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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.
Tax Abatement Committee meeting 3/25. Read more.
Joint Community Development/Tax Abatement 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.
Diane was a woman of strong faith, known for her generosity and dedication to service. Obit.
Winners announced in Compost Heap Indies awards for best profiles in “preservationist” pap, pusillanimity, and persistence. (Pictured: trophies.) Paul Bass reports.
Cartoons and Lucky Charms lure families to Best Video. Jisu Sheen reports.
And a mom with grown kids finds out what it’s like to see Sesame Street Live on an adult date night. Karen Ponzio reports.
Police reveal what led to the murder of 26-year-old Raviteja Koyyada and the arrest of a 21-year-old woman. Laura Glesby reports.
Former manufacturer’s ghosts inspire resistive and radical art-making at NXTHVN. Brian Slattery reports.
by Laura Glesby | Mar 24, 2025 5:01 pm | Comments (3)
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Mell Savage on being unhoused: "Their entire life is in their backpacks."
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More Pallet "Tiny Homes" proposed.
A coalition of unhoused activists marched into City Hall to meet the mayor’s proposed city budget with a spending plan of their own, as summarized by a song: “More housing, defund the police!”
by Thomas Breen | Mar 24, 2025 2:27 pm | Comments (5)
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Now closed: Walgreens, at 436 Whalley.
Soon to open: New smoke shop, at 837 Whalley.
(Updated) Whalley Avenue customers now have to head downtown to fill their Walgreens prescriptions — even as a new smoke shop moves in to satisfy their Westville smoking needs.
by Thomas Breen | Mar 24, 2025 11:36 am | Comments (6)
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50 Liberty: Another new owner, another sale way above tax appraisal.
A Fairfield County investor has purchased a three-family house on Liberty Street for $492,500, marking that property’s fourth sale in as many years.
The seller sold it for $182,000 more than he paid for it — while the city taxes it as if it’s worth half as much as the actual sale price.
Continue reading ‘Investor, Not City, Profits On 4th Resale’
