Bobby's Not Snitching
by | Feb 10, 2022 4:14 pm | Comments (10)
Bobby Alvarez makes delivery to Three Brothers Diner.
Word on Dixwell Avenue Thursday was: Don’t snitch.
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Grill Goes Cold After Inspector's Visit
by | Feb 9, 2022 3:23 pm | Comments (5)
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Black Corner Store owners Kenia and Michael Massey with temporarily sidelined "Afrotina" fusion chef Ohioma Odihirin.
The word on Edgewood Avenue Wednesday was: The health department was here. Now the grill is cold.
(Waste)Water St. Report: Omicron Still Fading
by and | Feb 8, 2022 3:58 pm | Comments (5)
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Jordan Peccia stopping on morning run from the harbor.
The word on Water Street Tuesday was … water.
Waste water, to be exact. In the puddles outside of Cody’s Diner, where Yale Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering Jordan Peccia was getting his morning feta cheese fix. And in the sewage helping Peccia put out the good word that the Covid-19 Omicron variant is continuing to fade.
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Word On The Street: Love Rides On Metro-North
by and | Feb 7, 2022 2:33 pm | Comments (2)
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Andrew Finkelman awaits ride at Union Station after visiting girlfriend.
The word on Union Avenue Monday morning was: Metro-North keeps love alive.
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National Award Honors Esdaile's Activist Path
by | Feb 4, 2022 2:16 pm | Comments (0)
As Scot X Esdaile prepares to fly to L.A. to receive a lifetime achievement award on national TV, he hasn’t forgotten what it’s like to be the young turk crashing the gates inn New Haven.
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Property Tax Targeted
by | Feb 4, 2022 10:30 am | Comments (3)
With the legislative session set to start next week, Connecticut towns and cities say it’s high time to help lower property taxes in a meaningful way.
Strolls Keep Soulmates On Life's Path
by and | Feb 3, 2022 4:39 pm | Comments (1)
Mary Ann Frank and Lauren Pinkza with Willow on Thursday's walk.
The word on Cliff Street Thursday was: Female friendships.
As in long-haul female friendships, nurtured on morning strolls. They can get you through a pandemic — and help you grapple with mortality.
They can even get you through a disappointing morning sandwich.
Word on the Street: Where's There's Smoke ...
by and | Feb 2, 2022 4:55 pm | Comments (5)
Gladys Tavarez shares the Word on the Street at CTown.
The word on Ferry Street on Wednesday morning was “delinquency.”
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Cabrera Zeroes In On Mental Health
by | Feb 2, 2022 12:36 pm | Comments (3)
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State Sen. Jorge Cabrera at WNHH FMM.
Even in 12 weeks, Connecticut can find a way to enable more people get mental-health help.
So proclaimed State Sen. Jorge Cabrera, who vowed to work with his colleagues to pass legislation to that effect during the “short session” that begins at the Capitol on Feb. 9.
A New Dawn At Collab
by | Feb 2, 2022 11:44 am | Comments (1)
New Collab Executive Director Dawn Leaks.
Collab New Haven has a new executive director with a clear message: Don’t let opportunity pass you by.
She also has a mission: To create more opportunities for those who are systematically denied chances to turn their ideas into realities.
Dude, Where's His Car?
by and | Feb 1, 2022 4:03 pm | Comments (11)
Levi Erock: My Honda's not here.
Orane Fraser: Remove the speed bumps!
Word on the street: Orane Fraser left Levi Brock at the parole office. He waited a while. Then he hit the road.
Independent Seeks Top Elections Post
by | Feb 1, 2022 1:11 pm | Comments (1)
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Cynthia Jennings at WNHH FM.
Cynthia Jennings has been involved in elections with three different parties — and has concluded the state needs someone from a fourth party to oversee the vote.
Word On The Street: "Level Up"
by | Jan 31, 2022 5:02 pm | Comments (3)
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Jermaine Smith and Ra Hashim at construction site on Crown.
The word on Crown Street Monday was “level up.”
Word On The Street: Paying Rent, Staying Safe
by | Jan 28, 2022 1:46 pm | Comments (2)
Anthony: Shoot marbles, not guns.
The word on the street at Dixwell Plaza Friday was: Paying rent, and staying safe.
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After Colleyville, Rabbi Still Ready To "Welcome The Stranger"
by | Jan 28, 2022 12:21 pm | Comments (2)
When Brian Immerman learned that a gunman had taken members of a Reform synagogue hostage, it “felt like a gut punch.”
It didn’t change his mind about the need to “welcome the stranger.”
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Word On The Street: Brrrr!
by and | Jan 27, 2022 3:06 pm | Comments (1)
Keefe Center volunteer Jacob Galarza shlepping boxes in the cold Thursday morning.
The word on Dixwell Avenue Thursday was: Brrrrrrr.
She Wants To Follow The Money
by | Jan 27, 2022 1:42 pm | Comments (0)
GOP Comptroller candidate Mary Fay at WNHH FM.
Mary Fay wants voters to make her Connecticut CFO, so she can keep an eye on how tax dollars get spent.
Alder Alex Dives Into Town, Gown
by | Jan 26, 2022 3:42 pm | Comments (2)
Alder Alex Andes Guzhnay at WNHH FM.
Alex Andes Guzhnay knows firsthand what a neighborhood library can mean to a kid. He now also knows how his neighborhood library came to be.
Word On The Street: Caffeine
by and | Jan 26, 2022 3:38 pm | Comments (0)
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Owner Rosanna Sabino and employee Marisol Ortega at Nica's Market.
The word on Orange Street Wednesday was: Caffeine.
Word On The Street: 10 AM Georgia Hots
by and | Jan 25, 2022 3:49 pm | Comments (3)
Steve Williams: Fixture outside the courthouse.
The word on the street was… hot dogs.
At 10 in the morning.
Lots of hot dogs.
Community Foundation Leaders Chosen
by | Jan 20, 2022 3:56 pm | Comments (1)
Retired State Supreme Court judge Flemming Norcott will serve another term as chair of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven board, with some new members signing on.
Sec'y Of State Hopeful Aims To Rebuild Trust In Democracy
by | Jan 20, 2022 11:53 am | Comments (1)
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Secretary of the state candidate Stephanie Thomas at WNHH FM.
“Civic engagement” was more than an abstract concept for Stephanie Thomas when she was in high school. It provided her a warm place, with lights on, to do her homework.
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Medical Decision Makers Navigate Covid Learning Curve
by | Jan 20, 2022 8:56 am | Comments (0)
Viruses are going to do what viruses do – it’s the medical system’s job to figure out how to deal with them.
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To Kyiv, With Resolve: Blumenthal, Murphy Report Back From Hot Spot
by | Jan 19, 2022 5:51 pm | Comments (0)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, third from left, across table from U.S. Sens. Robert Portman, Chris Murphy, Jeanne Shaheen, Amy Klobuchar, Richard Blumenthal and Roger Wicker.
As the world watches whether Russia will invade Ukraine, Connecticut’s two U.S. senators traveled to the heart of the potential conflict to deliver a bipartisan message.
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Looney's 2022 Priorities: Mental Health, Special Ed
by | Jan 14, 2022 4:28 pm | Comments (4)
The Covid-19 pandemic ravaged people’s mental health — but may also have opened a door to fix a longstanding mental health problem.
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