by | Mar 24, 2015 12:34 pm | Comments (8)
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Coach Steve Itkin reviews batting fundamentals.
Walter Pop Smith, the baseball little league that has provided opportunities for New Haven’s children to enjoy the national pastime since 1952, is about to change.
by | Mar 9, 2015 2:02 pm | Comments (3)
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Whoa! Is it possible we’ve underestimated the age of the New Haven Green — say, by about 2,000 years?
by | Mar 3, 2015 1:04 pm | Comments (27)
Need a cigarette break during a trip to Edgewood or East Shore Park? You might have to leave the premises to get your nicotine fix.
Continue reading ‘Parks, Schoolyards Could Become Smoke-Free’
by | Feb 17, 2015 5:16 pm | Comments (3)
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James Bell and Mekhi McCray play foosball in the new rec room.
A fire turned into an opportunity to remake Edgewood Park’s Coogan Pavilion into a brighter, more colorful public space with more rooms for kids to have fun.
by | Feb 6, 2015 9:30 am | Comments (0)
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“Thank you all for showing up,” said Joel Tolman, Common Ground High School’s director of impact and engagement, welcoming guests to the launch party on Wednesday evening for New Haven’s 2015 Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride, to be held on Apr. 25. “You are what this event is really about.”
This could sound like a platitude, but in the case of the Earth Day ride, it’s true. An all-volunteer effort — its main organizers meet once a month over chili — the Earth Day ride comes about from the work of over 25 organizations, with support from city and state government, to raise money for local environmental work and celebrate New Haven’s green spaces, the city itself, and its citizens.
by | Jan 27, 2015 12:07 pm | Comments (1)
A past year’s entrant.
A massive snowfall means … it’s time for another New Haven snow-sculpture contest.
by | Jan 19, 2015 4:46 pm | Comments (1)
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Kyle Walker tested out the ice in Edgewood Park’s duck pond — then fell through. Pete Callan grabbed a sled and a “noodle” to save him.
by | Jan 2, 2015 9:24 am | Comments (1)
“Hello. You guys are all out of your minds.”
So said Dean Falcone of the Shellye Valauskas Experience to welcome the souls who were about to brave the 2015 Polar Bear Plunge at Lighthouse Point Park on New Year’s Day.
Continue reading ‘Pig Man, Shark, And Squid Take The Polar Plunge’
by | Nov 7, 2014 5:10 pm | Comments (3)
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Maurice Gladney, a new parks employee, trims the lower branches.
Looking down on New Haven while suspended 62 feet in the air isn’t scary, after all. It’s breathtaking. Especially from above a Norway spruce newly placed on the Green.
by | Nov 6, 2014 6:47 pm | Comments (9)
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A detail from the historic monument in the Hill undergoing a city-funded restoration.
With his tricorn hat askew, one of three defenders leans forward, squinting with one eye to focus on the approaching enemy. “Ready… aim… fire!” The cannon explodes with thundering kickback.
by | Oct 16, 2014 4:30 pm | Comments (1)
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Cox: Let’s ramp it up.
Edgewood Park’s skate park is about to get a serious makeover — and perhaps spark an equally serious conversation about public art.
by | Sep 15, 2014 3:03 pm | Comments (0)
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City arts czar Andy Wolf proposed self-flushing toilets and a permanent electrical set-up on New Haven Green.
by | Sep 3, 2014 3:45 pm | Comments (8)
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Claudette Robinson-Thorpe said “no” five times — and plans to fix bridges across town, clear out potential new Newhallville park land, and position New Haven for state development money have been delayed as a result.
by | Sep 2, 2014 2:53 pm | Comments (0)
Ricky Draughn leaned into the microphone, members of his ensemble behind him poised at their instruments. “We gonna take it back to like … 1972,” he declared with a laugh as they launched into a soulful version of Aretha Franklin’s “Rock Steady.”
by | Aug 11, 2014 8:26 am | Comments (0)
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Students work on site at an earlier event at Common Ground high school, creating an educational wetland as part of the urban oases program.
Common Ground High School sent in these photos and the following write-up about the creation of urban wildlife refuges in New Haven, announced at an event Friday morning featuring kids, environmentalists, politicians and the United States Fish & Wildlife Services (USFWS).
by | Jul 17, 2014 12:21 pm | Comments (15)
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(Updated with map of the trees) Three on Mechanic Street. Four on Bishop. Seven on Cottage. Three on State Street. Thirteen on Orange.
by | Jul 10, 2014 1:02 pm | Comments (3)
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Neighbors of an overgrown open space on Cherry Ann Street will soon have a safe place for their kids.
by | Jul 8, 2014 9:06 am | Comments (37)
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Roth: 360 State says tenants “don’t feel safe” hitting Union St.
An empty lot at a central downtown intersection may soon come to life — not as a new store, or offices or apartments, but as a spot for nearby high-rise tenants’ canines to answer the call of nature.
by | Jul 2, 2014 1:47 pm | Comments (0)
(Updated) The city’s fireworks show has been pushed back to Saturday at 9 p.m. due to inclement weather associated with Tropical Storm Arthur.
The show was supposed to go on on Friday.
Continue reading ‘Fireworks Set, With Help From Wells Fargo’
by | Jun 20, 2014 2:17 pm | Comments (1)
Heard about the strudel at East Shore Park?
by | Jun 17, 2014 2:13 pm | Comments (1)
A rainbow rose on Edgewood Avenue, lifted by lots of little hands.
by | May 28, 2014 12:31 pm | Comments (3)
Using brushes and paint. Christopher Maddox helped add a new item to a list that includes the Frisbee, the lollipop, and the hamburger.
by | May 20, 2014 1:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Amistad High students spent Saturday beautifying Lighthouse Point Park, leaving colorful murals in their wake.
by | Mar 13, 2014 4:35 pm | Comments (23)
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Police escorted a man out of Edgewood Park last weekend after a jogger called 911 to report that the man had concealed his face and pressed himself up against a hidden wall under a bridge where crimes have taken place. The episode sparked a wide-ranging discussion of policing and race in this Independent thread. Following is a transcript of the 911 call. (Click here for the original story.)
by | Mar 12, 2014 11:28 am | Comments (2)
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Jack and Wyn Martin, visiting town from Vancouver Tuesday, took a trip back in time to Colonial Days on the fabulous New Haven Green — via cellphone.