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Voting wait time exceeds one hour

Elm City residents and Yale students attempting to vote on Tuesday morning have encountered wait times upwards of an hour at the Hall of Records, located at 200 Orange St.

Peruvian flavors added to Elm City

Ceviche 181, a restaurant serving traditional Peruvian cuisine with a modern twist, hosted its grand opening ceremony last week after roughly four months in business.

Ngan Vu
Eviction and housing issues widespread, including in Elm City

Harvard sociology professor Matthew Desmond discussed the broken housing system plaguing cities across the United States, touching on topics applicable to the city of New Haven.

Ngan Vu
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.

Report notes rise in bullying in election year

A report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a national nonprofit legal advocacy and civil rights organization, found that teachers have noticed an increase in bullying of minority students as a result of this year’s presidential election.

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.

Conservatives quiet on campus and in city

Already outnumbered on Yale’s campus and in New Haven, conservative voices in the Elm City are struggling to challenge popular liberal views.

Blumenthal hopes for second term

Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, D-Conn., is up for re-election for the first time, running against three-time State Rep. Dan Carter (R-2nd) in the Connecticut Senate election.

Mrinal Kumar
Veteran DeLauro up against newcomer

This election day, residents of Connecticut’s third congressional district — a region that includes New Haven, Middletown and Stratford — will have the choice of voting for one of two candidates: incumbent Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat who has held the seat since 1991, and Angel Cadena, a Republican who has never before held elected office.

Robbie Short
Day of the Dead festivities take to the streets

Colorful skeleton puppets towered over the streets as trumpets blared, leading approximately 200 New Haven residents and Yale students through the streets in a march for Saturday’s celebration of Día de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead.

Town-gown voices discuss city transit

About 50 faculty, students and Elm City residents gathered at the Yale Law School Saturday to discuss how best to harmonize Yale and New Haven transportation systems, from cycling to driving to public transit.