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Walter Morton.
Walter L. Morton IV, a rising millennial star in Hamden’s civic life, is resigning from the Board of Education to deploy overseas with the National Guard.
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by | Sep 28, 2009 8:48 am | Comments (12)
Final chapter in a five-part series on the heyday of New Haven’s mob: Salvatore “Midge Renault” Annunziato returns to prison. Billy Grasso rises to power as the FBI inserts an undercover agent into New Haven and is shocked what it finds. Midge, Whitey Tropiano and Grasso meet their ends.
by | Sep 21, 2009 7:39 am | Comments (11)
Chapter Four in a five-part series on the heyday of New Haven’s mob: A brutal murder establishes Billy Grasso … He and Whitey Tropiano go to jail as Salvatore “Midge Renault” Annunziato fights a war with a master bank robber named Eddie Devlin (pictured) … Midge’s conflict with the Aherns comes to a head as he tries to introduce his son into the ways of the mob …
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Chapter Three in a five-part series on the heyday of New Haven’s mob: J. Edgar Hoover puts Salvatore “Midge Renault” Annunziato in his sights. He goes to jail … sort of. Midge suffers a family tragedy. He goes to federal prison, but not before flexing his power once again. Midge meets his nemesis, a New Haven cop named Stephen Ahern.
by | Aug 31, 2009 7:42 am | Comments (9)
Chapter Two in a five-part series on the heyday of New Haven’s mob: Salvatore “Midge Renault” Annunziato is forced to share New Haven with Ralph “Whitey” Tropiano, a fearsome New York City hit man … Midge becomes business manager for a major local union and makes a fortune … With politicians and the cops in their back pockets, Whitey and Midge all but run the city …
by | Aug 25, 2009 1:46 pm | Comments (20)
Thirty years ago this summer, New Haven’s most infamous mobster, Salvatore “Midge Renault” Annunziato, disappeared. Literally hundreds of newspaper articles were written about Midge during his lifetime, but most of his and the mob’s story in the Elm City has remained hidden.
by | Jan 1, 2008 9:25 am | Comments (0)
Mayor Elbows makes Lenora Garvey an offer.
by | Dec 30, 2007 1:37 pm | Comments (1)
Finally. Election Day arrives.
by | Dec 27, 2007 5:54 pm | Comments (1)
Lenora Garvey’s in for a surprise. And an unforgettable dessert.
by | Dec 26, 2007 8:04 pm | Comments (1)
Can a Libertarian mayoral candidate find common cause with preservationists?
by | Dec 25, 2007 9:18 pm | Comments (0)
The mayor finds an ace in the hole to save his seat.
by | Dec 23, 2007 10:10 am | Comments (1)
Guess what language the main branch’s new “Spanish-Speaking Librarian” doesn’t know?
by | Dec 21, 2007 12:32 pm | Comments (2)
She’s black. She’s gay. She’s … a Libertarian?
by | Nov 30, 2005 10:16 am | Comments (0)
In which a rabble-rousing turkey escapes the farm and finds himself in Washington, where his talents land him a broadcasting job.
by | Nov 29, 2005 8:22 am | Comments (1)
In which Terence becomes so popular as a media personality, such a spokesman for the downtrodden, that he is recruited for a political career. Read part two of New Haven novelist and playwright Allan Appel’s four-part Thanksgiving fable. (Click here to start with part one if you didn’t yesterday.)
by | Nov 28, 2005 8:24 am | Comments (1)
In which Terence’s surprisingly successful rise as a presidential candidate encounters the mother of all roadblocks when Farmer Ed, recruited by the slime-throwing opposition, outs Terence as a turkey. Here’s part three of New Haven novelist and playwright Allan Appel’s four-part serial.
by | Nov 27, 2005 8:25 am | Comments (1)
The conclusion of New Haven novelist and playwright Allan Appel’s four-part holiday serial. Today, Terence’s oratory, leadership, and remarkable political candor reach their height, leading the turkey nation —”- and us — into a future perhaps without Thanksgiving.