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Start Your Bicycles, For 9th Annual Grand Prix
Everyone now knows that New Haven is the pizza capital of the country, Colin Caplan proclaimed at the corner of Chapel and College Streets. “A little monument” at that same southwestern corner of the Green, meanwhile, “suggests we might be the capital of bicycling as well.”. Caplan...
4 Months Later, Bus Kiosk Still Closed
“Closed” signs have been replaced with those reading “We’re Back & Better Than Ever!”. But the bus pass kiosk on the Green is still not open, four months after the state first shuttered the small sales outlet and info center for repairs. That kiosk is located...
Car Break-Ins Bedevil Beaver Hills
Benny Lieblich’s 8‑year-old daughter had just gotten out of the back seat of the family’s 2017 Honda Pilot when joy-riding teens hopped out of a stolen car and hopped in. They drove away, with Benny Lieblich in hot pursuit. That was one of dozens of automobile break-ins...
2 Injured In Cedar Hill Shooting
Two men were injured Monday afternoon during a drive-by shooting in Cedar Hill. According to a New Haven Police Department (NHPD) press release posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday evening, city police officers responded at 1:04 p.m. to the area of State Street and Ferry Street for the report of two gunshot victims.
Renewal Sought For Temporary Tweed Trailers
Tweed’s operators are looking to keep in place for another three years temporary office, ticketing, and passenger waiting trailer buildings on the New Haven side of the airport property, as they continue to try to relocate the terminal to a new larger permanent structure on the East Haven side.
Time Has Told: These Hoodies Are A Hit
Jayce Greene, 10, and his mother pushed through the door of Time A Tell, the clothing store and smoke shop at 1700 Dixwell Ave. He was looking for a Time A Tell hoodie. “All the kids on my team are wearing them,” said Jayce, a student at Worthington-Hooker School and member of the Elm City Elite basketball team, as owner Joshua McCown brought out a selection of sizes and colors in the high-ceilinged, warmly-lit space. “They’re all over New Haven,” his mother added.
Rain Can’t Dampen New Haven Pride
It was 3 p.m. on Saturday, and it had been raining for at least an hour. The New Haven Pride celebration, however, was in full swing. Inside the New Haven Pride Center on Orange Street, beyond the information desk set up by the door, there was a larger room with music echoing from the back. People milled around, a wall of patched jackets and floral clothing.
Pizza Club Serves Up Slices Of Art
The subject of pizza is always on the minds of New Haveners, whether it’s deciding what kind to order and where to order it from or what makes the perfect pie and slice. On Friday night, those pies and slices were unveiled as the theme of a world premiere art exhibit at District NHV. “New Haven Pizza Club: Discover the Art of Pizza” showcased the four-year-long odyssey of artist Michal Pollack to commemorate everyone’s favorite meal as a contemporary symbol representing a local legacy.
CT Folk Festival Bridges The Generations
A flurry of rainstorms throughout the afternoon on Saturday didn’t keep the CT Folk Festival and Green Expo out of Edgerton Park — nor did it keep stalwart listeners away, to hear from some of the finest voices of two different generations of artists upholding traditions and carrying them ably through the present and into the future.
Voting Early? Parking Provided
New Haven voters will have a chance to cast their ballots early in the November election from Oct. 21 through Nov. 3 at City Hall — where about 10 parking spots will be reserved for voters. Democratic Registrar of Voters Shannel Evans conveyed that information to alders at a...
Puerto Rican “Trailblazer” Eulogized
Dedication to service for others, personal resiliency, and don’t forget those family pig roasts on local beaches beginning at 3:00 a.m. (It takes time to roast a whole pig.) These were some of the values and memories evoked Friday morning at a solemn burial mass for Celestino Cordova, one of the New Haven Puerto Rican community’s true trailblazers.
City Lands $11M For Chapel Change-Up
Coordinated traffic signals, raised intersections, safer pedestrian crossings and two directions of car traffic will be coming to a 1.6‑mile stretch of Chapel Street by 2029 — or, maybe, sooner — thanks to an $11 million federal grant newly received by the city. Mayor Justin Elicker and...
Manufacturing Lab Cut From Cross
The city’s public school district has scrapped plans to build a new manufacturing pathway lab at Wilbur Cross High School over concerns around contractor timeline and building space, and will be partnering instead with a Fair Haven manufacturing training nonprofit. ABM Executive Director of Facilities Jamar Alleyne, whose firm...
Former Alder Returns To City Hall
Former Yale/Downtown Alder Alex Guzhnay is back as a regular presence at Board of Alders meetings — this time, as the mayor’s new legislative liaison. Meanwhile, his predecessor Barbara Montalvo is moving on to a new position in Stamford after over 11 years working in City Hall. Montalvo...
Lemar To Harris: Stay Cool Tuesday Night
Roland Lemar has advice for Kamala Harris for her big presidential campaign debate next week: Stay the course. Let the “ho” digs and name-calling and other insults slide by. Keep smiling. Stand above it. Let her opponent, Donald Trump, look small. “I think what she has done...
Artist Trashes Never Ending Books
A deer head with flowers for eyes. Streams of color stretching down from the ceiling. And, on a couple dozen cardboard panels, all manner of people, in all manner of poses. It’s all part of “This Art is Trash,” an exhibition at Never Ending Books on State Street by artist Alice Prael that puts humanity into the things we usually throw away.
Candidate Commits To Community, Communication
Shauna Williams-Smith had never been visited by a local politician before this week. She also didn’t know about the Board of Alders, let alone the special election to replace former Ward 3 Alder Ron Hurt later this month. But on Wednesday, Miguel Pittman showed up at her Stevens Street...
NHPS Recruitment, Retention Chief Resigns
New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) has yet another vacancy to fill: The administrator in charge of filling vacancies. That position is the public school district’s coordinator of recruitment and retention. Digg will be resigning from that role as of Sept. 16. She is next going to work for Teach...
Arrest Made In Stabbing Homicide
A dispute between a 26-year-old New Havener and his ex-girlfriend’s uncle led to a fatal afternoon stabbing on Orchard Street — and, two months later, to the fourth homicide arrest out of eight murders so far this year. That 26-year-old New Havener, Shamar Gibson, was stabbed and killed...
Independent Party Endorses Zola
Voters will be able to cast ballots for Republican state representative candidate Andrea DiLieto Zola — without voting “Republican.”. That’s because the Independent Party of Connecticut has cross-endorsed Zola’s challenge to incumbent Democratic State Rep. Roland Lemar for the 96th General Assembly seat covering Wooster Square, East Rock, and Fair Haven. Lemar, who co-chairs the legislature’s Transportation Committee, is seeking a eighth two-year term. (Click here to read/watch an interview with Zola about her campaign.)
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