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Kendall Francis arrives early for her job interview.
Kendall Francis got a new glimpse of her family’s hometown, as she pulled into New Haven to see if it will become her new hometown.
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New Haven Promise CEO Patricia Melton at WNHH FM.
The horizon has broadened for New Haven public-school “scholars.”
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Ready for updated round of Monopoly (from left): U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Taylor Swift, Prof. Florian Ederer, FTC Chairperson Lina Kahn.
Florian Ederer thought a skiing trip would offer a break from his day job monitoring the dangers of concentrated corporate power.
Even the slopes, it turns out, have become fertile ground for duplicitous duopoly.
by | Jan 4, 2023 12:57 pm | Comments (4)
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Officer Ashley McKernan was two hours into her second consecutive shift Wednesday morning when she finally found a moment to fuel back up for the next hours on the beat.
by | Dec 22, 2022 3:06 pm | Comments (26)
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Tom Goldenberg at WNHH FM.
ECA. To an ashram. To the bar at Pacifico. To McKinsey & Company. To … New Haven City Hall?
Continue reading ‘Meditator-Turned-Bartender-Turned-McKinsey Consultant Prepares Mayoral Run’
by | Dec 22, 2022 2:00 pm | Comments (0)
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Fred White Thursday outside the Whalley Wells Fargo.
A retired tool-and-die maker named Fred White kept moving Thursday, hopping on his music-amplified Kent Cruiser two-wheeler to navigate the busy Norton-Whalley intersection.
by | Dec 22, 2022 9:39 am | Comments (5)
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Jacobson offering homicide investigation update at the Shack in West Hills.
Six months into his tenure as New Haven’s police chief, Karl Jacobson has seen deadly violence plummet — and an updated community policing approach begin to take hold.
by | Dec 19, 2022 4:09 pm | Comments (2)
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Didi Muhammad and Angel Jiminez Monday with New Haven's largest mimosa glass.
Didi Muhammad showed up at New Haven’s “The Place 2 Be” Monday — wielding a mimosa glass large enough for a striped bass to swim in.
by | Dec 16, 2022 1:11 pm | Comments (1)
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Rabbis Brian Immerman and Eric Woodward at WNHH FM.
When it turns dark Sunday, it will also turn light — for eight straight nights.
by | Dec 15, 2022 2:14 pm | Comments (5)
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Subject photographed in front of WNHH “Wall of Shame.”
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First in line: Terry Barrett at American Muffler.
AAA flatbed tech Terry Barrett was behind AAA Pizza Wednesday watching someone else complete a task he has done himself thousands of times — replace brakes on a vehicle.
Continue reading ‘Word On The Street: Terry Hands Over The Brakes’
by | Dec 13, 2022 3:42 pm | Comments (2)
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Nobody tripped over the edge of a rising parking garage and broke his leg or worse Tuesday morning. Jared Hunter was making sure of that.
Continue reading ‘Safety Hunter Keeps Eye On The Rising Tiers’
by | Dec 13, 2022 9:23 am | Comments (4)
New Haven Health Director Maritza Bond wants New Haveners to get vaxxed and boosted before the New Year — and to then send their seasonal family photos to the city for a chance to take part in a “picture perfect” public health campaign that will light up local televisions and billboards.
Continue reading ‘"VAXgiving" Campaign Offers Gift Cards -- And Billboard Fame -- For Shots’
by | Dec 12, 2022 11:59 am | Comments (0)
In many ways, local government is about taking advantage of opportunities as they come up.
Whether it was getting elected to a position as First Selectman in Durham or taking advantage of funding opportunities as Deputy Director at the South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG), Laura Francis has built a reputation of knowing to not let a good opportunity pass.
Continue reading ‘Federal, State "Fire Hose" Opens Local Gov't Opportunities’
by | Dec 9, 2022 1:00 pm | Comments (3)
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Retaining wall goes up on Yale Avenue to launch the "peanut" project.
Granite prices were soaring. Same with asphalt and concrete.
The Great Peanut, alas, would have to wait.
Continue reading ‘Infrastructure Train Kept Chugging In Challenging Year’
by | Dec 9, 2022 11:23 am | Comments (3)
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Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut President Frances Padilla at WNHH FM.
It turned out that universal health care couldn’t come to the Insurance State overnight.
It also turned out that hard work, year in and year out, could get the state closer.
by | Dec 9, 2022 10:21 am | Comments (1)
Michael Taylor and LindyLee Gold at WNHH FM.
When people sink into the throes of addiction, they often neglect other health problems too.
Thanks to a $1 million gift, women working on tackling those addictions at a new recovery center in the Hill will simultaneously receive help with those heart or liver or other health problems as well.
by | Dec 8, 2022 3:24 pm | Comments (10)
Workers pouring a concrete foundation Thursday at 201 Munson.
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Erick Morris: Making change on home turf.
Erick Morris went to work on Munson Street Thursday just as his grandfather did for three decades, albeit with different tools.
by | Dec 7, 2022 3:33 pm | Comments (0)
Gail Lerner set out to write a book about a brave 10-year-old girl who climbs trees in New Haven’s Edgerton Park — and summoned bravery of her own to complete it.
Continue reading ‘How Ruby & Hart Became Atom & Dot -- & A Brave Girl's Author Found New Strength’
by | Dec 7, 2022 2:58 pm | Comments (0)
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Jorge Astudillo was upgrading the entrances inside an historic New Haven building — while opening a new door in his own journey of opportunity.
by | Dec 6, 2022 2:27 pm | Comments (27)
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Darryl Brackeen Jr. in Lawrenceville, Jayuan Carter in McDonough Tuesday.
A New Haven knock came on many Georgia voters’ doors Tuesday as history hung in the balance.
Continue reading ‘New Haveners Hit Doors For Georgia Run-off’
by | Dec 6, 2022 2:20 pm | Comments (1)
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The engine was running. The baby was bundled up.
Stephen Jones was ready for the call.
by | Dec 5, 2022 3:49 pm | Comments (2)
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Bridgette Cunningham started her 24th year working at Yale Monday by rising as usual with her cellphone alarm at 2:20 a.m.
Continue reading ‘Word On The Street: Bridgette Beats The Sun’
by | Dec 2, 2022 11:08 am | Comments (13)
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Mustafa Abdul-Salaam remembers how tough it was to include his neighbors’ voices in the development of New Haven’s Science Park — and is bringing insights gained back then to a last-stand anti-gentrification battle in the nation’s capital.
Continue reading ‘Newhallville Lesson Inspires “Chocolate City” Quest’