by | Jan 6, 2006 11:36 am | Comments (6)
Jane Coppock (pictured) and her neighbors on the east side have launched a gutsy new campaign of civil obedience: They’re obeying this sign. Will their campaign catch fire in New Haven?
by | Jan 4, 2006 3:20 pm | Comments (1)
The Dunkin’ Donuts at the Fountain-Whalley gateway to Westville may become a Starbucks. That’s cool with neighborhood baristas Tamara Moore (above) and Nicole Festa (at left).
by | Dec 19, 2005 12:33 pm | Comments (0)
A Virginia developer wants to turn a bleak old factory property a block from Westville Village into a luxury apartment complex looking something like this. First he needs approval for a permit from the City Plan Commission when it meets in an emergency session Tuesday morning. Neighbors are watching with a wary eye.
by | Dec 7, 2005 3:35 pm | Comments (0)
Anthony Reid and Rasheen Henry (above) are psyched about the prospect of a Wendy’s coming to this vacant corner of Winthrop and Whalley avenues. Merchants and adult neighbors have a different vision of how Whalley should develop. They’re fighting chains like Wendy’s. And the city might seize the property before Wendy’s can serve a burger.
by | Nov 23, 2005 4:57 pm | Comments (0)
Thanksgiving arrived early, and twice, at Casa Otoñal this year. The elderly housing complex in the Hill served a festive holiday dinner on Wednesday so that people who have other places to go Thursday, like sisters Sarah Claybourne and Marjorie Higgs (at left and right in photo), could celebrate the holiday with their Casa community, too.
by | Nov 11, 2005 8:56 am | Comments (0)
After 46 years, 91-year-old Frank Scialabba still says hello to Rose Cimino every day. Retired at 91, he comes to Rose’s and her husband’s Grand Avenue bakery, puts on a smock, and packages fennel biscuits called “tartalle.” And he brings Rose her daily joke. It never fails to crack her up. This is a love story —” not a romantic love story, not a story about marriage, but a story about two friends from Fair Haven, a generation apart, who have remained a central part of each other’s daily lives.
by | Oct 26, 2005 8:14 pm | Comments (1)
After a fire, a Victorian skeleton rises again on Elm Street. A cat corpse fares worse.
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by | Oct 17, 2005 10:54 am | Comments (2)
This guy had a small house. He made it a big house. A really big house. A McMansion four times the size of the house next door. His neighbors are mad at him. They say he’s wrecking one of New Haven’s charming 19th-century-era blocks. He begs to differ.
by | Sep 14, 2005 6:39 pm | Comments (1)
Neighbors say Harry’s Package Store at the commercial heart of Beaver Hills has been a mess for years. Especially the lot around it, pictured here. The city’s set to fine the owner $100 a day. The owner — who runs upscale restaurants elsewhere in town — says he’s tried to make the property nice but unreasonable neighbors have stopped him.
by | Sep 8, 2005 12:21 pm | Comments (0)
Ten City of New Haven Fire Stations have been designated as drop-off centers for relief supplies for Hurricane Katrina victims. Fire Stations will accept donations of bottled water, non-perishable ready-to-eat foods, batteries, tarps, & tents.√Ǭ† Donations will then be sent to the Goffe Street Armory, as part of Governor’s Jodi Rell’s statewide response plan involving National Guard Armories.√Ǭ† The Fire Stations will accept donations from 8 – 6 until further notice. The 10 stations are: Central Station – 952 Grand Ave., Engine 5 – 826 Woodward Ave., Engine 6 – 125 Goffe St., Engine 8 – 350 Whitney Ave., Engine 9 – 120 Ellsworth Ave., Engine 10 – 412 Lombard St., Engine 11 – 525 Howard Ave., Engine 15 – 105 Fountain St., Engine 16 – 510 Lighthouse Rd., Engine 17 – 73 East Grand Ave.
by | Sep 1, 2005 12:46 pm | Comments (1)
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As a summer of bike mayhem winds down, a dad takes to the streets in search of other parents — “and a solution.
by | Aug 29, 2005 11:52 am | Comments (0)
The news has been full of town-line tensions between New Haven and Hamden. On Cherry Ann Street in Newhallville, Connie Vereene has shown how neighbors can work across borders.
by | Aug 9, 2005 4:32 pm | Comments (2)
Wooster Square is the new playing field for NFL cornerback-turned-New Haven developer Kenny Hill. He’s scoring — except in one case, where he’s about to sue the city.