by | Sep 13, 2022 9:10 am | Comments (17)
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At the main branch on Elm St.
City libraries remain closed on Sundays 11 weeks into a fiscal year in which they are supposed to be open, with the Elicker Administration citing staff shortages as the biggest roadblock so far to realizing a heralded budget promise.
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by | Sep 8, 2022 4:05 pm | Comments (0)
If you can read and write, see well, count, and communicate with people — then you can make some money putting in a long shift to help preserve democracy on Election Day.
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by | Sep 7, 2022 5:55 pm | Comments (6)
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Drivers and supporters outside City Hall Wednesday.
Drivers from across the state broke away from behind their steering wheels Wednesday to march across New Haven to demand better benefits, pay and protections from rideshare companies like Uber.
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by | Aug 26, 2022 3:29 pm | Comments (14)
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Cotto and Blanco looking for a missing man at Justin’s Deli.
City police Officers Martha Cotto and Kevin Blanco were in the middle of their walking beat on Grand Avenue when a call came over the radio: An 85-year-old man with dementia had wandered away from home, and he was now missing somewhere in Fair Haven.
by | Aug 25, 2022 4:15 pm | Comments (19)
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U.S. Sen. Blumenthal: 'Internet for all' not possible through shoddy installs.
Communication workers and labor-friendly politicians called out Frontier Communications for prioritizing underqualified subcontractors over full-time, well-trained employees as the telecommunications giant expands its fiber optic Internet services across the state.
by | Aug 23, 2022 5:37 pm | Comments (8)
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Charter Revision Chair Gallagher: Let the people decide in November.
Does Hamden need a chief operating officer to serve as the mayor’s second in command in overseeing Town Hall?
That question could come before voters in November — if a skeptical Legislative Council signs off on such a ballot measure later this week.
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by | Aug 17, 2022 3:14 pm | Comments (27)
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Iline Tracey testifies: New Haven kids will succeed.
“When I hear those numbers, it makes me cringe,” Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker-Myers told Schools Superintendent Iline Tracey.
Speaking at a public hearing, she was referring to New Haven Public Schools’ test scores from the past year, which officials have referred to as a reading and math “crisis.”
“Our students are resilient,” Tracey responded, and they need “indestructible hope.”
by | Aug 10, 2022 2:20 pm | Comments (7)
Keisha Redd-Hannans.
The school district has chosen New Haven native Keisha Redd Hannans, who has been with the district for 14 years, as the replacement for departing assistant superintendent Ivelise Velazquez.
by | Aug 9, 2022 1:35 pm | Comments (31)
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Abdussabur: We came through during Covid.
The Board of Education voted to hire a new cleaning contractor for its schools this coming year, ditching a local Black-owned firm in favor of a Massachusetts-based company.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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