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Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1. What went up outside the former East Rock Pharmacy at Orange and Linden streets?
A. A poster touting the neighborhood and how to get involved
B. A directory to official and non-official cannabis retailers within 5 miles
C. A self-serve kiosk where passing neighbors can record their stories
D. A port-o-potty
E. A “neighborhood heroes” poster
2. What did the new owner of the former church-affiliated Emerson Apartments on Orange Street do within a week of owning the property?
A. Began making long-overdue repairs
B. Introduced himself to the tenants
C. Informed them by written notice that he’s not renewing their leases, with no useable contact info
D. Enlisted Believe In People to create a mural on the northern exterior wall to match the one atop the church next door
E. Bought the 59 Elm St. building at the end of the block
3. Who read aloud portions of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time as part of a performance of a new jazz composition at Beinecke Library Monday night?
A. Ossie Davis
B. Morgan Freeman
C. Kevin Harris
D. Alec Baldwin
E. James Baldwin
4. How many of the five New Haven Public Schools pools will be open to the public this summer?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
F. 5
5. How many eighth-graders graduated from Brennan-Rogers Magnet School?
A. 0 — the school closed
B. 8
C. 18
D. 23
E. 79
F. 111
6. What did INSA CEO Peter Gallagher, who has opened New Haven’s second dispensary, do before launching his multi-state cannabis company?
A. Voiced “Kermit the Frog”
B. Peddled CBD-infused noise-canceling headphones
C. Worked in the financial sector
D. Coached the Career High boys basketball team
E. Retired from the DEA
7. Which of the following improvements have been approved for Valley Street?
A. 90-degree intersections
B. Repaired, repaved sidewalks and streets
C. Rapid flashing beacons
D. Raised intersections
E. Speed tables
F. All of the above
G. A, B & D
H. No improvements have been approved for Valley Street
8. What is the name of a newly formed nonprofit in Newhallville?
A. Dixwell-Newhallville Development Corporation
B. Newhallville Gets Busy Inc.
C. Newhallville Next
D. Newhallville Community Services Development Corporation
E. Newhallville Together
9. New Haven this week buried Jamal Mitchell, a police officer who was shot to death at the age of 36 by a gunshot victim he was trying to help. For which police force was Mitchell working?
A. New Haven’s
B. Connecticut’s
C. Providence’s
D. Minneapolis’s
E. Santa Fe’s
10. Who said “I have a lot of House pride,” where?
A. First-time homebuyer Beatrice Wilkes at a ribbon-cutting for a government-built two-family house on Clinton Avenue
B. DJ Slim Pickens at a hip-hop showcase at Three Sheets
C. Salutatorian Mila Volpe at Hillhouse High School’s graduation
D. INSA CEO Peter Gallagher displaying his company’s “House Blend” rainbow-colored cannabis gummies
E. The new owner of the Emerson Apartments on Orange Street as he distributed anonymous “your lease is up” notices
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. A East Rock Rocks New Neighborhood Poster
2. C New Landlord to Tenants: Hello. Goodbye
3. E Beinecke Jazz Reframes Reality
4. B Just Kidding. Only 1 of 5 Pools To Open This Summer
5. B Graduations Reveal Enrollment Divide
6. C Canna-biz CEO: It’s Not Easy Selling Green
7. F $2.2M Valley St. Redesign Readied
8. D Newhallville Gets Back Into Building
9. D Funeral Carries Slain Officer Home
10. C “Greatness is Within” 190 Hillhouse Grads