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City Seeks 16 State-Neglected Lots

by | Mar 24, 2017 1:52 pm | Comments (1)

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Moreno at overgrown, trash-filled state-owned Rosette St. lot.

When Jeff Moreno became a Livable City Initiative neighborhood specialist for the Hill, he tried to get someone to clean up a fenced lot near the end of Rosette Street. At first he didn’t know the identity of the nuisance landlord; it turned out to be the state Department of Transportation.

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Seeds Sown Citywide

by | Apr 18, 2016 7:40 am | Comments (2)

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Refugees prepare family plots at MLK Peace Garden in the Hill, one of 17 community gardens swept clean this weekend.

Eileen O’Donnell, 72, fixes Chapelseed’s compost bin.

I’m glad to be here — and lucky,” Walter said as he busily screened compost into a wheelbarrow. My father did gardening for a living. He worked on estates; I work on community.”

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Majestic Bald Couple Goes Home-Hunting

by | Apr 8, 2016 2:36 pm | Comments (0)

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Ms. Eagle scopes out market.

They’d already begun to build a house by ferrying sizeable sticks of wood effortlessly through the air held in their strong talons.

Now it was time to think of making a family.

So they landed side by side on a sturdy branch of the tallest tree around. They looked alike, as many couples do, although she is a few pounds heavier.

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Barnard Divided On Prinicipal’s Changes

by | Jul 10, 2015 3:00 pm | Comments (25)

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Principal Jones-Generette in her Barnard office.

As New Haven’s school system focuses on reducing suspensions, Barnard Environmental Magnet has seen suspensions double in the last year under a new principal. Meanwhile, more than a third of teachers have been assigned to different grades or subjects for the upcoming academic year.

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