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May 2, 2023 9:15 am
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Paul Boudreau and Greta Blau, left, founders of the first tenants' union in Hamden.
Unidad Latina En Accion Founder and May Day organizer John Lugo drives an Elicker scarecrow around town.
Hundreds of activists took to the streets to commemorate International Workers’ Day — and to celebrate local strides taken to solidify people power not just across jobs, but within New Haven apartments, homeless encampments, and shelters.
Sandy Birner cut through the Courtyard Marriott parking lot on Howe Street Tuesday morning with two Stop & Shop bags filled with sneakers and hats, in search of the right place to show them to the world.
Dave John Cruz-Bustamante: CT schools should look like "palaces."
Teacher-protesters defining vocab.
Connecticut is the wealthiest state in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Wilbur Cross junior Dave John Cruz-Bustamante told a crowd of educators gathered across the street from their school.
“But you wouldn’t know that from looking at our desks.”
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Maya McFadden |
Apr 13, 2023 10:20 am
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John Nguyen, newly tapped to be NHPS's supervisor of research, assessment and evaluation.
Two assistant principals rose the ranks to new leadership roles in the New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) district, even as school board members raised questions about which vacancies need to be filled now, and which should be left open until the next superintendent is hired.
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Tom Goldenberg |
Apr 11, 2023 8:28 am
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A chemical engineer at vax-building work in a Science Park lab.
We should all be proud of efforts like New Haven Rising’s demand for Yale to hire more New Haven residents. We should also be proud of NAACP’s #WeGotThatWork campaign to ensure that returning citizens have access to jobs. The aspiration of these initiatives – of achieving economic justice and access to opportunities – is on target.
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Laura Glesby |
Apr 10, 2023 9:18 am
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Janice Parker: "We do our jobs diligently, and we deserve this raise."
After alders approved a long-anticipated city parks and blue-collar labor union contract, Janice Parker slipped out of the legislative chambers, teary-eyed and grinning. The moment she passed through the door, she burst into a victorious dance.
Angel Diaz rolled up the hose to his oil truck Tuesday morning outside a Munson Street home, halfway through his deliveries before a second gig making barber shop T‑shirts.
Candice “Candy” Jones was in her Mama Bear slippers taking her Cavapoo King out for a run around their apartment complex courtyard Tuesday morning while gearing up for a busy day, one that could set her on the path of owning her own apartment complexes.
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Nora Grace-Flood |
Mar 22, 2023 4:08 pm
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Uber driver Teresa Jackson protests shrinking pay from her employer.
Drivers for Uber, Lyft and Doordash gathered outside Union Station to steer support towards better base pay and trip transparency — as another bill aiming to protect the rights of rideshare and delivery workers moves through the state legislature.
Cop-community team Officers Michael Rubino and Roberto Talloni ...
... and neighbor Robbie Williams.
Inside an apartment tower, two New Haven police officers had to act instantly if they had any chance of preventing a woman from falling seven floors to her death.
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Allan Appel |
Mar 15, 2023 9:17 am
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Lt. -- now Asst. Chief -- Colon on the job in Newhallville.
Lt. Manmeet Colon ascended to the role of assistant police chief after city commissioners praised her career in the department, her skills as a police officer and leader, and her status as a multilingual Asian American woman now in the local force’s highest ranks.
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Nora Grace-Flood |
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Asst. Chief Justin McCarthy, Mayor Justin Elicker, Asst. Chief Dan Coughlin, retired firefighter William Coughlin, Asst. Drillmaster Shytan Floyd, and Chief John Alston.
Two New Haven natives have been promoted to top spots in the city’s fire department, with Dan Coughlin filling the role of assistant chief of operations and Shytan Floyd becoming assistant drillmaster.
Shaina Plunkett: Hoping to bring Jamaican heritage to Yale Hospitality.
With reunion and commencement season on the horizon, Yale Hospitality is looking to hire 75 to 100 semi-permanent workers from New Haven as banquet servers and casual dining staffers.
University officials urged an audience of city residents to apply for those jobs in the latest session of an ongoing town-gown local hiring push.
Asst. Chief Justin McCarthy (left) with Fire Chief John Alston.
Justin McCarthy plans to step down from his post as New Haven’s assistant fire chief in May for a similar job in the suburbs, marking the second retirement this year of a high-ranking city fire department official.
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Laura Glesby |
Mar 8, 2023 5:00 pm
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Marilyn DeJesus and John Antoni protest for higher pay, lower childcare costs.
Marilyn DeJesus was making $12 an hour as an early childhood educator — and paying $1,700 a month for childcare as a single parent.
Having since left that job to teach toddlers at a center with better compensation, DeJesus joined hundreds of other early educators on the Green to call for higher wages and lower childcare costs.
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Laura Glesby |
Mar 6, 2023 3:09 pm
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EMERGE's Richard Watkins on Monday: Young people's voices matter.
Aspiring medical assistants, landscapers, and manufacturers now have a clearer path to career success, thanks to a new city grant designed to skill up New Haven’s workforce.
