by | May 16, 2017 7:35 am | Comments (3)
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96-598 George St. as it stands today.
The city’s anti-blight agency has received the go-ahead to pursue the rehabilitation of a historic West River brownstone that was once pegged for demolition.
by | Apr 27, 2017 3:21 pm | Comments (13)
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596-598 George St. as it stands today.
LCI Deputy Director Cathy Schroeter, Executive Director Neal-Sanjurjo at hearing.
The city plans to restore a historic West River brownstone that was once pegged for demolition into affordable homes for two working-class families and their future tenants.
by | Mar 30, 2017 1:32 pm | Comments (1)
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Michelle gets all literary with apples.
Although it could not be independently verified — not even by her mother — first-grader Michelle Mapuvire revealed that she has read Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears A Who 79 times. Not 78 times and not 81 times.
Continue reading ‘Barnard School Transformed Into Seussville’
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.
by | Dec 22, 2016 2:11 pm | Comments (0)
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Volunteers building a hoop house at ChapelSeed.
One of the longest-standing examples of New Haven’s community-garden movement is now in the hands of the New Haven Land Trust.
Continue reading ‘Land Trust Buys ChapelSeed Community Garden’
by | Dec 8, 2016 8:21 am | Comments (15)
596-8 George; inset: Martson at Dwight meeting.
Historic preservationists in Dwight accused Yale-New Haven Hospital of trying to demolish a treasured George Street building by neglect — while the hospital responded that the neighbors thwarted their efforts to turn the property over to Habitat for Humanity over a year ago.
by | Dec 2, 2016 3:05 pm | Comments (4)
Sanders and Eisenhard on the beat.
As usual, it was Jasmine Sanders who suggested an extra lap: Let’s check out that parking lot one last time before ending our shift, she said.
As usual, it was Eric Eisenhard who responded with a shrug: OK, he said. That sounds good.
by | Nov 4, 2016 8:20 am | Comments (29)
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Face got into the pick-up truck. The driver ordered a “half and half.” They agreed on a price; Face doesn’t remember if it was $50 or $60. He shifted into gear. Then they heard a siren.
by | Jul 22, 2016 8:00 am | Comments (0)
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Joyner instructs a younger crew member.
At first, Malik Joyner thought “green” work was for the birds. Now he’s taking the lead on creating urban oases, with the help of bird lovers.
by | Jul 20, 2016 1:53 pm | Comments (1)
A pair of intruders got inside a Judson Avenue home and robbed a man at gunpoint.
by | Jun 21, 2016 12:55 pm | Comments (0)
A man fled his apartment and a firefighter was injured in a two-alarm blaze mid-day Tuesday in West River.
by | Apr 28, 2016 7:39 am | Comments (0)
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Bailey and Johnson as yoga goddesses.
Willa Bailey and Annette Johnson raised their arms high and then bent their knees slightly to strike the stance of a goddess.
Moments later they shook those arms and hips to pulsating rhythms of “Mustang Sally.”
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.”
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.
by | Apr 3, 2016 5:58 pm | Comments (25)
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Jones-Generette.
Superintendent Garth Harries has accepted a transfer request from Barnard Environmental Studies School Principal Yolanda Jones-Generette, following a 36 – 3 “no confidence vote” by teachers.
Continue reading ‘Under Fire, Barnard Principal To Transfer’
by | Mar 15, 2016 9:15 pm | Comments (10)
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Zinn with Police Chief Dean Esserman testifying at Tuesday night’s hearing.
Wingate: “Long overdue.”
It looks like cops honing their shooting skills will soon fire their guns inside, not outdoors. And Brenda Foskey-Cyrus will be able to keep her windows open.
Continue reading ‘New Cop Firing Range, Fire Truck & Radios Get OKs’
by | Mar 15, 2016 5:00 pm | Comments (13)
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Jones-Generette: Under fire again.
Barnard Environmental teachers voted 36 – 3 that they do not have confidence in the leadership of Principal Yolanda Jones-Generette, who has encountered ongoing controversy at the two most recent schools she has helmed.
by | Dec 17, 2015 5:28 pm | Comments (11)
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A three-family house came crashing down Thursday at the corner of Sherman and George streets.
by | Nov 20, 2015 5:19 pm | Comments (11)
An illegal repair shop in a garage sparked a 2 a.m. fire in a Mandy Management house Friday morning, leading the city to condemn the property and send nine families to temporary quarters in a hotel.
by | Oct 9, 2015 12:00 pm | Comments (4)
Police Thursday evening found a man who’d been shot in the chest while inside a parked car on Chapel Street just west of Ella Grasso Boulevard, across the street from Edgewood Park.
by | Sep 2, 2015 2:27 pm | Comments (0)
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Jonathan Gibson checks out Helen’s Grocery in the 2007 survey.
Young people in orange “CARE” T‑shirts are returning to six New Haven neighborhoods this week — because they care how people eat and breathe.
by | Aug 7, 2015 12:15 pm | Comments (4)
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Caitlin Zerella was cruising the neighborhood near the intersection of Derby Avenue and Mead Street when she saw a man riding his bike on the sidewalk.
Zerella debated with herself about whether to stop him.
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.
by | Jul 9, 2015 3:02 pm | Comments (1)
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New England Linen workers inside the plant Wednesday.
A West River business that cleans clothes may be making the waterways a bit dirtier — but not enough to concern regulators.
Continue reading ‘Linen Plant Looks To Double Wastewater Discharge’
by | Jun 19, 2015 2:00 pm | Comments (6)
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Finishing what they started: That is the reason three alders gave the people gathered in a field behind Augusta Lewis Troup School to support them for another term.