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Water Company Revamps Telescope Mountain Storage Tank Proposal
by Ethan Fry | Jun 18, 2013 1:50 pm
The South Central Regional Water Authority on Tuesday unveiled new plans to put a 2 million-gallon water storage tank on Derby’s Telescope Mountain....more »
Grant Will Provide Free Mammograms, Breast Cancer Education
by PRESS RELEASE | Jun 18, 2013 7:38 am
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has awarded Griffin Hospital $50,000 to provide free mammograms and increase breast health education in the lower...more »
State Passes Seymour-Born Law Regulating Bamboo
by Kathleen O'Brien | Jun 18, 2013 12:14 am
Relief has come to Connecticut residents living behind the bamboo curtain.

Lawmakers last month responded to concerns about phyllostachys, or...

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Malloy Signs Bill Changing Campaign Finance Reforms of 2005
Jun 19, 2013 4:03 pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the first governor elected under the state’s public financing system, signed into law Wednesday legislation redefining the...more »
Don’t Count Cafero Out Yet
Jun 19, 2013 1:49 pm
House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero said Wednesday he will announce by the end of this month whether he will run for governor next year.
Poll: Foley Beats Malloy By 3 Points
Jun 19, 2013 7:09 am
(Updated 12:21 p.m.) The 2014 gubernatorial election is 17 months away, but if it were held today Republican Tom Foley would beat Democratic Gov....more »

Obituaries »

Charles Harris, 64

posted: Jun 6, 2013 12:17 pm

Charles “Doc” Harris, Jr., 64, of New Haven, departed this life May 30, 2013. He was the widower of Sandra Carter Harris.

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Hardy Davis, 80

posted: May 30, 2013 12:45 pm

Hardy Davis, Sr., 80, of New Haven, departed this life suddenly on May 24, 2013.

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Brunilda Malave, 74

posted: May 22, 2013 6:45 am

Brunilda Rivera Malave,74 of New Haven born September 6, 1938 to the late Jose Rivera and Talcida Malave passed away May 19, 2013.

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Today’s Debates

Recess ... Airport ... Keno ... Probe ...

Jordan's Furniture May
Buy Register Building

Reg’s Luther Turmelle reports.

Elicker Calls For "No
Wrong Door" Pre-K Policy

Melissa Bailey reports.

New Blueprints Offered
For Black Male Identity

Ava Kofman Photo Ava Kofman reports.

Slot Division

Final result on “True Vote” about adding slots to Sports Haven: almost exactly even.

Probe Set On Black
Firefighters' Complaints

Melissa Bailey File Photo After hours of heated testimony. Allan Appel reports.

Poll: Foley Beats Malloy

Christine Stuart reports.

Judge: Get The Insurance Company On The Phone

Settlement may be near in Marcus Law Firm malpractice case. marcia chambers reports.

Today's Legal Notice

Mayor signs budget.

Fernandez: Keno
Will Hurt City's Poor

Melissa Bailey Photo Slams Harp, Holder-Winfield for vote. Melissa Bailey reports.

Today’s Debates

R2 ... Take 2 ... 2 Streets ... 2 Elitist?

City Bond Rating
Takes Another Hit

Moody’s downgrades from A1 to A2. Thomas MacMillan reports.

Daddy! Daddy! It's The
... String Quartet Truck?

Allan Appel reports.

Sunday In The
Park With Doron

A backstage, up-in-the-air, & mainstage Arts & Ideas journey. Doron Monk Flake reports.

Woman Attacks Pit Bull

Roundup: Staff reports.

Rodriguez: I'll Connect
Clerk To Community

Allan Appel Photo Dishes to La Voz Hispana. Yvette Borja reports.

Malpractice Trial Gets Underway

Branford v. Marcus Law Firm. marcia chambers reports.

Bella Vista Struck

Allan Appel Photo ... by double rainbow—in keeping with its name. Allan Appel reports.

"Nathan Hale"
Hits The Harbor

Thomas MacMillan reports.

Today’s Debates

Park ... Endorse ... Break ... Sell(out?) ... Reelect ... Restore ... Bump ... Build

Officer Hayden
Climbs On The Roof

& alleged Radio Shack robbers nabbed. Roundup: Staff reports.

Democracy For Sale?

Thomas MacMillan Photo A labor supporter wonders how that $3M Wall/High street sale got through. James Berger reports.

"Stuck Elevator" Unsticks
Local Writer's Imagination

Allan Appel reports.

They're Kind Of
Spying On You ...

• & kinda not, a Yale legal scholar says of the NSA. Lon Seidman reports.
• Lieberman: It’s all fine (Radelet/Mirror).
• Surprise! Josh Marshall agrees.

Docs Get Away With Misdeeds For Years

Until state’s disciplinary process can catch up with them. Colleen McKown and Lisa Chedekel (C-HIT) report.

As Goes Fair Haven, So Goes East Rock?

by Paul Bass | Jun 19, 2013 3:59 pm | Comments (5)

Mayoral candidate Henry Fernandez promised tax relief for East Rockers—by improving the schools and cutting crime in Fair Haven and Newhallville.

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Parents Call For More Recess

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 19, 2013 12:03 pm | Comments (5)

Melissa Bailey Photo Some kids in New Haven get recess. Some kids don’t. After parents complained, the school system vowed to fix that.

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At Cove Debate, Nemerson Touches The 3rd Rail

by Nick Defiesta | Jun 19, 2013 8:20 am | Comments (15)

“I know I might lose whatever support I have here,” mayoral candidate Matthew Nemerson told Morris Cove Democrats, “but I’m a self-proclaimed airport hawk.”

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Parent Activist Eyes Open East Rock Seat

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 18, 2013 3:55 pm | Comments (12)

Melissa Bailey Photo Plunging into politics for the first time, lifelong East Rocker Anna Festa vowed to represent the voice of regular New Haveners—unlike, she said, aldermen who voted against public opinion to sell two streets to Yale.

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“Mighty” Gets 25; Dad Torn

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 18, 2013 12:02 pm | Comments (7)

Melissa Bailey Photo Eddie Jackson trudged to federal court Tuesday torn between two feelings: As a homeowner, he applauded police for sweeping “drug lords” off the streets. As a father, he cried to see his son, an alleged “kingpin” of Newhallville’s notorious R2 gang, locked up for 25 years.

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Not So Fast

by Thomas MacMillan | Jun 18, 2013 8:19 am | Comments (18)

Thomas MacMillan Photo City lawmakers are ready to let voters decide whether to make the Board of Ed partially elected—but they’re not so sure about the part of barring the mayor from sitting on it.

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Ground Broken On 100 College—& A Rebirth

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 17, 2013 1:18 pm | Comments (16)

Thirteen years after the city “forced” Alexion from Science Park out to the suburbs, the fast-growing pharmaceutical company returned with shovels and a pledge to take part in a “renaissance” in downtown New Haven.

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Judge Doesn’t Want Neighbors Parking On Lawns

by Thomas MacMillan | Jun 17, 2013 8:10 am | Comments (27)

Thomas MacMillan Photos After nine years of having to park blocks away from their house during street-sweeping and snowstorms, a Bishop Street couple wants to install a parking spot on their front lawn. Their neighbors, including a federal judge, are trying to stop them.

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Splat! Welcome Home, Officer DeJesus

by Paul Bass | Jun 14, 2013 2:32 pm | Comments (3)

Paul Bass Photo Rain pelted down in the darkness as Milton DeJesus wrestled in a puddle with a felon who refused to let go of his loaded gun.

DeJesus wasn’t in East Haven anymore. Boy was he glad.

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Talent & Gifted Overhaul Set

by Melissa Bailey | Jun 14, 2013 9:50 am | Comments (21)

Melissa Bailey Photo Seven teachers must reapply for their jobs, and students will no longer take the bus across town for their bridge-building contests and other advanced classes, according to a new plan to “raise the bar” on the school district’s Talented and Gifted program (TAG).

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Catch Basin Clogged
Jun 19, 2013 5:03 pm
Address: 93 Read Street New Haven, Connecticut
Rating: 3

Resident reports a clogged catch basin at this location.

HOLES
Jun 19, 2013 5:00 pm
Address: James St and Lomard St, New Haven, Connecticut
Rating: 4

HOLES UNDER RAILROAD BRIDGE, FOR MONTHS NOW NO ONE IS FIXING IT......

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