by | Apr 24, 2014 7:57 am | Comments (4)
New Haven parents looking to keep their kids busy can now send them to the computer — not to play video games, but to find the nearest after-school art program, summer adventure camp, or college prep workshop.
by | Apr 17, 2014 4:54 pm | Comments (6)
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Harries, Police Chief Esserman, & Harp at Thursday’s announcement.
In New Haven’s quest to reach kids before they shoot each other, the adults plan to start sharing notes.
by | Apr 15, 2014 11:38 am | Comments (0)
Starting Tuesday, elderly or disabled renters with low incomes can apply to receive rebates for rent paid in 2013.
by | Apr 7, 2014 2:27 pm | Comments (23)
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Mourners at a Daggett Street vigil for Gamble.
City Hall heard Torrence Gamble Jr.‘s name last week — one day before someone shot him to death.
Continue reading ‘Day Before Murder, Teen Sought City’s Help’
by | Mar 4, 2014 8:47 am | Comments (12)
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After an embarrassing false start, the Harp administration’s prison reentry program has a new chief, a new name — and a new mission directly behind bars.
Continue reading ‘Prison Reentry Program Gets “Fresh Start”’
by | Feb 17, 2014 12:25 pm | Comments (2)
Teens in trouble now have a new safe place where they can find help: City Hall.
by | Dec 26, 2013 4:36 pm | Comments (5)
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Barbell Club’s basement.
At one skating rink, no one can skate anymore. No one can swim in the pool at one youth center. Fire alarms and carbon monoxide monitors are MIA at others.
A new study points out those problems at New Haven agencies that work with young people — and suggests some price-ticketed remedies.
by | Dec 23, 2013 2:21 pm | Comments (1)
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Amy Walker with kids Rondell, Shawanna, Jayquan, and Tatianna.
Maybe Tatianna Walker will grow up to be a doctor because way back in Christmas 2014, when she was 6 and times were tough for her family, Tatianna was able to get a Doc McStuffins doctor dress-up toy and begin to perfect her bedside manner.
by | Dec 23, 2013 1:18 pm | Comments (11)
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Morrison sees “pillar of hope.”
The revival of Dixwell’s beloved Community “Q” House has a price sticker: $13.4 million and change. Now its backers plan to take a bus trip to Hartford, to lobby state officials to help pay.
by | Dec 23, 2013 8:53 am | Comments (10)
Gordon Scott died of a massive heart attack while he was standing at the Temple and Elm bus stop. He was only in his 50s; he’d been homeless for years.
by | Dec 16, 2013 12:39 pm | Comments (0)
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GCC Foundation Board member, Mimi Lines entertains a young guest.
Hundreds of people staying in homeless shelters a free pre-Christmas dinner at a holiday party at Gateway Community College Friday evening.
by | Dec 12, 2013 9:21 am | Comments (8)
Christian Community Action’s Rev. Bonita Grubbs.
77 percent of the people were repeat users of her agency’s food pantry. They were also returning to the shelter.
When Christian Community Action (CCA) Executive Director Rev. Bonita Grubbs went to a meeting to make her case recently, she had a new blue weapon in her hands: the “Greater New Haven Community Index 2013,” with the numbers behind the faces she sees every day.
Continue reading ‘Big Data Backs Up Hunches—& Offers Some Surprises’
by | Dec 2, 2013 4:14 pm | Comments (11)
Yale giving to United Way, by school.
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Yale staff and faculty took a total of $1.1 million from their paychecks and gave it to the United Way in 2012. That’s an impressive number, but it came from only a small fraction of the entire Yale workforce, according to a professor pushing to increase the percentage.
Continue reading ‘Professor “Honest Tea” Takes On A New Crusade’
by | Oct 28, 2013 11:14 am | Comments (1)
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The Geezer Geeks traveled from different states to attend the Spelling Bee.
After a paring down of contestants from a total of 36 teams, the Geezer Geeks, a crowd favorite, looked to defeat the one team that stood in the path of a potential, cane-raising victory.
Another geriatric-themed team, the AARP Misfits, was having none of it.
by | Oct 22, 2013 3:47 pm | Comments (12)
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Two months after depositing 4,800 signatures at 200 Orange St. to put her name on the Democratic Primary ballot, the Harp campaign Tuesday deposited a nearly equal number of diapers at the New Haven Diaper Bank.
Continue reading ‘At Diaper Bank, Harp Promises Change From Bottom Up’
by | Oct 5, 2013 9:12 pm | Comments (0)
In just 36 hours, local not-for-profits pulled together a record-breaking amount of donations.
by | Oct 2, 2013 8:14 am | Comments (0)
The clock started at 8 a.m. Wednesday. For the following 36 hours, not-for-profits will compete in an annual mass appeal to New Haveners to help do-good groups do even better.
by | Oct 1, 2013 5:34 pm | Comments (1)
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Community Foundation President Will Ginsberg with Guidestar CEO Jacob Harold at Tuesday’s event.
Despite the economic downturn, not all is bleak for not-for-profit organizations, which take on some of New Haven’s most important work.
by | Sep 30, 2013 8:10 am | Comments (0)
Now that the community has buried Mae Ola Riddick, it is taking the next step in her memory — keeping alive her annual Thanksgiving food drive.
by | Aug 22, 2013 8:18 am | Comments (30)
As mayor, Henry Fernandez would bring back the Q House — but not in the Q House itself.
Continue reading ‘Fernandez: Rebuild Q House Somewhere Else’
by | Aug 7, 2013 1:54 pm | Comments (2)
The Visiting Nurse’s Asssociation’s Melissa Healy sent in this appeal for donations to restock a food pantry for needy patients.
John R. Quinn, President & CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut (VNA/SCC), recently announced that VNA/SCC is accepting donations for non-perishable food items to restock the shelves of Pam’s Pantry.
by | Aug 1, 2013 2:05 pm | Comments (6)
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Volunteer barber Sangster cut Bealton Dumas’s hair.
Mark McGilton could use a haircut — now that he’s ready to get on his feet after a heroin and crack habit left him homeless.
Continue reading ‘Homeless Line Up For Haircuts—On The Green’
by | Jun 25, 2013 8:08 am | Comments (2)
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State child-welfare authorities took away Nadine Diaz’s twins Molli and Joel six weeks after they were born. She had been using drugs and had severe post-partem depression; it was hard to stay on a path to recovery with little support at home.
That’s when she turned to ‘r kids Family Center, a small adoption and reconnection agency that does huge things in the lives of struggling families. Diaz got her kids back in April.
Monday afternoon Diaz and other families celebrated the organization’s tenth year with a block party outside ‘r kids’ home at 45 Dixwell Ave. The party featured popcorn, ices, hugs, music, and stories about treating people even in the most dire straits with respect and dignity.
by | Jun 11, 2013 10:46 am | Comments (0)
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A fire destroyed Maria Solomon’s home while she was taking a 20-week community leadership course. Monday night she celebrated graduating the course — while creating a new life for her own family in a new home.
by | May 2, 2013 1:23 pm | Comments (1)
It took trying on more than six dresses and the support and encouragement of her best friend for Julia Loversi to find the perfect dress — all without costing a penny.