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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
8:00pm – 9:00pm
Host: Joe LaChance & Uncle/Farmer Lou

9:00pm – 10:00pm
Host: Justin Farmer

10:00pm – 11:00pm
Host: Cliff Furnald

11:00pm – 12:00am
Host: Jazz Haven with Stan the Man

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Ethan’s Law, In D.C.

DeLauro brings back a Connecticut gun safety law to Congress.  Jonathan D. Salant reports. 

Legal Notice

Finance Committee announces schedule for FY2025-26 budget hearings.  Read more. 

Mash Chillin’

Review Crew’s Fred Noland samples John Lee Hooker bourbon at a black makers” tasting.

DIY Crowd Control

Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood on how 2 Philly bands turned opening slots into main acts.

Youth Continuum Director Departs

Tim Maguire to step down at the end of the month from top role at homelessness services nonprofit.  Laura Glesby reports. 

Allan Eugene Daniels, 61

Allan was passionate about automobiles and loved music and making his family laugh.  Obit. 

“Hey, It’s OK”

Allie Burnet makes Cafe Nine a sanctuary in the face of adversity, as part of three-band bill.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Going Bananas

The latest opinionated vlog news summary direct from the Indy assignment desk — er, compost heap.  Paul Bass reports. 

Budding Artist
Heralds Spring

At Hamden’s Space Ballroom.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

“I’m Not Over The 
Trauma Of Being Homeless”

CT Mirror’s Ginny Monk reports on Kathleen McKenzie’s path to housing, and the statewide fight to fund homelessness services. 

City Files Support Brief
In Suit To Protect
Medical Research Grants

• From Trump NIH cuts.
NIH awarded Yale $645M. Staff reports. 

Bomb Threat Targets AG

Tong, state government’s top Trump fighter, vows to continue fighting for and protecting Connecticut families.”  Staff reports. 

Martinez Keeps Going Green

With IKEA’s help, thanks to 30 new recycling bins.  Maya McFadden reports. 

The Rules Of The Lane

Review Crew’s Ryan Patrick Hooper returns to the bowling alley DJ stand and starts spinning. 

East Rockers Reckon 
With Neo-Nazi Demonstration

As police ID khaki-clad agitators as members of Nationalist Social Club and Atlantic Nationalist Club, at Wednesday meetup.  Zachary Groz reports. 

Kevin H. Diggs, 69

Kevin was an avid learner who loved UCONN women’s basketball and Broadway plays.  Obit. 

Sade Music On The Menu

Review Crew’s Ryan Patrick Hooper samples album-inspired suya-spiced duck & egusi potstickers at a Love Deluxe Dinner” vinyl tasting.

Smokestack Romance

John Moore’s charcoals bring the industrial past back to life. Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood reports.

Staying Rooted

YUAG photo exhibit gets in the weeds.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Collab reSETs

As Hartford nonprofit acquires local entrepreneurship incubator.  Maya McFadden reports. 

“Fix Our Homes”

Newhall residents make their case to Hamden town officials, again, to use ARPA $$ for crumbling foundations.  Lisa Reisman reports. 

Chris Ozyck, Seal Sleuth

Local environmentalist lays out theory for how Seymore” ended up on East St., in new FB page and videos.

Panic. Prepare

Frontline activists craft nuanced response to the New ICE Age.  Paul Bass reports. 

We’re 93rd!

For worst truck bottleneck in the country, at 91 and 95 highway interchange.  Jonathan D. Salant reports. 

Whose Woods These Are?

Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood wonders/wanders inside a solo gallery show.

One (Thou) For The Books

YNHH DEI arm launches Black History Month awards for high school seniors.  Staff reports. 

Legal Notice

Tax Abatement Committee meeting 2/25. Read more. 

Cellist Loops In

Johnathan Moore takes a technique he picked up at Co-op High to the Guggenheim in Manhattan.  Paul Bass reports. 

Another Whalley
Walgreens Closing

This time, at Whalley and Ellsworth avenues.  Paul Bass reports. 

Guitar Wizard Lights
Furniture Haven On Fire

Chris Randall reports.

Bathrooms, Bongs, & Butterflies

Is nowhere in New Haven safe? The latest News from the Compost vlog summary dives into the question.  Paul Bass reports. 

Climate Students Heartbroken

Students push NHPS to hire climate coordinators.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Call Him Aesop Diop

Iyaba Ibo Mandingo leads a Black History Month puppet show, at Stetson. The Arts Paper’s Grayce Howe reports.

No Excuses

• State corrections chief vows change amid gruesome detailing of Carl Robby” Talbot’s jailhouse homicide. CT Mirror’s Mark Pazniokas reports.
Thomas Breen reports on Robby Talbot’s hard road from clinics to Whalley jail, in 2019.

Jackie James Named
Hamden Development Chief

Staff reports.

Today’s Legal Notice

Bids sought for Union Station architectural repairs and improvements.  Read more. 

(Sigh) Seal Delivered

To Mystic, after checking out Chapel and East Streets.  Staff reports. 

Lost Tribe
Finds Its Way Home

At NXTHVN. Jisu Sheen reports. 

Owen Chambers, 96

From Jamaica to Connecticut, Owen enjoyed serving others and loved tennis, ballet, and tailoring.  Obit. 

Elks Flocking To The Library

As longtime Dixwell civic org teams up with Stetson for youth programming.  Allan Appel reports. 

AI Summary Omits AI Critiques

Paul Bass Photo

Human brains at work: AI deployers Colleen Bielitz and Tom Goldenberg at WNHH FM.

Colleen Bielitz noticed something missing from the Otter AI summary of a discussion she had with colleagues: the juiciest” comment one of them had made.

Thankfully Bielitz is a human being. She was able to think for herself about what she heard — and what seemed to matter most.

Continue reading AI Summary Omits AI Critiques’

Redev OK'd For Ex-Bigelow Site

Thomas Breen photo

No more Bigelow, hello "Bigelow Square"?

A vacant, contaminated waterfront industrial property in Fair Haven took a big step towards becoming a new 12,000 square-foot commercial/industrial building — thanks to a suite of City Plan Commission approvals for the redevelopment of the site of the now-demolished former Bigelow factory complex.

Continue reading ‘Redev OK’d For Ex-Bigelow Site’