A New Haven-made carriage popular among Southern slave owners.
William Grimes escaped slavery on a ship from Savannah to New York, then walked to Connecticut. He published his autobiography months after he purchased his freedom.
(Opinion) Inside the New Haven Museum, I asked the greeter at the front desk about the reaction of visitors to the new exhibition.
“Many are shocked,” she said. “They had no idea.”
The exhibit, “Shining a Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery,” shows how the Elm City profited from America’s greatest shame, even depended on it, and when a chance came to right a wrong its leaders disgraced themselves further.
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1. What was Mayor Justin Elicker doing in the above picture? A. Registering King/Robinson students to vote in the upcoming Democratic presidential primary B. Playing “I Spy with My Eye” with Hill Central students C. Drawing with Edgewood students during a visit by a touring art-museum bus D. Quizzing a Worthington Hooker student on how to spell “I love art” during a school assembly E. Playing hooky from City Hall
Rolling up a mattress before bulldozers come in to demolish a Lamberton Street homeless encampment.
As executive director of New Haven’s Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) and drop-in center, Steve Werlin has seen firsthand the state’s “historic” rise in homelessness. He told state legislators about that — to urge them to find extra money this year to help front-line agencies like his save lives and work toward solutions.
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1) Where did the above-pictured politicians show up, and why? A) A block from Cast Iron Grille, to attend a fundraiser for UNITE HERE-backed Democratic ward co-chair primary candidates B) On a Jaigantic Studios lot on River Street, to film a MADD-sponsored DUI-prevention public-service announcement C) Underneath an I‑91 underpass, to herald the beginning of a new-urbanist road-renovation project D) Outside Erector Square, to finalize picks for a 2024 MLB fantasy league competition E) At the former Church Street South, to act as cameo extras in the filming of an NHPD Blues pilot
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Feb 27, 2024 11:17 am
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Colon (at left) at Saturday campaign rally.
Throughout my life I have fought for our city’s residents to be able to support their families and live dignified and fulfilling lives. Living in the Hill through economic struggle taught me that we win respect, dignity, and economic security by banding together, rolling up our sleeves, and doing the work required to address decades of racial segregation and policies that have benefited the powerful at the expense of the poor. We still have significant work to do, but building a movement that is focused on winning freedom for all New Haven residents has motivated my work as a union leader, an alder with 18 years of service, and a current co-chair for the Democratic Town Committee.
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1) Who is doing what in the above photo? A) Wilson Zuckerman is distributing incense at the opening of a new meditation center inside the former Roger’s Barn on Winthrop Avenue B) Harold Melvin is handing out samples of his Blue Note home cocktail-mixture devices at a product debut event at New Haven Museum C) Andrew Rubenoff is passing out tambourines at the Mardi Gras ball at the public library D) Unidentified volunteer is offering guests unidentified “experience enhancers” at a Pirate’s Ball Jimmy Buffett tribute at Toad’s Place
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1) Who in the above picture is taking this escalator, where, and why? A) New Haven tech enthusiasts at the Trumbull Mall, to purchase one-day discounted Apple Vision Pro headsets B) Local rideshare drivers at the state Capitol, to lobby the legislature’s Labor Committee for a law to improve Lyft & Uber working conditions C) Tenant union organizers at the state Capitol, to lobby for expanded eviction protections. D) Aspiring actors at the Shubert for auditions for nonspeaking roles in the upcoming April run of Menopause The Musical 2 E) KC Chiefs fans attending a big-screen Super Bowl watch party at the Omni
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1) What are Jorge and Jorge doing in this picture? A) Collecting samples for an Ag Station study of climate-changed early budding of native plants B) Constructing “Pink Floyd/Round Brick Wall,” a multimedia installation to join Pitkin Plaza’s collection of public art works C) Deconstructing a Pitkin Plaza planter D) Replacing cracked concrete slabs E) Installing new NHPD surveillance cameras F) Building an outdoor chess board
Democratic Registrar of Voters this week accepting candidates' petitions for ward co-chair races.
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1) What is the name of a challenge slate of Democrats seeking ward co-chair positions? A) Take Back New Haven B) The People’s Posse C) New Haven Agenda D) New Haven Works E) Biden’s Avengers
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Jamilah Rasheed at the Hill pop-up food pantry.
By the time I arrived at the pop-up New Haven Inner City Enrichment (NICE) Center Food Pantry, 40 people were standing in line on a blustery Saturday morning.
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1. Wilbur Cross’s girls’ varsity basketball team won its first game of the season with a dramatic free throw with three seconds left in the game. What is the team’s nickname? A) The Lady Academics B) The Lady Huskies C) The Lady Panthers D) The Lady Governors E) The Lady Parliamentarians
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LaundroMax GM Chris Walker (center) with officials at ribbon-cutting.
By the time officials arrived to cut the ribbon on the west side’s newest laundromat, customers were already inside using the state-of-the-art washing machines. The air was fragrant with the smell of fabric softener and dryer sheets, and the speakers pumped in classic Mary J. Blige and Erykah Badu.
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1. What caused 14 Yale-hired construction workers to end up in the hospital Wednesday? A. A collapsed ceiling B. Food poisoning from a shared take-out lunch C. A collapsed stairwell D. Carbon monoxide poisoning
At the MLK Love March Monday in the Goatville neighborhood.
As a practicing agnostic, I’ve often wondered why the Civil Rights Movement began in the church. Christianity has always seemed antithetical to Black liberation to me. After all, this is the white man’s religion, with a white Jesus foisted upon our people during the degradation of slavery. I’ve resented my people’s devotion to a God we wouldn’t even know if not for our conquest.
This question was cycling through my mind when I stepped off with the members and supporters of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church for their 54th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Love March through the streets of East Rock, the state’s longest-running celebration of Dr. King’s life and achievements.
Everything(one) must go: Clearance sale begins at Artist & Craftsman Supply.
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1. What is “Thirsty Trap” and why was it in the local news this week? A) A metal band; it caused neighbors to call police at 1:30 a.m. when it exceeded noise limits at performance in an illegal performance space in an Annex neighborhood residential basement B) A CBD-infused smoothie; the operators of a new juice spot in the Ninth Square gave out free samples at a ribbon-cutting C) A strain of cannabis flower a state investigator found illegally for sale at a Chapel Street smoke shop D) A Revolutionary War historic site in Fair Haven Heights; peace activists at a demonstration demanded removal of a plaque commemorating a battle that took place there E) A popular rye-based mixed drink at Delaney’s Restaurant & Tap Room in Westville Village; it was featured in a New York Times “15 best regional cocktails” list
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1) Jazz french horn master and professor Willie Ruff died at the age of 92. What was the name of his award-winning memoir? A) A Call to Assembly: The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller B) Behind The Iron Curtain In B Flat C) The Mitchell-Ruff Duo: A Timeless Groove D) From Dizzy To Duke: An Ivy Exploration E) Play-Back
The first day of the new year dawned on our city with a promising omen: The sun popped out just as we began our walk, with the dog in tow, toward East Rock Park.
All ears: Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on the stump.
Epping, N.H. — I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I really like Chris Christie. Or at least I did when I caught up with him here on the trail of the first-in-the-nation Republican presidential primary.
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1) Who was doing what, where, in the above photo? A) Undercover narc Dexter Williams made a surreptitiously recorded purchase on Alden Avenue on Jan. 5 as part of Operation Illy Face B) Instructor William Dexter in the parking lot of New Haven Driving School on Amity Road prepared for his final class on Jan. 29 C) Noted weed blogger Dick Williams sampled the product of Let’s Grow Hartford in anticipation of its planned conversion of a vacant State Street industrial building into the city’s next legal cannabis retailer on July 4 D) Customer Rick Woods lit up on the ride home on Jan. 10 for opening day of the city’s first legal cannabis dispensary, on Whalley Avenue E) Customer Woody Richards enjoyed his just-purchased “cigarillo” from a Whalley Avenue smoke shop on May 9
Latest 3 delineators down on Edgewood ... more to fall in 2024?
They waited until the year was coming to a close, but the property-gobblers at Yale bought the 300 George St. office/lab building in time to make at least one 2023 prediction come true.
