Winners announced in Compost Heap Indies awards for best profiles in “preservationist” pap, pusillanimity, and persistence. (Pictured: trophies.) Paul Bass reports.
• Foot chase from Whalley jail thru De Gale Field. • 5 schools temporarily put in lockdown. • Escapee found 30 minutes later on Dixwell. Thomas Breen reports.
• DeLauro urges Senate Dems to block spending bill; • Republicans will “bear the brunt of the shutdown” if they refuse to negotiate. Jonathan D. Salant reports.
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Thomas Breen
| Mar 17, 2025 12:56 pm
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More apartments, fewer bedrooms, coming to Henry St.?
The new owner of a pair of historic Dixwell row houses is seeking permission to reconfigure them into more apartments — raising concern from at least one neighbor about the impact on neighborhood parking.
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Maya McFadden
| Mar 17, 2025 10:47 am
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Hillhouse juniors observe the reaction of sodium chloride and heat.
Hillhouse chemistry teacher Corazon Libao-De Leon’s lesson on the Bohr model and applying heat to atoms looked different for each of her 12 students — thanks to her embrace of a teaching method that prioritizes individuality and skill mastery rather than just completion.