by | Mar 9, 2022 4:59 pm | Comments (31)
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Money up front: Torres gases up the shuttle.
Shakira Rodriguez Torres spent $90 filling half her tank with 19 gallons of gas Wednesday at the Long Wharf Mobil — and she wasn’t pleased.
by | Mar 8, 2022 3:37 pm | Comments (8)
Ukrainian national anthem sung Sunday on the Green.
The bad news: “We could possibly be on the brink of World War III,” potential nuclear bombs and all.
The possibly better news: Lots of “good people” can still fight to save democratic Ukraine.
Continue reading ‘Ukraine Watcher: Spirit Of Resistance Intact From 2014 Revolution’
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Melissa Kaplan, Lauren Garrett, Karimah Mickens and Dominique Baez.
On International Women’s Day, local leaders in Hamden had reason to celebrate a transformation in town leadership — and to pose for a photo.
Continue reading ‘Hamden's Female Leadership Team Marks International Women's Day’
by | Mar 4, 2022 9:27 am | Comments (0)
Towns and cities always do a better job with taxpayer dollars than the state.
Continue reading ‘Top State House Republican: Trust The Towns’
by | Mar 3, 2022 5:06 pm | Comments (0)
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Ukrainian-Americans at a support rally held Sunday at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church on George Street.
Sitting in New Haven as the Russian army sought to invade his homeland, Oleksii Atnoniuk watched in horror — and also got a chuckle.
More than one.
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Evadney Taylor's word on College Street: It's complicated.
Evadney Taylor rushed to get to work on time while shuttling kids to school, navigating a botched breakfast take-out order, and figuring out how to fend off an eviction by a legal aid staffer while seven months pregnant.
by | Mar 2, 2022 2:44 pm | Comments (0)
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SCDAA CT/Michelle's House President and CEO James Rawlings with Board Chair Sharon Jones at poster unveiling.
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by | Mar 2, 2022 1:45 pm | Comments (9)
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Starting fresh: Ex-offenders Robinson and Shabazz picking up litter.
Abdullah Shabazz woke up at 2 a.m. Wednesday, showered, said his prayers, read the Quran, then caught the bus from Bella Vista to Grand Avenue to start cleaning up the street — and keeping on a straight path.
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Benny Medina: Bing Bong!
The word on Dixwell Avenue Tuesday was: Enjoy the finer things.
Continue reading ‘Word On The Street: Enjoy The Finer Things’
by | Feb 28, 2022 4:59 pm | Comments (2)
Joshua Watkins, executive director of the Community Soup Kitchen.
Continue reading ‘Turbocharged Community Soup Kitchen Plans Return To Indoor Dining’
by | Feb 25, 2022 2:46 pm | Comments (3)
WFP State Director Sarah Ganong at WNHH FM.
Sarah Ganong wants baristas and burger-flippers to know what hours they’ll work each week without having to rush in on an hour’s notice, or lock up at night only to open back up at 6 a.m.
She also wants you to consider running for elected office if you’d like to help make that and other improvements in working people’s lives become possible.
Continue reading ‘New WFP Director Focuses On "Clopenings" & Candidate Recruits’
by | Feb 25, 2022 12:39 pm | Comments (5)
Come hit the road along with us, help us dream big — and guide us to a new permanent home later on.
Long Wharf Theatre’s leaders delivered that message Friday to people who have questioned or been confused about the regional company’s dramatic new move.
by | Feb 24, 2022 4:42 pm | Comments (5)
Brutal. Horrific.
But not necessarily crazy.
Continue reading ‘"Brutal" Invasion Sends Shock Waves; "New Cold War" Seen’
by and | Feb 24, 2022 3:03 pm | Comments (2)
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John Geanakoplos: On a mission to walk away the pain.
The word on Mitchell Drive Thursday was healing — from a knee injury, and from the Zoom era.
by | Feb 23, 2022 4:10 pm | Comments (1)
Kevin Peters awaits ride to new opportunity.
KP stood at the bus stop near Wells Fargo on Church Street Wednesday morning waiting to catch a ride to Wallingford — and a new life.
by | Feb 22, 2022 4:04 pm | Comments (32)
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bob Stefanowski Tuesday at WNHH FM.
The campaign gods have bestowed a gift upon Bob Stefanowski. Will he be able to run with it and become Connecticut’s next governor?
by and | Feb 18, 2022 10:50 am | Comments (7)
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Renewed mission: Violet Harlow, John Cavaliere, Andre Marti at work.
Restoration is in full swing at Westville Village’s hub of reinvention.
by | Feb 17, 2022 3:36 pm | Comments (1)
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DuBois-Walton with Harris Tucker School students at a Newhallville ward committee meeting.
“Equity” and “excellence” are about to get an update.
Those two words summarized the mission of a five-year plan to guide Connecticut’s schools. The State Board of Education drafted and began undertaking the plan five years ago.
Now the board is crafting a new five-year plan. It has a new chair to guide that process: New Haven’s Karen DuBois-Walton.
by | Feb 17, 2022 2:25 pm | Comments (0)
In a true democracy, every individual is a stakeholder in governance. For centuries now, America has not reached that ideal in representation.
Continue reading ‘Parent Leadership Mission: Ready, Set ... Engage!’
by | Feb 15, 2022 3:19 pm | Comments (2)
Matt Lesser has his eye on taking on an existential challenge — the “crisis of democracy.”
Continue reading ‘Sec'y Of State Hopeful: "It Can Happen Here"’
by | Feb 14, 2022 4:02 pm | Comments (0)
The word on Foxon Boulevard Monday was: Love lives on Valentine’s Day.
by | Feb 14, 2022 1:12 pm | Comments (10)
Bearer of good news: Wastewater analyst Jordan Peccia reporting latest figures Monday on WNHH FM.
New Haven’s Covid-19 rate has by one measure dropped about 96 percent since the height of the Omicron wave and is continuing to fall.
Might it be time to retire mask mandates for now?
by | Feb 14, 2022 10:10 am | Comments (16)
(Update Monday 1:39 PM: After this article appeared, Facebook changed its mind and allowed Promise to boost the Black History Month posts.)
Facebook didn’t want you to look at the above post. Facebook considers it too “sensitive.”
by | Feb 11, 2022 2:01 pm | Comments (2)
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Whistleblower author Greg Dillon at WNHH FM.
Greg Dillon proudly wore a cop-solidarity “thin blue line” face mask when Covid-19 hit.
At the same time he was working a book about how he watched the cop-solidarity “thin blue line” lead to corruption and cover-ups in law enforcement.
Continue reading ‘FBI Whistleblower Straddles Thin Blue Li(n)e’
by | Feb 11, 2022 1:47 pm | Comments (20)
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Elected officials and airport boosters tout 100 days of Avelo Airlines flying in and out of Tweed.
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Avelo Airlines announced plans to announce “several” new destinations from Tweed in a matter of “days, not weeks,” as the budget carrier celebrated 100 days of flying in and out of the Morris Cove-based regional airport.
Long-awaited deals on airport operations with Avports and with Uber, on the other hand, remain elusive.
Continue reading ‘Budget Airline Celebrates 100 Days At Tweed’