by | Dec 1, 2022 4:32 pm | Comments (0)
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Two customers were already in the barber chairs with two more waiting not long after Aaron Polanco opened the doors Thursday morning at the male side of Morena Salon and Barber Shop.
Continue reading ‘Word On The Street: "Blessed," & Ready For Busy Barber Season’
by | Nov 29, 2022 12:33 pm | Comments (2)
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Luciano Reyes slipped on a Carhartt sweatshirt and a second pair of gloves Tuesday to rescue a paint job on Brownell Street before the temperatures turned colder.
Continue reading ‘The Word On Brownell Street: Call Luciano’
by | Nov 28, 2022 12:44 pm | Comments (8)
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Azariah’s mom had the day off work and stayed home with him. So Nana grabbed a broom and headed out to clean the sidewalk.
There was work to do.
by | Nov 23, 2022 12:10 pm | Comments (3)
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Groom at work in the Whalley Stop & Shop lot.
Bruce Groom plans to divide his Thanksgiving Day between Stop & Shop and the Veterans Administration hospital.
Continue reading ‘Word On The Street: Groom Plans Hectic Holiday, Needs Car Back’
by | Nov 23, 2022 9:18 am | Comments (5)
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Tamika Baines cuts ribbon on NHS-renovated West Hazel Street home.
After decades of helping families stay one step ahead of gentrification, Jim Paley and Bridgette Russell have some ideas for confronting new threats.
by | Nov 22, 2022 4:25 pm | Comments (0)
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Candy Cruz and fiance Jose Pagan with new temporary neighbor.
Candy Cruz readied one turkey for the oven and placed a taller plastic one on her lawn to prepare for a particularly thankful Thanksgiving.
Continue reading ‘The Word On Garden Street: Turkey Times Two’
by | Nov 18, 2022 9:23 am | Comments (1)
Generations after he unleashed federal law enforcement to destroy the lives of people who disagreed with him, J. Edgar Hoover has finally met his match.
by | Nov 17, 2022 2:52 pm | Comments (1)
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Jacinto DaGraca overseeing curb and sidewalk work on Winthrop.
The word on Winthrop Avenue Thursday was: sidewalks.
by | Nov 16, 2022 3:13 pm | Comments (4)
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Once you hear how many steps Estelita Boateng took before arriving on Nicoll Street Wednesday with her 4‑month-old son Lucas, you may never complain again about your exhausting daily routine.
by | Nov 16, 2022 1:01 pm | Comments (9)
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Working Families Party Executive Director Sarah Ganong at WNHH FM.
Sarah Ganong — whose third party helped labor-friendly Democrats win elections all over the state last week — doesn’t buy the theory that voters delivered a Republican-lite strategy on taxes.
Continue reading ‘Progressive Party Flexes "Fusion" Muscles’
by | Nov 15, 2022 2:41 pm | Comments (4)
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Breakfast customers pulled into a clean driveway at Wendy’s for breakfast Tuesday thanks to Patrick Mortley.
Continue reading ‘Butts, Burger King Wrappers Vanish At Wendy’s Drive-Thru’
by | Nov 11, 2022 3:07 pm | Comments (8)
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Steve Mednick at WNHH FM.
Steve Mednick emerged from this week’s elections with two more charter revisions under his belt, and a new album of politically inspired original music.
Continue reading ‘Charters, Chords Emerge From Election Trail’
by | Nov 10, 2022 2:00 pm | Comments (1)
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Jay Clark put his foot on his DGK Boo board. He glared at the concrete bench.
by | Nov 8, 2022 2:30 pm | Comments (6)
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Lindsey Tengatenga tends to the Election Day bake sale crowd.
Ward 25 voters wrestled with a choice when they arrived at the polls Tuesday morning: Banana bread muffins? Or lemon cupcakes?
Continue reading ‘Word On The Street: The Banana Vote Emerges’
by | Nov 7, 2022 3:38 pm | Comments (0)
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Licensed pipefitter CJ Timon, in foreground, with apprentice Hunter Murphy preparing to install another sprinkler head Monday as Box 63 becomes "The Place 2 Be."
CJ Timon and his colleagues made sure Monday that New Haven’s new “place 2 be” will be a safe “place 2 be.”
by | Nov 4, 2022 3:04 pm | Comments (6)
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4 who would be governor (clockwise from top left): Michelle Bicking, Rob Hotaling, Ned Lamont, Bob Stefanowski.
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Candidates for U.S. Representative, one of numerous multi-candidate races (clockwise from top left): Amy Chai, Justin Paglino, Rosa DeLauro, Lesley DeNardis.
New Haven’s 54,000 registered voters have 11 decisions to make on Election Day — with 30+ choices to wade through.
Got 15 hours or so? We can help.
by | Nov 3, 2022 1:45 pm | Comments (6)
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Green Party gubernatorial candidate Michelle Bicking at WNHH FM.
Get ready to ride the rails from Sprague to New Haven in half an hour — aboard the Michelle Bicking Express.
Continue reading ‘Guv Candidate Boosts Transit, Single-Payer’
by | Nov 2, 2022 4:22 pm | Comments (3)
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Someone forgot to tell Jose Arias to groan about gas prices.
by | Nov 2, 2022 10:40 am | Comments (2)
There’s one thing the state could do that would trump any other support they might give to improve public school education across Connecticut.
And that is: increase funding.
Continue reading ‘Ed Board Advocate To State: Local Schools Need More $’
by | Nov 1, 2022 9:23 am | Comments (2)
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Alfonse Purcell on the Chevy hunt.
Alfonse Purcell took a bus from Farren Avenue across town to Whalley Avenue early Monday in search of independence, in the form of four wheels he could call his own.
by | Oct 28, 2022 3:17 pm | Comments (9)
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Before he moves on from his city job next week, Martin Torresquintero is hustling to finish one last bridge to connect New Haveners to an overlooked nature wonderland.
by | Oct 28, 2022 11:38 am | Comments (3)
Working Families Party's Roger Senserrich at WNHH FM.
Roger Senserrich wants you to make a second choice on Election Day: Not just voting for specific candidates, but voting for them the second, not the first, time you see their names on the ballot.
by | Oct 25, 2022 3:27 pm | Comments (1)
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A queen returned home from walking her 3‑year-old to school Tuesday morning — and reflected on the time back in her own school days when she learned her name’s royal origins.
by | Oct 25, 2022 11:40 am | Comments (0)
Home Haven's Kerry Triffin and Lauri Lowell at WNHH FM.
It takes a village — or five virtual villages — to help seniors age in a free, fulfilling, and community-connected fashion.
by | Oct 24, 2022 3:39 pm | Comments (1)
It was 10 on a weekend. The night was young.
But not young enough for a tender chicken wing.