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Today’s WNHH radio programs covered race in New Haven’s sports scene past, present and future, planned a little for wintery road conditions, and looked at what we are doing to bring technology and digital learning into the classroom.
Willie Holmes joined Tom Ficklin on his eponymous show. They discussed the history of black athletes like Charley Sifford, and Holmes’ own work with New Haven’s Knickerbocker Club, one of the only (and now last surviving) all African-American gold clubs. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
On “Valley Navel Gazing,” former New Haven Educator Jennifer Olson joined hosts Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry by phone to talk about efforts to reduce absenteeism at the Irving School in Derby, where she is now principal. Then Derby High School Principal Martin Pascale comes on the air to talk about efforts to transform the school into a digital learning environment. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
Happy Mayor Monday! On “Dateline New Haven,” Mayor Toni Harp joined host Paul Bass to discuss United Illuminating’s $30 million deal with Iberdrola, what we can do to better maintain New Haven roads, and how New Haven plans to become more aware of climate change. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
Because our country today seems to be reeling with calls for Muslim exclusion and other extreme measures in the wake of the San Bernardino terror attack, “This Day In New Haven History” is making a special excursion back to the first week after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. How in the first hours and days did we respond, as a nation and as New Haveners? For example, while the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights adoption into the Constitution was being marked, reminding us of “the ultimate stakes of war,” beneath that article is a photograph of Stuart G. Sears, of 715 Quinnipiac Ave., a “Fair Haven Man In Battle Zone.” He was stationed at Pearl Harbor just prior to the outbreak of hostilities, and no word yet on his fate. To listen, click on or download the audio above.