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At city-owned Ralph Walker Rink. Thomas Breen reports.
Latest installment of column featuring local religious figures. Jamilah Rasheed reports.
Invitation to bid on work at Liberty Street demolition site. Read more.
“Monument signs” OK’d for new clinic, self-storage sites on opposite sides of town. Thomas Breen reports.
Amid steep fed funding cuts; the latest from Loaves & Fishes. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.
• To raise funds to help family grieving the March 16 shooting death of 8‑year-old Stacey Zane Glasgow.
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Best Video-employee-driven band Wally brings a range of genres to recording studio venue. Jisu Sheen reports.
Deja vu all over again: the latest opinionated vlog news summary from the Independent assignment desk compost heap.
Paul Bass reports.
(Opinion) Local veteran: If America values vets, stop with VA slashes. Matthew Watson reports.
Education Committee meeting 3/26. Read more.
Homelessness services org to bring in Louis Gill, after more than a year without a permanent leader. Staff reports.
Overseer Good was dedicated to theological study and led Hamden’s Bible Gospel Center. Staff reports.
Memo to an ex: “I never want to hear your name/ I never want to see your face/ Get out of my dreams/ Get out of my head/ Get out of my heart/ & get out of my bed.” Paul Bass reports.
Latest installment of Kulturally LIT/Possible Futures book club honors mothers of Malcolm X, MLK Jr., and Baldwin. Karen Ponzio reports.
Public Safety Committee meeting 3/31. Read more.
Student poet Journey Rosa drops knowledge at $chools push in Hartford. Maya McFadden reports.
As Stacey Glasgow. Maya McFadden and Thomas Breen report.
Historian examines women’s labor during the Revolutionary War. Allan Appel reports.
At New Reach-hosted ceremony recognizing Keontrai Floyd for giving back. Zachary Groz reports.
Tuvan throat singers saddle out some soul music. Review Crew’s Nora Grace-Flood reviews.
Leads judge to toss lawsuit by man stabbed on school grounds. Eugene Driscoll reports.
Clayton Stephenson opens eyes, ears and minds at the Artists’ Collective. Jamil Ragland reports.
To help BRAMS build out new arts high school. The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.
Joint Community Development/Tax Abatement meeting 3/25. Read more.
Tax Abatement Committee meeting 3/25. Read more.
Dr. Gilliam was passionate about her faith, her family, and teaching math. Obit.
A writer watches a live opera stream for a distraction from our political climate. Lary Bloom reports.
Co-Op theater students head “Into The Woods.” The Arts Paper’s Lucy Gellman reports.
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Supt. Madeline Negrón explains merger at Monday meeting.
A proposed new middle school on Wexler-Grant’s campus could open up next fall with around 30 students — before slowly growing over the years to eventually include high school students as well.
Continue reading ‘Supt.: New Middle School Could Become High School, Too’
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Steve Orosco, at right, filing campaign papers with City Clerk Michael Smart.
(Updated) An east side Republican jumped into New Haven’s mayoral race Tuesday with a mission to bring Donald Trump’s political momentum to the city’s low-income neighborhoods.
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Skyy Merritt: "I'm really good at math" thanks to New Haven Counts.
These days, 10-year-old Skyy Merritt knows what’s going on in math class. That wasn’t always the case.
At a packed budget hearing in the Board of Alders chamber, Skyy watched her mom explain the reason for her academic progress: a tutoring program that’s been helping her with math and reading multiple times a week for the last year.
