Author Archives: Patrick Casey

Torrington, Conn., a town only 40 miles north of New Haven, has attracted major media attention during the last month for a statutory rape case.

The Board of Aldermen’s finance committee met Thursday evening in City Hall to begin reviewing budget proposals from each city department for the coming fiscal year.

New Haven’s Charter Revision Commission met Tuesday night for the first time since concluding four public hearings and one briefing from city administration.

Gov. Dannel Malloy announced last week his nomination of Evonne M. Klein to lead the state’s new Department of Housing.

New Haven’s Charter Revision Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday to hear from citizens on how the city’s charter should be revised.

Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office on Monday, publicly beginning his second term as president of the United States.

When President Barack Obama concluded his inaugural address, Joe Halloran grinned at his wife and let out a sigh of awe.

Drivers in Connecticut may soon face tolls for the first time since the 1980s.

A new initiative to strengthen ties between the city’s police department and elementary school students was announced Wednesday.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder traveled to New Haven Tuesday to announce a new program that aims to curb gun violence throughout Connecticut.

Yale has teamed up with the Brazilian government to provide educational and funding opportunities for Brazilian students in STEM fields.

As election spending reached new highs this year — Connecticut’s Senate race was the sixth most expensive in the country, and spending on the presidential race was the highest in history — several student groups on campus have helped contribute to the campaign funds. In Connecticut, despite Republican candidate Linda McMahon’s 4-to-1 financial advantage over »