by | Jul 24, 2020 3:34 pm | Comments (11)
New Haven Harm Reduction Working Group
The publisher of the New Haven Register pulled the plug on an advertisement that highlighted the dangers of being locked up during Covid-19.
The local criminal justice and public health advocates who paid for the ad are asking why.
by | Jul 22, 2020 6:48 pm | Comments (100)
Recent Facebook posts by Officer Jason Bandy (below).
City cop Jason Bandy wants the public to know that lying politicians exaggerated the impact of Covid-19 in order to crack down on individual freedom.
And that the media ignore elite-run child sex trafficking rings connected to the Vatican and CIA. And that one Black female Democratic Congresswoman is “trash,” while another should be “lock[ed] up.”
by | Jun 9, 2020 3:48 pm | Comments (0)
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The eighth and final billboard was put on display Tuesday for the city government’s Covid-19 “Mask Up” campaign on Middletown Avenue.
by | May 22, 2020 12:19 pm | Comments (7)
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On the beat: Chris Peak (center) covering the Dalio education partnership.
Christopher Peak won 10 statewide awards from the Society for the Professional Journalists for stories published in the Independent.
by | May 18, 2020 4:48 pm | Comments (3)
Smitty Bop answered his government’s call — and masked up to convince people who trust him to do the same.
by | May 15, 2020 1:25 pm | Comments (5)
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May Day 1970 rally on the Green.
A half century after a Black Panther trial consumed New Haven and thrust it into the national discussion over racial and social justice, survivors of the episode as well as a new generation revisited that time to see what it means today.
Continue reading ‘50 Years Later, Panther Moment, Legacy Revisited’
by | May 5, 2020 6:58 pm | Comments (3)
Jack Kramer and his wife Audrey at Yankee stadium.
A 43-year journalism career ended Tuesday when Jack Kramer died after a year-long battle with cancer.
by | May 1, 2020 10:26 am | Comments (2)
The Thursday Elicker Zoom presser.
On Thursday, Mayor Justin Elicker’s daily online pandemic press conference came with a twist: all the questions were asked by student reporters.
by | Apr 30, 2020 4:38 pm | Comments (2)
On the beat: Chris Peak (center) covering the Dalio education partnership.
The national Education Writers Association has honored Christopher Peak for his “watchdog reporting” on New Haven’s public schools.
by | Apr 22, 2020 1:31 pm | Comments (9)
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On the beat: Chris Peak (center) covering the Dalio education partnership.
After three years reporting on public education in New Haven for the Independent, Christopher Peak is beginning a new assignment with a nationwide focus.
by | Apr 18, 2020 9:13 pm | Comments (34)
Like others on the front lines during the Covid-19 virus, New Haven cops are feeling a mixture of …
by | Apr 10, 2020 9:27 am | Comments (1)
Chris Ozyck wants you to know that there are 90 million dogs in America, or one pooch for every four inhabitants. Only about 40 percent of their owners pick up after them.
That adds up to whole lot of doo doo that’s washing into rivers and streams and lakes, which is why we can’t swim in many of them, including the lovely Quinnipiac River.
You might find that gross. Or surprising. Or surprisingly engaging. Ozyck hopes you also take that knowledge and become a better steward of the environment.
by | Apr 1, 2020 10:35 am | Comments (1)
Before Sam Haller’s “anchors aweigh” booty shorts graced the pages of The Guardian this week while he pretended to eat a doll’s head, before they were written up around the world, and before comforters were recognized as accurate renaissance garments, four roommates were chatting on a Google hangout in quarantine.
by | Feb 17, 2020 3:55 pm | Comments (0)
What local issues matter most to you and your family? Are you finding the news and information you need about those issues?
by | Feb 17, 2020 8:55 am | Comments (3)
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Achievement First board discusses misconduct behind closed doors.
Schools may no longer hide evidence of educator misconduct by claiming that they need to protect students’ confidentiality, according to a ruling by the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission.
by | Feb 11, 2020 4:38 pm | Comments (7)
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Meet Emily Hays and Maya McFadden. You’ll be seeing them a lot around town.
by | Jan 2, 2020 4:03 pm | Comments (15)
Chris Powell: Legal notices belong in print newspapers.
The state saved taxpayers money and better served the public in the process.
Or: … The state put another dagger into an independent press and deprived the public of vital information in the process.
A new public-notice policy implemented Thursday by the state judicial system prompted those two opposite interpretations.
by | Jan 1, 2020 11:26 am | Comments (2)
For the fifth year in a row, Anne Tubis has led the field of Independent typo-catchers.
by | Dec 3, 2019 8:38 am | Comments (0)
As you consider nonprofit causes to which to donate on Tuesday’s national day of giving, here’s one suggestion: Help keep nonprofit public-interest news thriving in New Haven.
Continue reading ‘#Giving Tuesday Option: Support Nonprofit Local News’
by | Nov 26, 2019 8:44 am | Comments (1)
This is what a transition sounds like:
by | Nov 22, 2019 12:51 pm | Comments (3)
Longtime WNPR host Faith Middletown has ended her “Food Schmooze” radio program after nearly four decades on the air.
by | Nov 18, 2019 1:09 pm | Comments (2)
You don’t have to be a Baby Boomer to make a matching donation to keep nonprofit public-interest journalism alive in New Haven.
But this is a special appeal to my fellow Boomers.
by | Nov 15, 2019 3:00 pm | Comments (15)
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Outlaw leading a support group for ex-offenders.
William “Juneboy” Outlaw III was New Haven’s top cocaine dealer before he reached the age of 20. Then he spent decades behind bars, staring at death.
This week Outlaw, who’s now 51, hit the big time again — this time as a star street outreach worker featured on the Today Show and in a biography about to rock the nation with a tale of personal redemption.
by | Nov 8, 2019 9:05 am | Comments (20)
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Reporter Anthony Contreras in the foreground listening to his answer.
The city should have a community conversation about potentially renaming Christopher Columbus Family Academy on Grand Avenue in Fair Haven.
Mayor-Elect Justin Elicker offered that idea Thursday afternoon in response to the first surprise question he fielded since Tuesday’s election by a local reporter — who also happens to be a third-grader at East Rock Community School.
by | Nov 1, 2019 8:01 am | Comments (3)
An annual appeal to support nonprofit journalism starts today — and your contributions to the Independent will be matched dollar for dollar.