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Trump Shooting Changes The Script
MILWAUKEE — The image of a bloodied Donald J. Trump defiantly pumping his fist after Saturday’s assassination attempt is certain to loom large over the Republican National Convention that opens here Monday. As the GOP prepares to formally nominate Trump for president for the third time on a...
Three Bands Keep It Cool At Cafe Nine
“Thanks for coming out on this scorching Sunday,” said Billy Scovill of The Ambulance Chasers as they opened a three-band bill at Cafe Nine Sunday afternoon. It was indeed a scorcher outside, but the corner of State and Crown was the perfect place to cool off with icy drinks and a trio of CT-based bands playing the kind of rock that fires everyone up and almost makes you forget you have to go back to work the next day.
“Bridge” Built Between 8th & 9th Grades
Before 14-year-old Ansonia resident Kayden Gill starts his freshman year at High School in the Community, he wants to first learn more about New Haven, get to know some of his new classmates, and hear from current high schoolers. All of those boxes were checked off for Gill thanks to...
Kids Stay & Play; Parents Sit & Chat
“And that’s Michelle,” said Wilson Library Branch Manager Meghan Currey. “As you can see, she’s shaking out her sillies.”. Surrounded by six moms and their toddlers, Michelle Ziogas opened the Wilson Library’s weekly “Stay and Play” in-person storytime in the same way she has since starting last July as the branch’s first children’s librarian in years.
Four Bands Keep It Tight At Three Sheets
Before getting off stage, Tony Mascolo of Wasteworld gave the crowd an earnest stare. “Does anyone need to use my amp?” he said. Someone from one of the other bands getting ready to play answered strongly in the affirmative. Mascolo nodded and left his amp where it was, helping someone in the next set out. The sharing of equipment — and in time, personnel — was a hallmark of the strong sense of camaraderie among the members of four bands that rocked Three Sheets on Friday, two of which had just a couple years ago started off playing house shows around the area and now were hitting stages.
Alleged Window-Smasher Arrested
Police arrested a 62-year-old man with a history of mental health challenges in connection with a window-smashing spree in Westville Village. The incident began just after midnight Friday. Police were called to the New Haven Inn on Pond Lily Avenue after a man had damaged a window and other items...
A Sidewalk Comes To Crescent Street
Fresh concrete dried quickly on Crescent Street under Thursday’s hot sun. The long-awaited sidewalk-in-progress across from Beaver Pond Park is the product of years of neighborhood advocacy, political bureaucracy, geometric problem-solving, and now physical labor. It will span two blocks, or 550 feet, between Ella T. Grasso Boulevard and...
$14.5M Fatal-Fire Settlement Advances
The Elicker administration took a step closer to paying $14.5 million to the estates of two men who died during a fatal fire at an illegal rooming house, as a key city committee approved a multiple-lawsuit-resolving proposed settlement. The Litigation Settlement Committee took that unanimous vote during its most recent...
Decades Later, Brian Ember Finishes The Song
Brian Ember started singing a verse he wrote 22 years ago, to a song he’s just now figuring out how to complete. The song is called “No Radio Inside.” He performed a version of it on WNHH FM’s “Acoustic Thursday @ Studio 51” tiniest-of-all-tiny desks unplugged live-performance program. Above minor chords insistently strummed on his white Gretsch Range Falcon acoustic guitar, he sang:
Squatters Set Up In Almost-Sold Factory
Housing has finally come to the old Hamilton Street clock factory — in the form of a parked RV occupied by a homeless former construction worker. Time is ticking, however, for the temporary residents of the dilapidated industrial complex, now that the city’s housing authority has finalized an agreement to buy the blighted property out of tax foreclosure.
Sidewalk Studio Looks Behind the Scenes
There’s a lot of work that goes into curating and maintaining an art collection like that of the Yale Art Gallery, located at 1111 Chapel St., and usually, the public only gets to see the finished product. But on Thursday, the gallery offered a glimpse behind the curtain to see some of the conservation work that goes into taking care of its artwork in a Sidewalk Studio workshop.
Zoners Reject Bedrooms, Preserve Backyard
Neighbors concerned about a built-up backyard bested a landlord looking to renovate and expand a dilapidated vacant house — as the zoning board sided with open space and sunlight over more, new small-scale housing. The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) took that vote Tuesday night during their latest regular...
It’s High Time For Pie Time
Harris Wallman only needed an hour to craft his delicious blueberry-mint-cream cheese pie for the summer’s first Hi-Fi Pie Fest. The base, made up of sugar cookie dough, had a cream cheese filling seasoned with lemon juice, lemon zest, and ginger. The pie couldn’t be complete without the pièce de résistance: a creamy blueberry sauce layered on top.
Candidate Winter Has A Geo-Winterizing Idea
So you have a school that needs repairs. You have a planet that needs fewer carbon emissions. You have a neighborhood where people pay too much for electricity. Steve Winter has an idea about how to address those three needs at once — and where to find buckets of money to do it.
Kora Master Hypnotizes Cafe Nine
The chitchat at Cafe Nine on Wednesday might have been getting a little intense, but a flourish of notes from the 21-string kora of Madou Sidiki Diabaté was enough to silence them. One by one the voices died down as Diabaté floated phrase after mesmerizing phrase into the air — modern...
Gimme Gimme Gimme Mamma Mia! In Pitkin Plaza
Several dozen people gathered in Pitkin Plaza on Wednesday night for Movies in the Plaza, a weekly summer movie night organized by the Town Green District. The night’s screening was the beloved and absurd ABBA-based jukebox musical, Mamma Mia!. A strong wind kept the audience cool and provided the...
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