by | May 22, 2012 8:25 am | Comments (20)
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Heights Alderwoman Brenda Jones-Barnes shows off her new ward.
As lawmakers signed off on a new citywide ward-boundary map, members of a tight-knit East Rock neighborhood found themselves politically exiled from East Rock — but still together.
by | May 3, 2012 4:10 pm | Comments (49)
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LCI’s Erik Johnson pitches plan to lawmakers.
Taking a page from a political campaign opponent, City Hall unveiled a plan to convince teachers, cops, firefighters, and other government employees to buy homes in town.
Continue reading ‘City Wants Its Workers To “Buy New Haven”’
by | Mar 9, 2012 1:00 pm | Comments (3)
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A house stood on this Lilac Street lot until alleged scammers milked it and the city condemned it.
A New Haven man living in public-housing projects managed to cough up more than $1 million to buy properties around town.
And an African liberation leader returned from the grave to run a mortgage scam that sowed neglect in struggling New Haven neighborhoods.
If you think that sounds preposterous, you’re not alone — federal investigators thought so, too.
Continue reading ‘Kwame & Straw Buyer Leave Trail Of Blight’
by | Feb 17, 2011 12:27 pm | Comments (0)
The following land-record filings took place between Feb. 3 and Feb. 11. They included a transfer of property from Fair Haven developer Angelo Reyes, who faces federal arson charges; the filings also include a document in which Carmen R. Diaz grants Reyes power of attorney.
by | Feb 3, 2011 7:47 pm | Comments (0)
Nine garages collapsed in New Haven from the ice/snow storm of the past two days, and the city condemned a flat-roofed eight-unit apartment building.
by | Feb 3, 2011 11:59 am | Comments (0)
The following land-record filings took place between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1, 2011.
by | Feb 2, 2011 5:26 pm | Comments (3)
After melting snow poured into a major downtown street, it took a backhoe, a shovel, and swift coordination to clear away the gushing water. It was the first of what could be many operations to come, as New Haven’s snow emergency turns into an ice and flooding emergency.
by | Jan 28, 2011 6:06 pm | Comments (30)
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As a main Fair Haven traffic artery remained “a nightmare” for drivers a day after a snowstorm, aldermen from neighborhoods across town demanded answers from City Hall about New Haven’s handling of the historic mounds of white stuff. And a new explanation emerged for why some smaller streets went days without getting plowed.
by | Jan 27, 2011 3:35 pm | Comments (2)
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Readers captured some of the beauty that blanketed New Haven Thursday.
by | Jan 13, 2011 4:17 am | Comments (9)
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Looking up Bishop St.: nicely cleared sidewalk but Bishop remains unplowed as of 2 p.m.
Readers sent in these “snow-tos” of Wednesday’s beautiful storm from bird’s eye and land’s eye views. Nineteen inches of snow fell on the city, and transformed it.
(Note: We’ve reached photo capacity on this file. Thanks for these wonderful contributions!)
by | Jan 11, 2011 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
The following land-record filings took place between Jan. 3 and Jan. 5, 2011.
by | Jan 6, 2011 12:12 pm | Comments (3)
The following land-record filings took place between Dec. 29 and Jan. 4.
by | Dec 26, 2010 5:09 pm | Comments (9)
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Wooster Square Park.
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(Updated) The snowstorm barely got going before Independent readers caught some memorable images.
by | Nov 15, 2010 5:47 pm | Comments (10)
In one week, 11 cars were broken into in East Rock and 47 in Wooster Square.
by | Sep 22, 2010 4:47 pm | Comments (2)
The basement of Asmar’s “rehabbed” 211 Lloyd St.
Marshall Asmar’s name finally appeared on a federal indictment describing a massive New Haven housing scam — and he ended up under arrest.
by | Aug 23, 2010 7:40 am | Comments (5)
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Competition was fierce. The two teams raced up and down the court, hot on each other’s trail, passes connecting, shots sinking. This was clearly no mere pick-up game, but rather the next-to-last game of the day for “Hoopin’ Not Shootin,” a series of basketball games held over the past month bringing together teams from New Haven’s different neighborhoods.
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‘They Spent The Day
"Hoopin' Not Shootin'"’
by | Aug 3, 2010 11:16 am | Comments (8)
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Maria Meneses talks to her flowers and she touches them. As hundreds gathered in her West Rock yard for a celebration, she revealed the real secret to sunflowers taller than an NBA center and hibiscus petals the size of a dessert dish: seeds from Mexico.
by | Jul 12, 2010 7:36 am | Comments (5)
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I expected a crowd of New Haven know-it-alls, not a rehearsal for Burning Man.
by | Jun 25, 2010 11:02 am | Comments (12)
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From his front porch, James Edwards could see that a fire had driven the tenants out of the house next door. He knew the building’s owners had fishy dealings with tenants. He didn’t know what the FBI said it found out — that an elaborate conspiracy involving prominent local people milked the property and left the government with the bill.
by | Jun 17, 2010 4:10 pm | Comments (24)
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Menachem Joseph Levitin
Federal agents charged 15 people — some of them prominent local figures — with undertaking massive mortgage fraud and moved to take control of 51 blighted New Haven properties Thursday, as the government’s response to the aftermath of the foreclosure crisis took a new legal turn.
Continue reading ‘FBI Arrests Police Commissioner, Slumlord, Rabbi’
by | Jan 26, 2010 12:34 pm | Comments (22)
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Jonathan Hopkins emerged from cyberspace to take a fresh look at his hometown. At one rebuilt school, he found a perfect fusion of old and new in an alternating pattern of bricks.
Continue reading ‘New Haven’s New Face: The “Norton Street” Tour’
by | Jan 25, 2010 12:49 pm | Comments (4)
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It’s watching over a busy stretch of New Haven. If you know where — or have a hunch — comment below…
by | Jan 21, 2010 8:46 am | Comments (6)
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With a proposed zoning change to Grand Avenue, Gabriela Campos-Matteson hopes to put in place some “New Urbanist” principles — the kind that built city centers a century ago.
by | Dec 14, 2009 4:11 pm | Comments (1)
As the U.S. Census kicked off in New Haven, Sandra McKinnie offered 9,000 reasons to stand up and be counted.
by | Oct 6, 2009 8:42 am | Comments (28)
Neighborhoods that plant together, stay together, Kris Sainsbury observed. It happened in City Point — and it will now happen citywide.