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Gil Kelman, a feisty newspaper publisher and mentor to generations of Connecticut journalists and activists, died Thursday night after a long illness. He was 94.
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A trio from a Japanese newspaper popped in to the Independent’s newsroom Thursday afternoon in search of optimism.
by | Mar 18, 2015 11:01 am | Comments (0)
Since 2005 there have been 16 Taser-related deaths in Connecticut, including one in Branford a few days ago at the hands of a police officer. One of the prohibitions under the state’s Alvin Penn law is that Tasers should not be used punitively, and should not be deployed multiple times. As an investigation into the Branford shooting proceeds, OneWorld is airing a public-access television show entitled, “Know Your Rights.”
Continue reading ‘The Penn Law: Cops May Not Use Tasers Punitively’
by | Feb 17, 2015 3:29 pm | Comments (0)
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IL’s Daisy Abreu, at right, with Eva Geertz.
For Eva Geertz, Laurie Colwn’s Home Cooking had been a game changer. Local filmmaker Karyl Evans thought Boyhood was unbeatable. Mike van Buren put a good word in for Michael Chabon’s The Wonder Boys. If you asked Alexis Zanghi, it didn’t get more artistic than Law & Order (SVU, obviously). Martha Lewis voted for Solaris — the film and the book.
And for beacon of literary light Debby Applegate, The Wire was, unquestionably, a work of genius.
Continue reading ‘New Era Launched For The New Haven Review’
by | Jan 27, 2015 4:40 pm | Comments (55)
The Yale cop who pulled a gun on an African-American undergraduate and forced him to the ground — because he allegedly matched the description of a burglar who was later caught — is African-American himself.
by | Jan 26, 2015 6:47 pm | Comments (2)
From MSNBC to the phone calls streaming into tens of thousands of local cells, Mayor Toni Harp was the calm face and voice of the blizzard about to bear down on New Haven.
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Harp prepares to go live on MSNBC.
by | Jan 8, 2015 8:39 am | Comments (0)
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Thank you Ms. Wein. You taught Pamela Soulos well.
by | Dec 31, 2014 6:39 am | Comments (0)
Please consider including the Independent in your end-of-the-year charitable giving.
by | Dec 22, 2014 2:20 pm | Comments (2)
Connecticut’s two U.S. senators called Monday for the Obama administration to respond — in an undefined way — to North Korea’s alleged hacking into Sony Pictures’ computer system and lethal threats against the airing of the movie The Interview.
Continue reading ‘Blumenthal, Murphy: Time To Respond To N. Korea’
by | Oct 30, 2014 8:32 am | Comments (1)
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If you see a bright orange truck tooling through your neighborhood, chances are it’s the New Haven Free Public Library’s brand new Readmobile.
by | Oct 28, 2014 4:12 pm | Comments (3)
Dannel Malloy has lied to us, over and over. Dannel Malloy always tells us the truth. Tom Foley has our backs. Tom Foley will ship our jobs to Mexico.
by | Oct 6, 2014 10:45 am | Comments (3)
CT News Junkie’s new election correspondent.
The editor who has guided the New Haven Register’s efforts to shift to an online-focused news operation left the company Monday.
Employees learned the news in a 10:35 a.m. email message.
Continue reading ‘“Digital First” Helmsman Leaving The Register’
by | Sep 19, 2014 11:41 am | Comments (1)
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The Rev. Kevin Ewing told a business-rebirth story to a crowd gathered in the Ninth Square — then invited those assembled to start telling their own stories.
by | Aug 15, 2014 1:26 pm | Comments (4)
There are no news breaks on the worldwide web. Right?Well, in this corner of the web, there will be: For the first time in our nine years of publication, the Independent’s unplugging for two weeks.
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by | Aug 3, 2014 11:47 am | Comments (8)
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After this week, I won’t be writing stories in the New Haven Independent. I’ll be up in Boston, telling our New Haven story to a crew of journalists from around the world.
by | Aug 1, 2014 3:03 pm | Comments (2)
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The city has its first-ever female chief librarian, along with a new short-term deal on summer library hours that workers called a possible new direction in labor relations.
by | Jul 29, 2014 4:20 pm | Comments (3)
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Join the New Haven Independent for a special photo exhibition, book launch and send-off party in honor of Thomas MacMillan and Melissa Bailey, who have reported stories for the Independent for a combined 15 years.
by | Jul 29, 2014 12:03 pm | Comments (6)
New Haven’s print daily plans to continue shrinking its newsroom as its parent company prepares for an expected sale.
by | Jul 9, 2014 5:19 pm | Comments (2)
The State Supreme Court may have had no choice but to hand cops new powers to hide information from the public. But the state legislature can take action to rein in those powers.
by | Jul 3, 2014 11:04 am | Comments (5)
A teacher who is dying of an autoimmune disease pours her energy into an after-school ballet program that transforms young girls’ lives. A student wakes up at 4:30 a.m. every day to get on a public bus in search of a good education. A gay teacher comes out of the closet during a social justice lesson. A refugee from Burundi finds her strength and rhythm in music class.
These stories — often lost in the national debate over how to fix American public schools — can be found in a new e‑book published by the New Haven Independent Press.
by | Jul 1, 2014 12:05 pm | Comments (2)
When she wasn’t illustrating Sunday School handouts for children, Gretchen Pritchard combed the New Haven Independent stories — and emerged as the latest Independent typo-catching champ.
by | Jun 11, 2014 4:37 pm | Comments (9)
Yep, that was Tom Foley, Gov. Dannel Malloy’s biggest Republican headache, on the streets of downtown New Haven Wednesday with a microphone in hand and video camera in tow.
Continue reading ‘Reporting Live From Church St. ... Tom Foley?’
by | May 22, 2014 1:39 pm | Comments (1)
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Corrado & Kone face the commissioners.
After scrapping its plans to move downtown, the New Haven Register has finalized plans to move up beyond Quinnipiac Meadows, receiving its only needed public approval Wednesday night.
by | May 2, 2014 2:17 pm | Comments (0)
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Nothing beats a champion typo-catcher — except two champions!
by | Apr 30, 2014 3:10 pm | Comments (20)
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Independent Managing Editor Melissa Bailey will spend a sabbatical year as a Harvard Nieman fellow studying the development of online higher ed.