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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
Host: Connecticut Conference of Municipalities

CCM is the state’s largest, nonpartisan organization of municipal leaders, representing towns and cities of all sizes from all corners of the state, with 168 member municipalities.

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Host: Pete Mezzetti

2:00pm – 3:00pm
Host: Jazz Haven with Stan the Man

3:00pm – 4:00pm
Host: LA VOZ HISPANA DE CT

Latino news, views, and music.

4:00pm – 5:00pm
Host: Cliff Furnald

5:00pm – 7:00pm
Host: Babz Rawls-Ivy

7:00pm – 8:00pm
Host: Shafiq Abdussabur

8:00pm – 9:00pm
Host: Paul Bass, Editor of the New Haven Independent

The New Haven Independent’s editor talks government, politics and current events with local newsmakers.

9:00pm – 10:00pm
Host: Jazz Haven with Stan the Man

10:00pm – 11:00pm
Host: Cliff Furnald

11:00pm – 12:00am
Host: Pete Mezzetti

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Extra Extra

Pardon Helped Future 
Come Into Focus

Local para describes moving past her decades-old record.  Maya McFadden reports. 

Tong Slams Avelo 
Over Deportation Contract

Thomas Breen reports.

Cambodian Genocide
Survivor Visits Hillhouse

Kate Goodwin and Glenda Reyes report.

Arrested Yale Cop 
Seeks Release From Custody

In child pornography case.  Thomas Breen reports. 

Let ‘Em Pee

Guv, Teamsters meet up on Wallace St. to advocate for warehouse workers protection bill.  Allan Appel reports. 

A Concert Turns Into A Party

Jamil Ragland reports.

Legal Notice

(Revised) Finance Committee meeting 4/9. Read more. 

On Passover & Redemption

A Faith Matters column from the leader of Congregation Mishkan Israel.  Rabbi Daniel Schaefer reports. 

Quick To The Cut

Friends and strangers hang out and film at a pop-up community event.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

Slow Burns

Paul Bass reports.

Big Bad Blowout

Staff reports.

Is This Guy
Gonna Flash Us?

Nora Grace-Flood prepares for surprises at a clown show about cybernetics.

Scenes From A Rally

4/5/25 on the Green.  Chris Volpe reports. 

Which Way To YIMBYtown?

2 housing-policy wonks weigh in on how to make New Haven a place that build build builds.  Zachary Groz reports. 

Green Hope

Chemist explains CO₂ breakthrough in laypersonese.
Paul Bass reports. 

Shubert Visits Fraggle Rock

As Girl Scout Amiina Brown (pictured) makes a puppet monster to get ready for Muppet-adjacent musical. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Snow New Ground

In Disney remake.  Jamil Ragland reports. 

A Full Life Through Death

Chronicled in new film getting a New Haven sneak preview.  Brian Slattery reports. 

Margo Johnson-Taylor, 86

A lifelong New Havener and renaissance woman, Margo was an accomplished nurse who advocated for women and Black businesses.  Obit. 

“Burn It Down”

Man arrested after pouring lighter fluid, trying to ignite police HQ Thomas Breen reports. 

Lula Mae Brown Woodson, 93

Lula was a hard worker known for her excellent baking, her green thumb, and her love for travel.  Obit. 

Hispanic Business Leaders Honored

At SCSU diversity celebration.  Laura Glesby reports. 

With Dems Out Of Power, 
DeLauro Takes To Bully Pulpit

In statement after video after press release decrying Trump cuts.  Jonathan D. Salant reports. 

WAX Gets Cannon Jumpin’

For a 3 1/2‑hour old-school hip-hop party.  Lisa Gray reports. 

Fahrenheit 451
Ignites Big Read

At Wilson Library kick-off for annual citywide book club.  Allan Appel reports. 

Youth Homelessness
Orgs Pick New Directors

Yari Ijeh now interim head of Youth Continuum, Tim Maguire (formerly of Youth Continuum) now helming MA-based Y2Y Laura Glesby reports. 

Lilla Mae Holness, 104

Lilla Mae lived a dynamic life in New Haven and was recognized for her famous Rum Cake, her love for travel, and her spiritual strength.  Obit. 

The 6-Hour Gelato

New caffe’s owners take their time to craft an Old Country treat.  Paul Bass reports. 

The Eggbeater Revolution

A retrospective on Wanda Gag sets an old world in motion. Nora Grace-Flood reports.

More Than Just Dance

But also plenty of dance, at new Marne St. home for Tia Russell Arts Center. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Calling All Student Journalists

Applications now open for the Arts Council’s annual Youth Arts Journalism Initiative.

The Revolution
Will Be Spiraled

Artivists carve their own space in local art scene.  Jisu Sheen reports. 

Pedestrian Dies
After Foxon Blvd. Crash

(Update) Police ID victim as 29-year-old New Havener Juan Kortright.  Thomas Breen reports. 

Clown Eats Pizza,
Tums With Her Toes

Nora Grace-Flood on the perfect way to mark Women’s History Month.

Motorcyclist Dies
After Chapel St. Crash

Staff reports. 

Will History Repeat?

Elicker’s suit vs. Trump for impounded $$ echoes successful 1986 New Haven suit vs. Reagan. YDN’s Ethan Wolin reports.

The Long Dance Of The Mundane

Yale Film Archive goes French.  Karen Ponzio reports. 

The Exodus Begins

The latest takes on New Haven news from the Independent assignment desk — er, compost heap.  Paul Bass reports. 

Double Warhol

Ecoworks auctions off Campbell’s soup can with two signatures by pop artist icon. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.

Legal Notice

City Services and Environmental Policy meeting 4/3. Read more. 

Wheels Turn For E-Scooter Proposal

Laura Glesby Photo

Alder Marx (left): “I’m concerned about scooters continuing behaviors we’re already seeing: not stopping at red lights, using phones.”

The Veo scooter and the proposed parking sites, as outlined in a city presentation.

Now that streetside e‑bike rentals have rolled into New Haven, are e‑scooters next?

Alders on the City Services and Environmental Policy Committee weighed that question, as they advanced a proposal to allow 250 rent-per-ride electric scooters in downtown New Haven.

Continue reading ‘Wheels Turn For E‑Scooter Proposal’

Police ID Double Homicide Victims

Zachary Groz photo

Chief Jacobson, with Asst. Chief David Zannelli: "We’re going to do everything possible to find out who did this."

(Updated) The two victims of a double homicide in the Dixwell neighborhood Monday night were friends — and evidence found by police at the scene of the fatal shooting point towards a potential robbery or drug deal gone wrong.

Continue reading ‘Police ID Double Homicide Victims’