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Democratic Registrar of Voters this week accepting candidates' petitions for ward co-chair races.
Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1) What is the name of a challenge slate of Democrats seeking ward co-chair positions?
A) Take Back New Haven
B) The People’s Posse
C) New Haven Agenda
D) New Haven Works
E) Biden’s Avengers
2) 20 neighborhood kids showed up at a public meeting on the rebuilding of once-doomed-for-demolition Kensington Park. Which of the following was not among their suggestions for what to put there?
A) Roller coaster
B) “Sensory play” toys
C) Butterflies
D) Skate park
E) Tire swing
3) When did United Illuminating promise the state it would be done cleaning up PCBs and heavy metals from its former English Station power plant property?
A) 2016
B) 2019
C) 2022
D) 2024
E) 2026
4) What did New Haven start spending $2.5 million in federal dollars on in Fair Haven this week?
A) Re-repairing the Ferry Street Bridge
B) Traffic-calming at Ferry & Grand
C) Creating a model safe injection site
D) Taking over environmental remediation at English Station
E) Creating a plan to turn Fair Haven and FAME into “community schools
5) What is “NICE”?
A) A new NHPS initiative to alter the tone of students’ social media, in-person interactions
B) New Haven’s sister city in France
C) The Newhaven Inter-model Connection Enterprise initiative
D) Turning left onto Orange Street from Elm when pedestrians are trying to cross with out the benefit of a walk signal
E) A pop-up food pantry in the Hill
6) What did U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal respond when a Mauro-Sheridan fifth-grader asked why he chose to be a politician?
A) “I like to make laws that improve cities and people’s lives”
B) “I wanted to help people”
C) “It was either that or playing second-base for the Yankees”
D) “I consider it a noble calling — just like teaching and serving in the armed forces”
E) “What was the question again?”
7) How many Common Ground High School staffers have departed voluntarily or involuntarily over the past two years?
A) None
B) 10%
C) About half
D) More than two-thirds
E) All but the school director
8) Which bands played the latest edition of the monthly Three Sheets Punk Matinee?
A) Pablo X Inc, New Cardiff Giants, The Haints
B) Johnny Rotten Revival, Sid’s Vicious Vipers, The Hynde Holler
C) The Saucers, International Q, Happy Ending
D) Angel Piss, Dragon Breath, Mint Juleps
E) Dino, Plan 9, Pinto Mott
9) How many people died in New Haven car crashes within five hours this past weekend?
A) 5
B) 0
C) 3
D) 2
E) 7
10) Developers won permission to alter a plan to build new housing along the West River in the shadow of West Rock off Whalley Avenue. When was the original application for the project submitted?
A) 1982
B) 1990
C) 1999
D) 2007
E) 2020
11) What is the current top estimated monthly rent for an apartment at the soon-to-be-built Winchester Green complex in Science Park?
A) $1,500
B) $2,200
C) $3,000
D) $3,900
E) $4,500
Answers to the puzzle, along with links to the relevant news stories, appear after the following podcast of a“Headlines and Basslines” segment (music and more headline talk) of WNHH FM’s“Dateline New Haven” program. (Click here to subscribe or here to listen to other episodes of Dateline New Haven.)
Answers
1) C Bartlett’s Back, With A Posse
2) A Kensington Kids Envision Park Renewal
3) B State Sues UI For Power Plant Plant Passivity
4) E Work Begins On Creating Next-Gen “Community Schools”
5) E Everyone Needs Help — Even The Helpers
7) D Post-Pandemic Woes Grind Common Ground
8) A Punk Matinee Tears Up Three Sheets
9) D 2 crashes kill 2 people in 5 hours