHH FM.
One story that has stuck with Stephan Torquati about his time as a cop didn’t spark headlines. It didn’t earn him a commendation. No one landed in the hospital. He didn’t make the arrest.
The story sticks with him because it shows how police do their job right. It shows why, as he retires after more than 20 years on New Haven’s force, he leaves with no regrets — and with pride in the profession.
by | Jul 7, 2022 3:06 pm | Comments (9)
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New officers at Wednesday’s police academy graduation.
Call her Officer Mom: Maxine Wright with her four children.
When Maxine Wright discovered her youngest son was afraid of cops, she decided to change that — by becoming a New Haven police officer.
Continue reading ‘21 Cop Cadets Graduate With "Respect" Charge’
by | Jul 6, 2022 11:35 am | Comments (5)
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Leslie Radcliffe: "We need more people like you" on the police force.
“Did the lieutenant convince you?” Leslie Radcliffe called out to Tiemarcie Ramos, who’d walked past the Hill North police substation in search of his mother’s stolen garbage can.
Ramos shrugged. Radcliffe wasn’t satisfied.
Continue reading ‘Cops, Neighbors Patrol Hill -- Seeking Cops’
by | Jun 28, 2022 2:46 pm | Comments (3)
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Lauren Sepulveda teaches social studies class in 2019 hours after receiving the Milken Educator Award.
Veteran Clinton Avenue School teacher Lauren Sepulveda will leave her “home” to become the next assistant principal of John S. Martinez School.
Continue reading ‘Star Teacher Moves Up To Assistant Principal’
by | Jun 28, 2022 9:56 am | Comments (5)
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Clockwise from top left: Oscaima "Patty" Berrios, Kate Liphart, Joel LeChance, and Maria Solomon at Monday's drive.
New blood at the city’s teachers union arranged to draw blood from educators — along with ideas for how to pump new life into the organization and its headquarters.
by | Jun 27, 2022 11:16 pm | Comments (10)
Gary Highsmith, right, with past student and current BOE member Walter Morton — who recalled Highsmith as his early style icon.
Hamden has selected an internal hire with New Haven roots to serve as the town’s next superintendent of schools.
by | Jun 21, 2022 1:42 pm | Comments (0)
Courtney Luciano Photo at work.
Maissie Musick was whipping iced lattes, cold brews, and drip coffee — and, in between serving walk-in customers, claiming to be a summer girl through and through.
by | Jun 20, 2022 3:18 pm | Comments (5)
Hamden’s next mayor may run for a four-year term rather than two if a town charter change aiming to improve governmental accountability and productivity is approved.
Lengthening the time Hamden’s top leader spends in office is one of the amendments that a reinstated Charter Revision Commission (CRC) is looking to make in the town’s “constitution.”
by | Jun 17, 2022 2:57 pm | Comments (4)
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Tom Ariola: "Why kid ourselves and start moving money around? Because we know: We are going to spend this."
Hamden’s Board of Education has passed a $101 million budget to make financial ends meet next school year — while warning of a multimillion-dollar fiscal cliff in their future after being flat-funded by the town council.
Continue reading ‘1-Time Grants Rescue Hamden Schools Budget, For Now’