Myles Odermann
Staff Reporter
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U-Haul to open Wooster Square storage facility

When students look to store their belongings this summer for the following year, they will have a facility less than two miles away from campus as a new option.

Elm City residents anticipate election

Residents interviewed in downtown New Haven run the gamut in terms of political engagement: some were undecided, others were apathetic and still more were steadfastly against one candidate or the other.

With grant, city aims to boost businesses

For decades, the blocks between downtown and Union Station have been silent and bare. But now, a $20 million federal grant may revitalize the area.

Students use Facebook to oppose DAPL

Students throughout campus have been logging onto their Facebook accounts, not to post photos, but rather to “check in” at Standing Rock, North Dakota.

Abandoned buildings: Ghosts of Elm City’s past

Though they have long since been abandoned, English Station, the Pirelli Tire Building and Five Mile Point Lighthouse once had clear purposes. Built over the course of two centuries, they once produced electricity, light and tires. Now, empty and unlit, these buildings dot New Haven’s landscape — a reminder of an industrial era that has long since past.

Female entrepreneurs pitch businesses in Ubers

Businesswomen across the nation pitched their startups to investors while riding Ubers in New Haven, Kansas City, Baltimore and three other U.S. cities on Wednesday. The event, which was created in collaboration with Uber, business accelerator The Refinery and the Kauffman Foundation, kicked off the “Fueling the Growth” competition.

Crêpes Choupette owner debuts new food cart

At lunch hour on Tuesday, New Haven residents bought raclette, a cheese-based dish native to Switzerland, from America’s first raclette tricycle-cart.

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Church Street South residents file class action

After living with chronic leaks and health-endangering mold for years, residents of the affordable housing complex Church Street South filed a class-action suit Thursday afternoon against owner Northland Investment Corporation.

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Student teams up with Michelin chef

A Yale student and a two-star Michelin chef teamed up to serve 12 guests fine Japanese cuisine Friday night. Abdel Morsy ’17, along with mentor […]

Food carts consider changes from new colleges

As Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray colleges near completion, owners of Ingalls Rink food carts are bracing for impact. Food vendor owners, such as those […]

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Elm City eligible for grant

New Haven and 15 others cities around the state will be eligible in the upcoming months to apply for the Working Cities Challenge, a developmental […]