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Boarding an Avelo flight from Tweed in February.
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Wednesday's virtual Development Commission meeting.
A business-boosting nonprofit is teaming up with the city to bring the gospel of New Haven on the road — or, rather, on the plane — to some of the 14 communities newly accessible via Avelo Airlines.
by | May 9, 2022 3:58 pm | Comments (17)
Sven Martson sent in these videos of crashes that took place this weekend at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Dwight Street.
by | May 3, 2022 7:49 pm | Comments (19)
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Going electric: Mayor Elicker pulls up in a borrowed Logan Prodigy.
Mayor Justin Elicker arrived on two wheels, of course, for an official kick-off to New Haven Bike Month — but for the first time, he did so with an electric assist.
by | Apr 28, 2022 4:00 pm | Comments (17)
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Downtown/East Rock Alder Eli Sabin (right) talking about buses by the hub on the Green.
So long, fares?
What if the current three-month CT Transit bus-fare holiday went on … forever?
Downtown/East Rock Alder Eli Sabin has raised that question, and thrown his support behind that outcome, with a newly submitted resolution that calls on the state to make riding the bus free for Connecticut residents, permanently.
by | Apr 28, 2022 9:50 am | Comments (31)
Avelo’s expansion of daily flights from Tweed continued Thursday, with the announcement that the budget carrier will soon fly nonstop from New Haven to Wilmington, N.C.
by | Apr 20, 2022 1:52 pm | Comments (48)
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The new intersection, including red lights.
As a new traffic-calming intersection has reopened at Orange Street and MLK Boulevard, old driving habits have persisted, at least for now: blowing through red lights.
by | Apr 18, 2022 8:00 am | Comments (0)
Caroline Simmons, Stamford’s new mayor, wants any businesses interested in the city to email her at mayorsoffice@stamfordct.gov.
Just four months into the job, Mayor Simmons has become the city’s number one promoter. She joined “The Municipal Voice,” a co-production of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and WNHH FM, to talk about what drew her to local government, what she was able to accomplish in her first 100 days and what she has her eyes on for the future.
Continue reading ‘Simmons Wants Stamford — And Connecticut — To Become The New Hot Spots’
by | Apr 13, 2022 2:03 pm | Comments (14)
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New Orange Street intersection, slated to open on Monday.
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Donna Hall and Development Commissioner David Valentino on Sept. 2021 walking tour.
Goodbye, flashing lights and detours. Hello, new protected and signalized intersection: Starting next week, a long-in-the-works Orange Street crossroads connecting the Hill and downtown will finally open — and officials will begin pursuing the next step of “Downtown Crossing.”
Continue reading ‘Orange Intersection Ready; Temple Bridge Next’
by | Apr 8, 2022 3:15 pm | Comments (5)
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Justin Elicker, Dave Stratton, Oscar Diaz, Stephan Torquati, Rafael Ramirez, Renee Dominguez at Friday presser..
New Haven Police Department has a terse warning for people steering vehicles through city streets: “U Drive. U Text. U Pay.”
Continue reading ‘Text Alert: Cops Launch Crackdown On Distracted Driving’
by | Apr 8, 2022 2:18 pm | Comments (44)
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Alder Sabin in front of the Taft: Legalize more of these.
Eli Sabin has his sights set high for a “downtown for all.”
At the center of such a plan: Bigger apartment buildings. Bigger subsidies for affordable housing. And bigger investments in public transit.
Continue reading ‘Sabin Pursues Downtown-Density, Transit Mission’
by | Apr 6, 2022 4:33 pm | Comments (13)
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Paulina and Tony at the bus stop: Mom's ready to ride now, too.
The beginning of a three-month CT Transit bus-fare holiday has made getting around town easier, especially for young people who hustle from classes to jobs.
by | Mar 31, 2022 5:50 pm | Comments (33)
Tweed New Haven Airport’s smooth-gliding expansion plans hit some political turbulence, as East Haven Mayor Joseph Carfora announced that, “at this time,” he is opposed to the construction of a new terminal in his town.
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by | Mar 31, 2022 5:48 pm | Comments (4)
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DOT Deputy Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto (center) with State Rep. Vincent Candelora (to his right) during Tuesday visit to Hamden bus garage.
Vincent Candelora showed up at Hamden’s CT Transit bus maintenance and storage garage — not to catch a ride, but to ask questions.
by | Mar 28, 2022 4:38 pm | Comments (2)
Robert Boyd and Dasani Scott.
Robert Boyd stepped into his Dallas Cowboys slippers and took his granddaughter out on Orchard Street to the school bus stop — unaware they’d be staying there for close to an hour.
When the bus arrived, Boyd was grateful for another day that Dasani can attend Nathan Hale across town.
by | Mar 24, 2022 5:49 pm | Comments (4)
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Giulietti at opening of pedestrian, cyclist-friendly stretch of Columbus Ave.
Joseph Giulietti has lots of money to put electric buses on the road — but he’s struggling to find enough people to drive them.
That encapsulates a broader challenge Giulietti, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT), is taking on these days, a short-term problem mixed in with loads of long-term opportunity.
by | Mar 17, 2022 4:24 pm | Comments (57)
Bike lanes, or cars? Outside P&M Orange Street Market Thursday.
The city vowed to reconfigure Orange Street to stop drivers from “dooring” cyclists — while neighbors and business owners questioned whether the solution should involve removing half of the on-road parking.
by | Mar 15, 2022 2:14 pm | Comments (9)
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Briana LaMare at Union Station.
With her car broken and gas prices up, Briana LaMare headed into Union Station to catch the 9:47 a.m. train Tuesday — part of a new commuting routine that’s growing on her.
by | Mar 14, 2022 10:50 am | Comments (1)
A New Haven man named Raekwon McLean lost his life Sunday after a driver struck him on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden.
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... alongside two recent electric additions to the state's bus fleet.
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U.S. Sen. Murphy (right) with bus drivers Jermaine and Sylvia...
Twenty-two new electric buses should hit the streets of New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, and Stamford over the next year and a half, thanks in part to a newly awarded $11.4 million federal grant to help the state transportation department wean itself off of fossil fuels.
by | Mar 9, 2022 4:59 pm | Comments (31)
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Money up front: Torres gases up the shuttle.
Shakira Rodriguez Torres spent $90 filling half her tank with 19 gallons of gas Wednesday at the Long Wharf Mobil — and she wasn’t pleased.
by | Mar 8, 2022 10:18 am | Comments (39)
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Unveiling Avelo's new nonstop routes at Tuesday's presser.
Avelo CEO Andrew Levy (center) with airport chief Scanlon and Avports CEO Roberts.
Tweed-New Haven Airport’s fast-paced expansion of daily flights continued, with the announcement Tuesday that Avelo Airlines will now fly nonstop to the hubs of Chicago and Washington, D.C. as well as Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
by | Mar 3, 2022 3:30 pm | Comments (6)
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Union Station (right) and its parking garage (far left).
Union Station parking levels still far below pre-pandemic peaks.
An average of 826 parking spaces at Union Station’s garage sat empty and unused every day in January — even as the city and the state plan to add 600 new “structured parking spaces” to the transit hub over the coming decades.
Continue reading ‘1,133 Spaces, Only 307 Parked; More Needed?’
by | Mar 2, 2022 12:34 pm | Comments (11)
Top neighborhood cop Lt. Dana Smith promised East Rockers that police will focus on traffic-calming in response to five separate incidents of drivers hitting pedestrians in January alone.
Continue reading ‘East Rock Promised Increased Attention To Dangerous Drivers’
by | Mar 1, 2022 4:04 pm | Comments (2)
Closed sidewalk on Davis Street, waiting for White to repair it.
White: Cross-border comity.
Stephen White, Hamden’s new town engineer wants stronger sidewalks, safer crosswalks, and a continued partnership with his counterpart to the south, New Havener of the Year Giovanni Zinn.
White, a past project manager with New Haven’s engineering department under Zinn, is one of three appointees Mayor Lauren Garrett announced Monday will be moving into Government Center. Garrett also named Safija Farooqui the acting chief assessor and Jeffrey Naples assistant fire chief.
Continue reading ‘New Hamden Town Engineer Aims For Safer Streets’
by | Feb 23, 2022 4:10 pm | Comments (1)
Kevin Peters awaits ride to new opportunity.
KP stood at the bus stop near Wells Fargo on Church Street Wednesday morning waiting to catch a ride to Wallingford — and a new life.