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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.
Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1) What record store used to occupy part of the former York Square Cinemas building that Yale just bought at 57 – 9 Broadway? A) Cutler’s Records & Tapes B) Vinyl-torium C) Group W Bench D) Rhymes Records E) Elm City Sounds
Alders-Elect Kiana Flores, Frank Redente, and Caroline Smith at WNHH FM.
Three of New Haven’s alders-elect with Fair Haven connections said they’re pumped to get to work as part of a community “team” that tackles safe streets, affordable housing, and small business growth.
Marcia LaFemina, Yolanda Caldera-Durant, Ann Harrison at WNHH FM.
Some 86,000 jobs are going begging in Connecticut, many of them paying a living wage and not requiring a college degree. Thousands of people without college degrees need those jobs. So put those people in the jobs — simple, right?
By day Steve Mednick has been helping cities rewrite their constitutions. By night he has been writing songs about the storms in our political universe.
Dr. Jonathan Q. Berryman isn’t lamenting how technology has changed our world. Instead he’s harnessing it to help young people find their voices in the choir.
Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1. The city has issued cease-and-desist orders against the Amistad Catholic Worker House for its construction of 60-to-100-square-foot huts for the homeless in its backyard. What has been Amistad’s Mark Colville’s response to the orders?
A. He’ll take the shelters down B. He’ll cease but not desist C. He’ll desist but not cease D. He’ll keep them up
Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1) What existential issue is motivating the most visible opponent of the New Haven charter reform referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot? A) 4‑year mayoral terms B) fiscal solvency C) lifetime appointments to the volunteer Board of Park Commissioners D) lifetime prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders E) chartered airplane flights to Las Vegas
Fire Lt. Derrick Meade, Board of Ed's Abigail Rivera, Fire Capt. Troy Frost, and Asst. Police Chief David Zannelli at WNHH FM.
Three grown men who literally fight fires and crimes for a living received surprise plaques Thursday for helping try to put out a metaphorical fire — young people entering adulthood in challenging times with no path to productive careers.
