by | Sep 29, 2015 1:09 pm | Comments (22)
With local brass band Kings of Harmony belting out a toe-tapping rendition of “Oh Happy Day,” the only thing missing in front of the newest development in the Dixwell neighborhood was a second line.
by | Sep 23, 2015 8:43 am | Comments (31)
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Westville neighbors living near the intersection of Chapel Street and Central Avenue were awakened in the wee hours of the morning not by an alarm, but the sound of a driver crashing into cars parked along the street.
Continue reading ‘Third Crash Prompts Call For Traffic-Calming’
by | Sep 22, 2015 7:27 am | Comments (3)
Denver’s meter.
The Board of Alders Monday night passed measures that will allow long-planned traffic calming on Whalley Avenue through Westville Village, study of a revival for Wooster Square’s former clock factory, and start outfitting cops with body cameras and downtown streets with those donation “parking meters.”
Continue reading ‘Traffic Calming, Cop Body Cams Get Final OKs’
by | Sep 16, 2015 7:00 am | Comments (7)
Aaron Goode has a message for voters: get out and turn up for the primary election this Wednesday, even if you’re 17. That is, if you’ll be 18 by the general election in November.
by | Aug 20, 2015 6:46 pm | Comments (0)
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With the help of family and friends, Jeanette Thomas has tended to the Ivy Narrows Bird Sanctuary for about 15 years. But at 82, she confesses that it’s harder to be as active as she used to be.
She recently got a little help from the younger helping hands of the Newhallville youth “ambassadors.”
Continue reading ‘Newhallville Youth Ambassadors Keep It Clean’
by | Aug 12, 2015 3:12 pm | Comments (2)
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Neal-Sanjurjo (above) and Greenberg (below) in the WNHH studio.
As a child, Serena Neal-Sanjurjo watched from inside while New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood burned. She has returned decades later to help rebuild Dixwell — after doing the same in Baltimore and post-Katrina New Orleans.
by | Aug 6, 2015 2:23 pm | Comments (15)
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The new Westville CVS won’t be two stories high, or have outdoor seating, but it might feature the work of local artists and other touches advocated by its future neighbors.
by | Jul 20, 2015 4:26 pm | Comments (18)
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Last year’s crew in action.
A team in green will be once again be canvassing New Haven streets this summer, hoping to improve the city’s energy efficiency.
Continue reading ‘Teens In Green Canvas For Energy Efficiency’
by | Jul 13, 2015 8:06 am | Comments (27)
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Lyn Sabatasso looked out of the front window of her Whalley Avenue business and cringed. “First of all,” she said, “the elderly crossing here — forget it.”
by | Jul 9, 2015 2:34 pm | Comments (1)
A brown-bag lunch discussion at City Hall embraced an idea from Boston for reducing violence: citizens walking the streets late at night to talk to the young men hanging out.
by | Jul 6, 2015 9:01 am | Comments (5)
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Barbara Vereen joined neighbors questioning community policing.
If a two-hour neighborhood meeting is any indication, the cops might be winning more of the daily crime battles in Newhallville than the larger challenge of convincing people that “community policing” is different from the kick-in-the-door, military-style practices of the past.
Continue reading ‘Before $1M Flows, Distrust Flows In Newhallville’
by | Jun 29, 2015 4:22 pm | Comments (4)
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In two and a half years in office, Democratic Fair Haven Alder Santiago Berrios-Bones has risen to the position of the deputy majority leader and helped tackle the distribution of federal community development block grants.
He said he wants another term to tackle what has become a rallying point for several incumbent alders seeking re-election; to move the needle on jobs. But he’s not the only man after the job of representing Ward 14.
by | Jun 29, 2015 3:54 pm | Comments (1)
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Clyburn, Walker, and City Clerk Michael Smart Saturday.
Newhallville neighbors are knocking on doors to reelect Delphine Clyburn, a two-term alder who knocks on the doors of her own ward every month.
by | Jun 29, 2015 1:14 pm | Comments (3)
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Former Alders James and Perez with newcomer Reyes.
Two alders representing the Hill neighborhood kicked off their bids for reelection at Trowbridge Square Park, while the nephew of a former longstanding alder sought to follow in his footsteps.
Continue reading ‘2 Incumbents, 1 Newcomer Announce Hill Candidacies’
by | Jun 18, 2015 5:14 pm | Comments (14)
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Bike and pedestrian-friendly trails that connect to each other and to public transit. Sea walls, flood plains and roads that are prepared for climate change-sparked super storms. More space for people to grow food; less space for big-box stores and parking.
Continue reading ‘A Changed City Envisions “New Haven 2025”’
by | Jun 12, 2015 3:08 pm | Comments (1)
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Like a true superhero, New Haven police Officer Liz Marie Almedina extended her open palms as Wray Williams, the ranger for the East Rock Environmental Center, created a hand-bridge for a giant, hairy tarantula spider that walked across it with a certain cinematic grace.
“Are you afraid?” yelled one of the many children who looked on in wide-eyed amazement.
Continue reading ‘Superheroes, Snakes, Spiders Kick Off Summer Read’
by | Jun 10, 2015 11:01 am | Comments (0)
Not far from the asphalt running track outside Wexler-Grant School in Dixwell, the New Haven Museum’s Amy Durbin and Margaret Anne Tockarshewsky were helping build sound sandwiches from jumbo Popsicle sticks and rubber bands, directing those who had finished to an oral history project just yards away on the lawn, where Baobab Tree Studios had set up shop for the day.
by | Jun 5, 2015 2:59 pm | Comments (2)
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Almeta Hudson was skeptical of raised beds being constructed at the Ann Street Community Garden.
“We’re dirt farmers,” Hudson (pictured in black) said.
Continue reading ‘Beds Raise “Golden Girls” Garden To New Level’
by | May 29, 2015 12:09 pm | Comments (26)
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The city’s vision for Whalley and Dayton.
“Do not smirk,” snapped the developer. “I sat here and respectfully listened to your presentation, Matt.”
“I’m not smirking,” responded the city’s development chief.
by | May 22, 2015 12:02 pm | Comments (9)
A working paper from the University of Minnesota takes a new approach in explaining rising levels of neighborhood inequality by highlighting the relative isolation of affluent, white households in 15 major metropolitan areas throughout the United States.
Continue reading ‘Our Wealth, Poverty Extremes Top Other States’’
by | May 12, 2015 12:03 pm | Comments (4)
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There was a buzz in the air. Visitors were coming, lots of them. Like a family hosting out-of-town guests, Westville’s community engine of businesses, residents, and volunteers revved up to roll out the neighborhood’s annual Artwalk festival, held over Mother’s Day weekend.
Continue reading ‘From The Aesthetic To The Ecstatic At Artwalk 18’
by | May 8, 2015 1:02 pm | Comments (22)
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The next time you think of going around that school bus with the stop sign out … don’t.
by | Apr 27, 2015 8:51 am | Comments (14)
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Over1,000 people filled Wooster Square Park to dance, nibble, and simply celebrate an annual rite of spring.
Continue reading ‘Cherry Blossom Festival Draws Thousands To Wooster Square Park’
by | Apr 24, 2015 1:17 pm | Comments (29)
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Coming to this corner: A beacon.
Doug Hausladen and Giovanni Zinn brought speeding-weary Wooster Street neighbors promises of a “beacon” of hope for a fatal road. Some wanted stop signs instead — but not necessarily bike lanes.