Local musician Smitty featured in the city’s Mask Up campaign, among growing efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus. New Haven City Hall has pulled the plug on a planned “mask census” to track how many people are wearing COVID protective face coverings — and then figure out how to get more to comply. […]
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New Haven chief moves to fire officer for excessive use of force
Jason Santiago is accused of kicking and punching a handcuffed suspect. He has also been praised for bravery on duty.
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Young COVID-19 patient: ‘See my face’
Natalie Kikkenborg is beginning to feel like herself again three weeks after the 36-year-old’s temperature shot up to 102.
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New Haven police offer addicts clean needles, harm reduction kits
New Haven police have begun distributing free plastic baggies of clean needles, sterile glass pipes, and information about local drug rehabilitation services to those released from their lock up as part of a new initiative to use “harm reduction” principles to curb addiction.
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New Haven mayor gets his marching orders
Will New Haven’s new mayor abolish library late fees by April 12? Will he open the “checkbook” by 2022?
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CT Transit fix for New Haven: $15.5M, for starters
How much might it cost to fix New Haven’s broken public bus system? One study says roughly $15.5 million in capital improvements and another $7.7 million in annual operating funds would go a long way towards crafting a more frequent, reliable, and rational local transportation system.
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Presidential candidate Williamson stands up for reparations
Sitting barefoot in a New Haven yoga studio, Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson offered a guide for cleansing the soul of America’s corrupted body politic.
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New Haven Union Station retail redo planned
A new boutique hotel is being courted for New Haven’s Union Station as part of a planned comprehensive redo of the downtown transit hub’s commercial, office, and retail space.
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Tong declines to recuse from Tweed runway suit appeal
State Attorney General William Tong has declined to recuse himself from a potential Tweed runway expansion appeal, despite what the state Senate’s top Republican calls Tong’s “political cozy relationship” with Mayor Toni Harp. Such was the latest twist in the ongoing debate over Tweed New Haven Airport’s proposed expansion of its main runway.
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Court Overturns Tweed Runway Limit
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that Tweed has standing to sue the state and that the Federal Aviation Act (FAAct) takes precedence over any state laws that impact the safety of airplanes flying into or out of Tweed.
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His return to prison after 13 years no longer a prospect
A federal prosecutor has joined the quest to keep Demetrious Anderson from returning to government supervision thanks to a U.S. marshal’s glitch. Now a federal judge has to make the final sign off.
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Uber bill gets a Lyft
Uber and Lyft drivers are closer to taking home a larger share of each ride’s pay thanks to a favorable committee vote in Hartford last week.
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With 314 bills, New Haven Democrats aim high
New Haven and Hamden’s Democratic state legislators are pursuing a list of goals in hundreds of bills they’ve introduced this year.
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New Haven seniors pin down Lamont
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont fielded a number of pointed questions on everything from abortion rights to highway tolls from a group of well informed senior citizens in a recent campaign stop in New Haven.
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Lamont struggles to connect
As the 212 bus left downtown for Grand Avenue in New Haven, Skyler Shepard told Democratic gubernatorial front-runner Ned Lamont about his recent struggles with homelessness. The Greenwich businessman listened and asked Shepard questions about his family and his new job at a local bar. The interaction was emblematic of a two-day campaign swing Lamont made to test his retail-politicking chops on urban, diverse, and poor and working-class constituents — a population Lamont has said he and the state Democratic Party strives to represent.
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