by | Jul 13, 2010 7:59 am | Comments (15)
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Lighthouse Point Park may yet go dry in the near future — if a proposed booze ban has better luck when it comes before the Board of Aldermen for a second time.
by | Jul 9, 2010 4:22 pm | Comments (10)
Jeremy Lent Photo
Moments after city officials announced they would welcome Jet Skis back to Lighthouse Point Park under increased supervision, a rider blasted through the nearby waters, breaking the rules.
by | Jun 8, 2010 7:47 am | Comments (60)
It started as a conversation about banning alcohol at Lighthouse Point. Suddenly the discussion was whether to start letting people drink in all city parks.
by | Jun 3, 2010 12:11 pm | Comments (4)
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Maddy Kern likes helping her mom defeat knotweeds and thistles because it benefits her family of four. When she knelt in the dirt on English Street, she had a bigger purpose: bringing an abandoned Fair Haven community garden back to life.
by | Apr 26, 2010 11:03 am | Comments (2)
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At 8 a.m., Rosalie McAllen was poring over an exam to get certified as a Connecticut state high school history teacher.
By noon she was stepping into history, bearing not a pencil but an officer’s sword no less. She was transformed into Lt. Rosalie McAllen of Peck’s Company Revolutionary War-era militia.
Continue reading ‘Teacher Trades Pencil For Revolutionary Sword’
by | Apr 26, 2010 7:03 am | Comments (6)
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April Merleaux put on a bicycle-print dress, strapped her son Leo into the passenger seat, and set off for the East.
She and her husband Derek (pictured) were among nearly 300 cyclists who pedaled from West Rock to East Rock Saturday for the second annual Rock to Rock festival.
The day began with cheese grits and eggs at Common Ground, an environment-themed charter school at the base of West Rock.
by | Apr 20, 2010 3:01 pm | Comments (13)
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Doreen Larson-Oboyski will keep helping neighbors plant mums next year, after she survived an unemployment scare at City Hall.
by | Apr 7, 2010 6:15 pm | Comments (6)
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In a triumphant sign of spring, a canopy of blossoms has again exploded over Hughes Place.
by | Mar 9, 2010 8:20 am | Comments (13)
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Alderman Roland Lemar enjoys an occasional bottle of wine with his wife at Lighthouse Point Park. He called it “inappropriate” to ban booze there and have officers handing out tickets to couples and families relaxing the same way he does.
To East Shore neighbors and police, on the other hand, a few rowdy partiers are ruining the fun for everyone. They advocated a ban on all beer and wine, if it will help the police fight crime. They argued that police can use their discretion to root out the disruptive drinkers from the responsible ones.
Continue reading ‘Aldermen Hesitate on Lighthouse Booze Ban’
by | Feb 19, 2010 11:46 am | Comments (3)
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Environmentalists convinced city parks commissioners to help try to convince the feds to pay for a project to help bring cleaner water — and new marine life — into the West River.
by | Feb 19, 2010 9:10 am | Comments (2)
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Asked to consider alcohol prohibition at Lighthouse Point Park, the City Plan Commission had this advice: get more advice.
by | Feb 18, 2010 12:54 pm | Comments (3)
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The director of the Common Ground school came to the city’s park board Wednesday seeking, well, common ground.
by | Feb 10, 2010 5:18 pm | Comments (13)
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He had his wine-dipped Garcia y Vega lit, his trusty shovel in hand, and — most important — his rhythm. G‑Man was ready to take on the storm.
Continue reading ‘For Parks Crew, Storm’s A Shovel-Ready Project’
by | Oct 20, 2009 10:15 am | Comments (3)
The parks department is in the process of installing 24 new bicycle racks throughout the city’s parks.
One of the most recent spots is scenic Quinnipiac River Park, where the concrete pad was poured this past weekend. The bolting down of the rack is due shortly. It could not have come soon enough for some Fair Haveners.
by | Jul 27, 2009 2:50 pm | Comments (4)
Bob Levine surmises that no living New Havener has (legally) climbed to the top of the iconic Soldiers and Sailors Monument at the summit of East Rock, which serious disrepair has shuttered for decades.
That’s about to change.
by | Jul 24, 2009 11:58 am | Comments (23)
Litterers of the city, parks department trucks have a message for you.
by | Jul 21, 2009 8:00 am | Comments (36)
Lighthouse Point is the last city park where you can have a beer in public — for now. Arlene DePino wants to change that.
by | Jun 18, 2009 12:37 pm | Comments (7)
Tennis usually is played either on grass or a hard surface. Players like Rhonda Johnson who use certain New Haven city courts get to play on both, and don’t like it one bit.
by | May 22, 2009 11:39 am | Comments (24)
Bob Levine agreed to post more signs like this one at litter “hot spots” in city parks. He doubts that’ll work.
by | Apr 16, 2009 3:38 pm | Comments (0)
A proposal to enhance the West Rock Nature Center with a new, energy-efficient building moved forward Wednesday with the blessing of the city parks commission.
by | Feb 19, 2009 7:21 am | Comments (0)
Thanks to a destructive beetle, New Haven is now the Elm City in name only. A generation later, traps are now being set in the city’s parks to stop a new beetle menace.
Continue reading ‘Tests will Look for Harmful Beetle in Parks’
by | Feb 17, 2009 2:59 pm | Comments (5)
What’s the best place to fly kites, go sledding, or find a hemlock tree in East Rock Park? A new interactive website lets neighbors share those tips, and more.
by | Jan 22, 2009 9:10 am | Comments (0)
Hello Fadda, Hello Muddah: No Camp Cedarcrest; there’ll be another.
by | Jan 22, 2009 9:00 am | Comments (0)
The Pardee Greenhouses will receive a lot more green, $316,000 worth, to prepare for the season this spring. The good news is that none of that green will come from city coffers.