by | Oct 24, 2022 2:34 pm | Comments (0)
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Patrick Barnes (left) and Lance Ligon on the Edgewood "Island" with BamBam and Monkey.
The morning after, Patrick Barnes had the fingernails to prove he had stuck with his New York Yankees until the bitter end of a once-promising season.
Continue reading ‘Word on the Street: Coach Lance Called It’
by | Oct 17, 2022 12:39 pm | Comments (1)
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Probate judge candidates Jerald Barber and Americo Carchia at WNHH FM.
Voters who make it to the 10th line of the election ballot on Nov. 8 will continue a tradition dating back to 1666: Electing New Haven’s probate judge.
And they will have a choice.
Continue reading ‘Judge Campaign Debate Tackles "Caring" Mission’
by | Oct 14, 2022 1:25 pm | Comments (6)
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Bobby Johnson walks out of Church Street courthouse to freedom in 2015 after nine years of false imprisonment.
The individuals who murdered an innocent man, who framed an innocent teen, who copped a fake confession all made choices. So did Nicholas Dawidoff when he told their story — and he has now left New Haven with a choice of our own.
Continue reading ‘New Blockbuster Book Explores Backstory Of Newhallville Murder Case’
by | Oct 11, 2022 9:20 am | Comments (0)
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Author Lary Bloom at WNHH FM.
Lary Bloom’s parents retired to a gated community in Florida that didn’t allow anyone under 55 inside.
by | Oct 7, 2022 12:31 pm | Comments (6)
Gwendolyn Busch Williams at WNHH FM.
Coogan Pavilion is a wide-open space. And now it’s a community space: Depending on what time you enter it, you might stumble into a line-dancing class. Or a yoga class. Or a ceramics session. Or painting.
A different nonprofit group runs each of those activities. The landlord is the city’s Youth and Recreation Department (YARD).
Continue reading ‘She's Going The Extra YARD For City's Youth’
by | Oct 6, 2022 1:43 pm | Comments (0)
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Spreading the word: Anne Watkins, Cristher Estrada Perez, Leslie Blatteau at WNHH FM.
Over 100,000 teachers, nurses, custodians, and other public-service workers in Connecticut have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to wipe out tens of thousands of dollars in student debt — if they take action by Oct. 31.
A New Haven-based nonprofit is working hard to get that word out and help people take advantage of the opportunity before the window closes.
Continue reading ‘Window Closing On College Debt Relief For Public Service Workers’
by | Oct 4, 2022 8:27 am | Comments (2)
Applying for federal money can be a complicated business. Mark Boughton has some ideas up his sleeve.
In his role as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services, he is charged with making sure that Connecticut’s towns and cities have the best chance at Infrastructure Investment and Job Acts (IIJA) monies for infrastructure projects across the state. He discussed the transformative implications on the Municipal Voice, a co-production of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities and WNHH 103.5 FM.
by | Sep 29, 2022 4:51 pm | Comments (7)
Stefanowski Thursday on WNHH FM.
Bob Stefanowski has a strategy for turning around the momentum in the home stretch of the governor’s race: keep talking about parents’ rights and crime and inflation.
by | Sep 7, 2022 9:26 am | Comments (0)
All economic development is community development, and all community development is economic development.
Continue reading ‘Foundation Chief: Community Development = Economic Development’
by | Sep 1, 2022 4:44 pm | Comments (6)
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Vernon Horn at WNHH FM.
Vernon Horn celebrated when he won his freedom — then battled to take advantage of that freedom to build a new life.
by | Aug 31, 2022 3:23 pm | Comments (0)
Amy Chai at WNHH FM: Start early to target addiction.
It’s not every Congressional candidate who urges voters to rethink the role of doulas.
Amy Chai is not every Congressional candidate.
Continue reading ‘Congressional Candidate Chai Eyes "4th Trimester"’
by | Aug 23, 2022 8:58 am | Comments (0)
Boys Scouts may be best known for their outdoor activities, but one of the greatest values they instill is citizenship.
by | Aug 19, 2022 1:49 pm | Comments (14)
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Daniel Dunn at WNHH FM.
Daniel Dunn thought he might meet roadblocks seeking records about police complaints.
“I didn’t think,” he said, “they would go so far as to put them through the shredder.”
Continue reading ‘Cop Commissioner Just Getting Started In Transparency & Accountability Quest’
by and | Aug 18, 2022 12:59 pm | Comments (1)
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Kendall Cobb Wednesday with his wheels.
Light rain and a brief detour through Hamden Wednesday morning didn’t stop scooter-toting Kendall Cobb from making his way to Orange to get his computer fixed — while keeping his gas bill down.
by | Aug 12, 2022 3:44 pm | Comments (1)
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Next-gen ambassador: Newly retired firefighter Erika Bogan at 2019 community event telling 7-year-old Shy Bond about the profession.
Smoke was everywhere: Erika Bogan couldn’t see. But she could feel the stairs below her. And she discovered — yes, she could do this job.
by | Aug 12, 2022 12:25 pm | Comments (0)
State Rep. Pat Dillon at WNHH FM.
The New York Mets are on a hot streak, winning 15 of their last 17 games.
Pat Dillon is on a hot streak, too, winning 19 of her last 19 campaigns for state representative.
by | Aug 5, 2022 3:25 pm | Comments (5)
Politicians play games. Kids pay the price.
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Jason Chan checks out the city.
Architecture student Jason Chan landed on the New Haven Green Wednesday and noticed a plaque remembering the park’s history as the central square in America’s first planned city — which made him think about the contrasts between the Elm City and his highly developed hometown of Hong Kong.
Continue reading ‘Budding Architect's Word On The Street: New Haven's More Laid Back Than Hong Kong’
by | Aug 4, 2022 11:51 am | Comments (6)
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State Sen. Martin Michael Looney at WNHH FM.
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Martin Francis Looney.
“It took a while, Dad,” Martin Michael Looney said to himself after the final vote was cast, “but we’re there.”
by | Jul 27, 2022 4:31 pm | Comments (5)
GOP's Michael Pace and Andrew Tammaro at WNHH FM.
Michael Pace decided to stop complaining about Hamden’s problems and try instead to help fix them.
by and | Jul 27, 2022 4:00 pm | Comments (3)
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LeaMOND Suggs on Chapel Street: making New Haven smell good again.
Two decades into running one of downtown’s longer-running commercial enterprises, LeaMOND Suggs was hooking up an old friend with a new olfactory sensation.
Continue reading ‘Word On Street: "Smell Good In Your Hood"’
by | Jul 25, 2022 12:16 pm | Comments (7)
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State Sen. Gary Winfield at Newhallville stop-violence fair.
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John Carlson, fellow GOP candidate Eric Mastroianni at WNHH FM.
To Gary Winfield, the job of state legislator is akin to a long-distance runner. He sees the finish line in the distance: Better public education. Humane prisons. Fairer policing. The legislator gets closer every year, step by step, methodically making gains along the way, keeping the ultimate goal in mind.
That record of veteran service is a reason the Newhallville Democrat gave for why he’s running this year for a sixth term as a state senator representing New Haven and West Haven.
That’s a reason John Carlson, a Hill Republican, gave for why he’s challenging Winfield this year for the 10th State Senate District seat: New Haven Democrats have been in power too long, without producing the right results, he argued.
Continue reading ‘Experience Helps? Or Hurts? Candidates Differ’
by | Jul 25, 2022 8:41 am | Comments (3)
With so many opportunities for infrastructure investments, Connecticut’s Councils of Governments will play a leading role in guiding towns and cities through the process.
Continue reading ‘COGs Prepare To Guide Cities, Towns Through Infrastructure Process’
by and | Jul 21, 2022 3:46 pm | Comments (3)
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Katherine Tucker screens Dexter Jones for high blood pressure at his eponymous Unisex Barbershop.
Cardiologists and healthcare workers sat in line at Dexter’s — not to get their hair cut, but to work their way into the barbershop talk of the day by speaking truth to a “silent killer.”
Continue reading ‘Blood (Pressure) Talk Comes To Barber's Chair’
by | Jul 20, 2022 4:41 pm | Comments (0)
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Chicago Dawgs Mark Zaretsky and Tom Crivellone perform in the WNHH FM studio.
Mark Zaretsky had a choice to make.