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Lt. Rose Dell at a recent community meeting.
Lt. Rose Dell is headed back to 1 Union Ave after a year building relationships with neighbors to tackle crime on the city’s west side.
by | Dec 10, 2019 8:44 am | Comments (11)
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Hyclis Williams addresses school board Monday night.
Working conditions for teacher’s aides have been ignored for too long in New Haven, especially as vacancies force them to lead classes they’re not certified to teach on their own, the newly elected president of the paraprofessionals union said in her first message to the school board.
by | Dec 6, 2019 2:41 pm | Comments (19)
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Protesters in October protesting inaction on the Eaton case.
Hamden Officer Devin Eaton may now keep his job for a while yet, due to a judge’s decision on Friday.
by | Dec 6, 2019 1:12 pm | Comments (8)
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Richard Watkins held a measuring tape in the position for a steel pole while Matt Viens leaned his weight into a drill that choked fragrant pink sawdust out of a slowly-forming hole in a red cedar post.
The future safety of New Haven’s stone stairway to the heavens hung in the balance.
by | Nov 29, 2019 9:39 am | Comments (16)
Three city alders joined hundreds of protesters at JFK airport in New York City in a rally for better wages and a new contract for airline food workers who share a same parent union as Yale’s blue-collar and clerical worker locals.
Two of those alders, East Rock’s Charles Decker (pictured in the back-left of the video above) and the Hill’s Ron Hurt, were arrested during the protest.
by | Nov 27, 2019 1:24 pm | Comments (5)
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Assistant Superintendent Keisha Redd-Hannans.
An internal investigation has concluded that Assistant Superintendent of Schools Keisha Redd-Hannans never retaliated against Donna Aiello, an assistant principal who publicly opposed her plan to involuntarily transfer 53 teachers.
Continue reading ‘Schools Deputy Cleared In Retaliation Complaint’
by | Nov 19, 2019 3:00 pm | Comments (1)
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Homicide unit’s Steven Cunningham, Paul D’Andrea, Bertram Ettienne, Kealya Nivakoff, David Zaweski.
Four New Haven detectives woke to the ringing of their phones at 2:30 a.m. one recent Saturday. They saw that Bertram Ettienne was calling.
They knew that meant they would be up for a while.
by | Nov 14, 2019 9:41 pm | Comments (2)
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Hamden’s mayor has decided he wants his acting police chief to become the full police chief, at least for up to a year.
by | Nov 14, 2019 1:10 pm | Comments (46)
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Hundreds plot New Haven Rising’s next move in the Elicker Era.
by | Nov 13, 2019 8:54 am | Comments (18)
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Paras’ prez Wilkins-Chambers: “Never seen anything like this.”
A student kicked his teacher in the leg, then claimed she kicked him back. Administrators didn’t find any marks on the boy from what seemed to be “minor physical contact,” a union official said, but Central Office decided to send the teacher out on administrative leave while an investigation is underway.
That teacher joins 69 school employees who were placed on administrative leave last year — at a cost of at least $410,000 (without including substitute teacher pay), according to newly obtained records.
Continue reading ‘Schools Put 69 On Leave; Policy To Change’
by | Nov 7, 2019 1:30 pm | Comments (3)
In the wake of an incident at Union Station, the Connecticut Department of Transportation has updated its free speech policy to make clear that people do not have to first ask for permission before exercising their First Amendment rights at any state-owned transportation hubs.
by | Nov 1, 2019 12:28 pm | Comments (2)
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Former Deputy Finance Director Rick Galarza, Assistant Superintendent Chris Melillo, and Interim Finance Director Myron Hul.
Another finance post has become vacant in Hamden Town Hall.
Continue reading ‘Hamden’s Now Looking To Fill 2 Top Finance Posts’
by | Oct 31, 2019 4:54 pm | Comments (0)
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Anthony Proto, who has a degree in economics and math from Southern Connecticut State University, spent time in jail for narcotics possession back in 2000. He has relapsed a good number of times since then, worked for five years with an oil company, relapsed again.
Proto has been clean for six months. He was ready to reenter the work force. All he needed was to renew confidence in himself, brush up on how to present himself, and get practical tips and leads.
by | Oct 30, 2019 7:57 am | Comments (31)
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Westville Alder Adam Marchand and challenger Dennis Serfilippi.
Are the Yale’s unions a force for political engagement or obfuscation? Economic uplift or conflicts of interest?
Does the social media app NextDoor promote civic debate and neighborly communication? Or racism and paranoid fear-mongering?
by | Oct 29, 2019 8:10 am | Comments (37)
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Rev. Abraham Hernandez at rally: More Latino ed boarders needed.
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Yesenia Rivera presses hiring question before leaving room.
Underrepresented from the school board to the superintendent’s cabinet to the classroom, Latinos are demanding a more visible place within the city’s school system, as they already make up nearly half the student body.
That cry was heard at both ends of the city on Monday night, as protestors waved signs at a nomination hearing and the school board’s only Latina member walked out of a meeting in tears.
by | Oct 29, 2019 7:49 am | Comments (20)
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Carol Birks.
(Updated) The latest chapter of the ongoing drama with New Haven’s school superintendent has finally come to an end, as Carol Birks has signed a severance agreement to give up her position in charge of city schools for a six-figure buyout.
by | Oct 28, 2019 1:06 pm | Comments (13)
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Matt DeRienzo.
Hearst Media Monday fired the top editor of its eight Connecticut dailies, including the New Haven Register.
by | Oct 23, 2019 9:26 pm | Comments (2)
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Outside the College Street polling station during Wednesday’s election.
Two city alders who also serve as local labor leaders survived spirited union election challenges Tuesday.
Continue reading ‘Walker-Myers, Wingate Survive Union Challenges’
by | Oct 18, 2019 12:06 pm | Comments (2)
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Officer Andrew Lipford.
Hamden police Officer Andrew Lipford, who was the subject of a department investigation this spring after he threatened to shoot a Latino man at a traffic stop, has appealed a disciplinary sentence imposed by Acting Chief John Cappiello.
by | Oct 17, 2019 10:56 pm | Comments (33)
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Chief Reyes: We’ll “get to the bottom of this.”
At least ten city cops face potential discipline, and one has already left the force, after top brass discovered that they failed to file hundreds of incident reports on complaints, some as serious as domestic violence.
One officer alone, who has been on the beat since only 2016, allegedly failed to file at least 225 reports.
by | Oct 16, 2019 3:26 pm | Comments (12)
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Brandon Felder and Tyisha Walker-Myers.
Tyisha Walker-Myers and Brian Wingate are facing a reelection challenge — not for their positions on the Board of Alders, but for their leadership posts in Yale’s blue-collar union.
Continue reading ‘Local 35 Leaders Face Election Challenges’
by | Oct 16, 2019 11:48 am | Comments (8)
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Phillip Penn, New Haven’s new CFO, with Iline Tracey.
After more than a yearlong search, the school district has finally hired a chief financial officer.
by | Oct 8, 2019 7:52 am | Comments (5)
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Firefighters turn out for Monday night’s vote.
The Board of Alders overwhelmingly approved a new fire union contract that trades wage increases for higher employee pension contributions — and reportedly cuts annual city pension contributions by over $410,000.
Continue reading ‘Fire Pact Passes; Saves $410K In Pensions’
by | Oct 7, 2019 5:57 pm | Comments (20)
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Connecticut NAACP President Scot X. Esdaile on Monday.
A nationwide campaign to land jobs for one million formerly incarcerated people made a stop in New Haven with a pitch focused on encouraging hospitals to step up as “second chance” employers.
by | Oct 4, 2019 12:21 pm | Comments (1)
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For the second time in two years, city supervisory workers have voted to replace their union president.