by | May 7, 2021 4:03 pm | Comments (6)
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Kevin Blackman: People were counting on me.
Kevin Blackman was back in the courtroom where he was first sentenced to 24-plus years in federal prison.
This time, that was cause for celebration — for Blackman, and for a community looking to repair lives crushed in the War on Drugs.
by | May 6, 2021 9:16 am | Comments (3)
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Student writer Manuel Camacho III (center).
The following is a speech written by James Hillhouse High School student Manuel Camacho III and republished from the magazine Elm City Sage.
by | May 4, 2021 1:04 pm | Comments (2)
Even if you didn’t make any income in 2020 … and even if you don’t usually file taxes … you may want to file a tax form this year. Because you may be eligible for thousands of dollars under the American Rescue Plan.
At stake are $1,400 stimulus checks for each household adult, and a $250 per-child child tax credit.
by | Apr 23, 2021 10:23 am | Comments (2)
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Landlord Galina Zalman, outside of her Newhallville home.
A state judge ordered a previously-approved eviction to proceed against an Adeline Street tenant who claimed he was up to date on rent, but failed to submit an electronic copy of the receipts in advance of the court hearing.
Continue reading ‘Judge Sides With Landlord After Tenant Tech Snafu’
by | Apr 22, 2021 12:42 pm | Comments (9)
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A new Temple Street connection, planned for Downtown Crossing’s Phases 3 and 4.
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Looking east from College St., towards future site of Temple Crossing.
Get ready for some short-term driving detours around Temple Street and Route 34, to make way for long-term changes stitching Downtown and the Hill back together.
by | Apr 21, 2021 2:41 pm | Comments (15)
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Updated construction schedule for 101 College.
Construction should begin in June on a planned new 10-story, 500,000 square-foot bioscience lab and office tower slated to be built atop the former Route 34 Connector downtown.
Continue reading ‘101 College Construction Start Set For June’
by | Apr 19, 2021 10:04 am | Comments (5)
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Cyclists stop at Orchard and Sylvan to discuss potential improvements.
A group of 16 cyclists were riding down Orchard Street Saturday when a driver of a car sped up and without signaling, cut in front of the leader.
That sent the cyclists to the sidewalk — and gave them a data point to note.
Continue reading ‘Cyclists, Pedestrians Track Trouble Spots’
by | Apr 15, 2021 1:47 pm | Comments (4)
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Main branch’s Sharon Lovett-Graff and Alana Delgado: Please come back! We missed you.
The doors were wide open again at the public library’s main branch — and two patrons were found browsing through the wide variety of nonfiction books in the stacks.
Staffers are trying to get the word out so more New Haveners come back inside.
by | Apr 14, 2021 10:01 am | Comments (0)
Josh Onyango shares ways to get vaccine appointment.
The familiar faces of a team of Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) doctors dropped in to the monthly online Hill North Community Management Team meeting Tuesday night to keep the community in the loop about the Covid-related updates, including new concerns about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Continue reading ‘YNHH Docs Update Neighbors On Vaccines; J&J On Hold For now’
by | Apr 12, 2021 8:07 pm | Comments (1)
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Jackson, 17, gets first Pfizer dose from Dr. Donald Levine.
While 17-year-old Jackson Elberson rolled his sleeve up to get his first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, his father stood by his side nervous but hopeful he was making the safest choice for his son.
Continue reading ‘Students Head To School During Vacation — For Vaccines’
by | Apr 12, 2021 1:55 pm | Comments (2)
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Volunteers outside John C. Daniels School.
Cigarette butts, bottle caps, plastic wrappers, and needles disappeared throughout the Hill as part of a spring cleaning event that took place at four locations in the neighborhood Saturday.
by | Apr 7, 2021 6:01 pm | Comments (10)
Dwaneia Turner.
I just shot my girlfriend, the caller told the 911 operator. I don’t think she’s breathing.
by | Apr 5, 2021 7:53 pm | Comments (2)
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The deadly Ella T. Graso-Columbus-Davenport-Orange Avenue intersection.
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Proposed pedestrian safety upgrades.
The city plans to sell a small portion of publicly-owned land near the Ella T. Grasso-Orange-Columbus-Davenport Avenue intersection to the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to help facilitate long-awaited pedestrian safety improvements to New Haven’s deadliest stretch of road for pedestrians.
Continue reading ‘Land Sale Pitched To Make “Death Blvd” Safer’
by | Apr 5, 2021 9:57 am | Comments (9)
New Haven’s kiosk model with Gar Waterman design.
Fewer people will step on needles. Fewer kids will be picking them up. And drug users may find a phone number to get life-saving help to save their lives.
That’s the idea behind a plan to bring secure syringe disposal kiosks to New Haven streets.
by | Apr 1, 2021 2:22 pm | Comments (5)
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Hill Alder Ron Hurt gets vaccinated at Career High School popup clinic on March 20.
When public schools close for April recess later this month, the city plans to open a Covid-19 mass vaccination clinic at Career High School in the Hill with the explicit goal of providing shots for eligible New Haven youth.
Continue reading ‘City Plans Covid Vaccine Clinic For High Schoolers During April Recess’
by | Mar 30, 2021 6:43 pm | Comments (1)
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Irene Roesler gets her vaccination shot Tuesday at the new Hill library branch clinic.
The Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center this week expanded its vaccination efforts to the Wilson Branch Library in the Hill, where it was able to administer shots to 300 more people Tuesday in the continuing quest to beat Covid-19 amid a surge in cases.
Continue reading ‘300 Check Out Vaccine At Wilson Branch Library’
by | Mar 29, 2021 6:16 pm | Comments (0)
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At Monday’s med school rally against anti-Asian hate.
Nearly 60 Yale School of Medicine (YSM) students and faculty gathered in the city’s medical district Monday to denounce local and national hate against the Asian community.
Continue reading ‘Med Students Rally Against Anti-Asian Hate’
by | Mar 26, 2021 10:49 pm | Comments (5)
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VP Harris greets 3-year-olds in West Haven.
So. What exactly did Vice President Kamala Harris do and talk about on Friday when she visited New Haven and West Haven?
by | Mar 26, 2021 8:26 pm | Comments (0)
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Rosa DeLauro at Friday’s press conference in the Hill.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to New Haven on Friday was about more than just the recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.
It was also a clear recognition and honoring of the woman who played an outsized role in making that federal pandemic relief bill a reality: the city’s longtime congresswoman, Rosa DeLauro.
by | Mar 26, 2021 5:55 pm | Comments (5)
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Vice President Kamala Harris on her way down Howard Avenue.
New Haveners waiting to catch a glimpse of the first Black, female, Asian-American VP.
New Haveners descended on the Hill Friday to catch a passing glimpse of Vice President Kamala Harris — whose afternoon visit spread a wave of pride, hope, and history.
by | Mar 26, 2021 10:25 am | Comments (18)
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New apartments on the rise at 87 Union St. …
… 104 Howe St …
& 9 Tower Ln.
Surface parking lots and piles of dirt have given way to rising cranes, skeletal assemblies of wood and steel, and even the occasional “Now Leasing” sign — as the city’s years-long building boom transitions into its next stage of development with over 1,700 new apartments coming online.
by | Mar 24, 2021 5:00 pm | Comments (7)
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Rideshare drivers rallying Wednesday outside Union Station.
A state bill to help Uber and Lyft drivers organize unions has made for strange bedfellows: The drivers are lined up with their employers, and against the state AFL-CIO.
Continue reading ‘Uber Bill Splits Labor, Drivers, Big Tech’
by | Mar 20, 2021 12:52 pm | Comments (0)
If you’re 45 years old or older and want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 on Saturday afternoon, you may be in luck.
by | Mar 14, 2021 3:18 pm | Comments (2)
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Gallishaw with his kids at Saturday’s event.
Abraham Gallishaw is known for hosting pig roast cookouts that feed his neighbors in the Hill. On Saturday his neighbors turned around to throw him a celebration — to help him get back on his feet after a fire destroyed his home.
by | Mar 11, 2021 10:55 am | Comments (7)
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The murals would cover the beige walls on both sides of Five Star Laundromat on Washington Avenue.
Hill neighbors can submit names and faces of civil rights icons from their neighborhood to join Coretta Scott King on a new mural scheduled to go up across from the Wilson Library in May.