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1. What is Mayor Justin Elicker doing in the above photo? A. Mixing a scotch whiskey-cream soda cocktail at a $200-a-ticket fundraiser for his 2025 reelection campaign B. Demonstrating his “What Makes Fizz?” contribution at the ESUMS Science Fair C. Playing the role of Lumière the maître d’ in an A Broken Umbrella staging of Beauty & The Beast D. Rehydrating the competitors at an SCSU women’s gymnastics match E. Serving an ice cream float at a teacher appreciation event at Fair Haven School
Sam Carlson broke a string as he tuned up his Guild D‑50 acoustic guitar to perform live on radio. But no worries — he had a backup Guild M‑20 with him as well.
In the backroom lounge of Mediterranea Cafe, among centuries-old hookah pipes and patterned cushions, a fairy rising from the Underworld sang about darkness — and love, too.
Charmain Yun wondered where life would take her next. A voice came to her with the answer.
“I heard something in my heart,” Yun recalled. “The phrase was, ‘Do what’s in front of you.’ At the time what was in front of me were the kids on my stoop.”
Rafael Irizarry could afford to spend all day relaxing or hitting the links. Instead he’s running to become the first Latino to represent Greater New Haven in the U.S. Congress.
Massey at WNHH FM: "Let people do what they want with their money."
Michael Massey found Donald Trump in prison. Now he’s living straight — and running for Congress with a mission to boost the role of fellow ”Urban Black” Republicans in their party.
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Ward 18 challengers Zelema Harris and Sharon Braz congratulate Chris Avallone on his victory at Nathan Hale School.
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Victorious co-chair candidate Gary Hogan (at left) declared "a new Ward 28" in congratulating challenger Ephrat Lieblich (center) on a good race. Fellow victor Jess Corbett at right.
(Updated with official final results) A slate of insurgents raised issues — then ended up losing all their races Tuesday — in the city’s first competitive Democratic ward co-chair primaries in over a decade.
Don’t listen to the new single from the Afro-Semitic Experience if you wish to remain mired in despair over the state of the world or the harshness dividing groups of people.
Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas at WNHH FM.
Stephanie Thomas said she was “as shocked as everybody else” when she saw a video of a Bridgeport campaign worker allegedly hauling stacks of harvested absentee ballots into a drop box.
Democracy Fund's Aaron Goode, Sarah Ficca, Aly Heimer at WNHH FM.
Candidates who ran for mayor under New Haven’s public-financing system raised 90 percent of their money from New Haveners, 28 percent more than clean-elections-defying rivals.
They also raised more local donations: over 47,000 (totaling over $4 million) from 2011 – 2023 versus some 16,000 donations worth $2.6 million for nonparticipants.
Those metrics emerge from a newly released study of the New Haven Democracy Fund, which has administered the city’s public-financing program since its 2007 inception.
In the wake of a state-spawned controversy over the reporting of New Haven marriages to federal immigration authorities, Gov. Ned Lamont declared that no “bureaucrat” should single out couples for discriminatory treatment because of their race, ethnicity, or nation of origin.
