Sean Scanlon, left, and G Cafe's Andrea Corazzini toast on Oct. 21 to a deal bringing an outpost of the bakery to Tweed.
The man who got new flights taking off from Tweed New Haven Airport is now “exploring” a new path for his own political career.
Airport Executive Director Sean Scanlon announced that exploration Tuesday: He has formed an “exploratory committee” to run this year for state comptroller.
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Grand Cafe Co-Owner Jose Rivera, customer Julian Welch outside bar.
Everybody knows your name at Grand Cafe — which regulars and supporters called a good thing as they appealed to preserve the Fair Haven haunt’s liquor license in the face of organized opposition by neighbors weary of gun violence, drugs, and lewd behavior on the premises.
Hilda Santiago after announcing her candidacy at WNHH FM.
Vowing to fight for voting rights and help her party attract the state’s growing Latino population, Hilda Santiago stopped “exploring” Thursday — and officially announced her candidacy for secretary of the state.
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State housing court Judge John Cirello.
A housing court judge turned down a landlord’s bid to evict one of his tenants instead of accepting state rental assistance funds designed to keep her in place — ruling that a property owner who has applied to Connecticut’s pandemic-era relief program can’t simply change his mind after the state has already cut a check.
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Connecticut National Guard Major General Francis J. Evon, Jr., Lt. Gov. Bysiewicz, and Gov. Lamont at Tuesday's wreath-laying ceremony.
Connecticut National Guard Sgt. Fatou Toure and Sfc. Tristan Johnson on Tuesday.
Calling on Americans to stand “arm in arm to fight an invisible enemy,” Gov. Ned Lamont commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks by urging a new Greatest Generation to step up for their country in the fight against Covid.
Connecticut Paid Leave Authority CEO Andrea Barton Reeves at Wednesday’s event outside Claire’s.
State leaders converged on an appropriate spot Wednesday to celebrate the first day in which workers can sign up for benefits under Connecticut’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program: Claire’s Corner Copia.
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Social Equity Council Chairwoman Andrea Comer, ConnCORP Board Chair Carlton Highsmith, WorkPlace President and CEO Joseph Carbone, and BJM Solutions Founder Fred McKinney at Tuesday’s press conference.
Black and Brown entrepreneurs will learn about “joint ventures” — and perhaps enter into one — with the help of a marijuana “manifesto” that’s in the works.
Aaron Goode with voting reform advocates at Sally’s slicing session.
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One alternative Congressional district map, with New Haven and Bridgeport combined.
Seven voting reform advocates gathered around a table at Sally’s, far more satisfied with the way their pizza had been sliced than with the way New Haven is currently split into state legislative districts.
Electric buses, lower taxes for low-income people, endorsed.
The Board of Alders set Connecticut’s Democratic governor and top state legislators a challenge Thursday: Find a way to make fuel sellers — and not the poor and working class — pay for transportation-related carbon emissions, and help save cities like New Haven from bearing the brunt of climate change and air pollution.
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Fair Haven neighbors “occupy” Grand Cafe’s lot in September.
A month and a half after “occupying” the lot in front of a problem bar, Fair Haveners showed up in force yet again to try to solve the social ills emanating from Grand Cafe — this time online, through over three hours of testimony urging the state to pull the venue’s liquor permit.
Lamont fields questions Wednesday on Scranton Street.
Many Democrats nationwide woke up fretting Wednesday about their prospects in next year’s elections. But not Connecticut’s top Democrat expected to seek reelection, Gov. Ned Lamont.
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Officers arresting Shawn Marshall at the CT Financial Center in January; one intervened to stop the other from continuing to use force.
A second look at the exoneration of a cop in the use of force against a troubled man has raised a question: Whether New Haven is out of step with new statewide standards for police accountability.
The debate centers on whether departments should consider only whether cops’ use of force is “justified,” or whether it should also be deemed “necessary” in light of other alternatives.
… as Gov. Lamont (far right) and other state officials cut the ribbon on legal sports betting at Sports Haven.
Sliding five new $100 bills into a self-serve kiosk at Sports Haven, Vinny Rosarbo bet on more than just the New Orleans Saints beating the Seattle Seahawks.
He was also throwing his support behind a statewide wager that newly legalized gambling options will help Connecticut more than it will hurt by promoting the kind of addiction that led a state representative to resign his position the same day.
Bond takes the cake at Wednesday evening’s fundraiser.
With Alicia Keyes’ “Girl on Fire” playing in the background, city Health Director Maritza Bond sashayed into a room packed with partygoers at her 45th birthday bash — seeking to ignite momentum in her quest to become Connecticut’s next secretary of the state.
A state legislator who represents a handful of blocks in the Hill — and most of West Haven — was arrested Wednesday for allegedly defrauding the City of West Haven of more than $600,000.
Brackeen with Rev. Steve Cousin at East Rock fundraiser.
Upper Westville Darryl Brackeen took his quest to demonstrate viability as a statewide candidate to a tap room in New Haven’s Goatville neighborhood, with a fundraiser at East Rock Brewing Company.
Red-state laws effectively banning abortion might be bad news for women seeking to terminate pregnancies — but could they be good news for Connecticut’s economy?
Senate prez Martin Looney at WNHH FM: “Government can work.”
Light up a joint. Place $10 on the Mets. Don’t worry about a local tax hike. It’s OK: This is the new Connecticut — the one Martin Looney promised would arrive this year.
