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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 was Mayor Justin Elicker doing in the above picture?
A. Registering King/Robinson students to vote in the upcoming Democratic presidential primary
B. Playing “I Spy with My Eye” with Hill Central students
C. Drawing with Edgewood students during a visit by a touring art-museum bus
D. Quizzing a Worthington Hooker student on how to spell “I love art” during a school assembly
E. Playing hooky from City Hall
2. What was happening inside 390 Orchard St. when it was engulfed in flames?
A. Someone fell asleep with a lit cigarette
B. A rival gentrifier’s “associate” “happened” to find a spark
C. Workers were renovating apartments for Kensington Square
D. The DIY DJs were holding an after-hours house party
E. Nothing — the fire started next door
3. Two years after announcing the creation of a New Haven-focused“Center for Inclusive Growth” at Yale, officials announced the hiring of an executive director to run it. What did officials say the center will do?
A. Study model town-gown programs in other cities to craft a “best practices” agenda for New Haven and Yale
B. Study the past 30 years of New Haven town-gown efforts to assess which are worth keeping and which no longer work
C. Craft plans for town-gown health plan-sharing and energy-sharing partnerships
D. Lobby the state to eliminate Yale’s property exemptions
E. They weren’t sure
4. Where did “New Haven Agenda” organizer Jason Bartlett record climactic scenes of a ward co-chair campaign video attacking UNITE HERE’s role in local politics and government?
A. Bear’s Smokehouse
B. The Owl Shop
C. The Emergency Operations Center in the 200 Orange St. basement
D. Outside Central Labor Council headquarters
E. In City Hall’s Board of Alders Chambers
F. On a Zamboni clearing the ice at Ralph Walker Rink during an Albertus Magnus hockey match
5. How many of its eight ward co-chair challenges did the New Haven Agenda slate win in Tuesday’s Democratic primary?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5
E. Unclear — absentee ballots are still being counted
6. What did a Ward 4 ward co-chair primary candidate tell prospective voters on Rosette Street while door-knocking for votes?
A. “I want to bring more neighborhood voices into the Democratic Party“
B. “I promise to keep constituents up to date with a monthly newsletter“
C. “This is the last time you’ll see me for 2 years, when I’ll come back asking for your vote“
D. “You should go out and make a living in an honest way, instead of working as a parasite on the social welfare system … and your house should be condemned“
E. “It’s time for change — got any?”
7. The environmental group Gather New Haven named a new executive director. Who is it?
A. Steve Winter
B. Jonathón Savage
C. Brent Peterkin
D. Doreen Abubakar
E. Jason Manafort
8. What happened when Hugh Edwards returned to Newhallville, where he grew up?
A. He ran into his favorite high school teacher from back in the day and bought her lunch
B. He won a foreclosure auction on a blighted house he hopes to renovate
C. He lost a foreclosure auction to a noted slumlord on a blighted house he hopes to renovate
D. He donated a gently used Prius to a new food pantry
E. He donated a truckload of tools from his car-repair business to a vocational training program
9. Who chanted “Settlers, settlers, go back home! Palestine is ours alone!” where this week?
A. Demonstrators interrupting an appearance by Gov. Ned Lamont with a touring art-museum bus at Edgewood School
B. Participants in a public hearing in the Board of Alders chambers at City Hall
C. Participants in a “people’s public hearing” outside City Hall
D. Patrons watching Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on a TV at Bear’s Smokehouse
E. Organizers of a “classfire” walkout by Yale law students
10. Where was national civil rights leader William Barber when (pictured below) he issued a call for a national movement to tackle poverty?
A. At a social justice and tenants’ rights “WWJD?” conference held at Trinity Lutheran Church
B. At a get-out-the-vote rally at the Q House for the upcoming Democratic presidential primary
C. At a get-out-the-vote rally at the Barbell Club for the “New Haven Agenda” Democratic ward co-chair primary
D. At a “Creating Communities Summit” organized by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy at NXTHVN
E. At a “Grill for Justice” fundraiser at Bear’s Smokehouse
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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 Students, Governor cARTie Hearty
2. C Flames Set Back Housing Rebuild
3. E 2 Years On, Yale-City Center Gets A Boss
4. A Campaign Broadside Targets UNITE HERE
5. A “Dems For Dems” Crush Challengers
6. D Vote-Seeker Calls Constituents “Parasites“
7. B Gather New Haven Gathers New Leadership
8. B Newhallville Native Tops Bassett Auction
9. C Protesters Host Their Own “Public Hearing“
10. D Barber’s Loneliness Rx: Start With Poverty