Jack Mirkinson
All play, no work for local musicians

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. Michael Denisiewicz and John Panos used to be Pencilgrass. Now they are Kings. […]

Eli announces ‘Yale Students for Hillary’

As the presidential race heats up, so does the student activity surrounding it on campus. Two days after the launch of Yale Students for Obama, […]

3rd-graders give mayor third degree

“The mayor’s that black guy!” the boy said, pointing to the painting of John Daniels, New Haven’s first black mayor, that hangs in City Hall. […]

NHPD narcotics team to partner with state

City officials announced a plan on Tuesday to reorganize the beleaguered New Haven Police Department’s narcotics team by collaborating with state police. Speaking at the […]

City discusses youth service reform

Members of the Youth Services Committee met with community leaders and other government officials Wednesday to discuss ways to keep New Haven’s youth active and […]

Minorities claim bias in city jobs

The Board of Aldermen held a contentious meeting Thursday about claims of bias against minority construction workers on city building projects. Three aldermen have proposed […]

Westville activists challenge hiring policies

A group of men gathered across the street from a towering construction site in Westville on Monday to protest what they say are unfair hiring […]

Activism unites Elm City students

One week after 100 students from local universities gathered to protest the Iraq war, campus activists met this weekend to discuss how to run campaigns […]

Fate of trail pits activists against city

Local environmental groups are squaring off against city government over whether a proposed park trail should be allowed to cut through the city’s ports. The […]

Elis help ex-inmates vote

A campus political action group is working with local nonprofits to let ex-inmates know that they have a right to vote. As part of its […]

Elm City schools and police fight truancy

In a new and ambitious approach, city public schools are pairing with the New Haven Police Department to get chronically absent students to come back […]