Martine Powers
ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON, THOMAS KAPLAN & MARTINE POWERS
Shvarts, Yale clash over project

Aliza Shvarts ’08 was never impregnated. She never miscarried. The sweeping outrage on blogs across the country was apparently for naught — at least according […]

April 18, 2008

MARTINE POWERS
For senior, abortion a medium for art, political discourse

Art major Aliza Shvarts ’08 wants to make a statement. Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a […]

April 17, 2008

ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON, THOMAS KAPLAN & MARTINE POWERS
University calls art project a fiction; Shvarts ’08 disputes Yale’s claim

According to a statement released by the University today, Aliza Shvarts ’08 was never impregnated. She never miscarried. The sweeping outrage on blogs across the […]

April 17, 2008

MARTINE POWERS
Brief: City suspends Plate Hunter program after suspected corruption

Two months after purchasing the $70,000 “Plate Hunter” project, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. authorized the suspension of the tax-collection towing system because of […]

April 14, 2008

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During wave of foreclosures, a resident waits for a lifeline

  When Christine first purchased her three-unit house on University Place in 2004, she was thrilled at the prospect of finally owning her own home. […]

April 11, 2008

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Aldermen approve China protest

As activists worldwide are stepping up their criticism of China in the run-up to this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, the New Haven Board of […]

April 8, 2008

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Aldermen order Taser report

The Board of Aldermen’s Public Safety Committee instructed the New Haven Police Department on Thursday night to provide the committee with quarterly presentations on officers’ […]

April 4, 2008

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Brief: Bail bondsman seeks to reverse guilty plea in cop-bribery case

A bail bondsman arrested for allegedly bribing an undercover cop is trying to reverse his guilty plea for corruption charges, but Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney […]

April 4, 2008

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Sainthood’s next stop: New Haven?

At 8:15 on Tuesday morning, three parishioners sat after mass in the pews at Saint Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Ave. One man stood and headed […]

April 3, 2008

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Powell pleads not guilty to theft of $18K in art

Four months after being arrested for stealing $18,000 worth of art from a Yale greenhouse, Jodonell Powell pleaded not guilty to 27 criminal charges at […]

March 27, 2008

MARTINE POWERS
In Elm City, a passing grade in credit rating

Although the nation’s economy may be teetering on the verge of a major recession, credit-rating analysts reported last week that New Haven seems to be […]

March 24, 2008