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Dancy, Diaz win Ward 22

Just after 8 p.m. on Super Tuesday, canvassers and candidates alike crowded through the side entrance of Wexler-Grant Community School, seeking primary results for the city’s only contested co-chair race this year.

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BOE debates budget allocation

Amid debate surrounding the distribution of funds to New Haven Public Schools for the 2016–17 school year, Mayor Toni Harp requested $185,219,297 from the city’s general fund for the Board of Education budget Monday.

Dwight Hall expands Outreach Program

This semester, Dwight Hall is expanding its Outreach Program, introducing three new outreach coordinator roles to better connect campus groups such as fraternities and athletic teams to service opportunities in the community.

Stop & Shop workers consider strike

Stop & Shop workers in New England may soon stage a strike due to the chain’s failure to agree on a new contract this weekend with the United Food and Commercial Workers, the union that represents the grocery’s employees.

Tech hub on track for East Rock

When CT Transit moved its hub to Hamden six years ago, it left the cavernous former bus depot at 470 James St. vacant, and it […]

Harp backs paid family leave state bill

As activists await the state Senate’s deliberation on a bill mandating paid family leave for all Connecticut employees, Mayor Toni Harp has thrown her support […]

Co-chair candidates walk Ward 22

On a dark and drizzly Wednesday evening, Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison went door to door on Henry Street, introducing neighborhood residents to Ward 22 Democratic co-chair candidates Victoria Dancy and Gabrielle Diaz ’18.

Malloy defends new budget, charter schools

After releasing an austere new state budget earlier this month, Gov. Dannel Malloy brought his case to the people Tuesday night, speaking before Connecticut residents in the atrium of Wilbur Cross High School.

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City, activists still split on Green curfew

Nearly five years have passed since Occupy New Haven --— an encampment of protesters advocating for economic rights for “the 99 percent” -— caused $130,000 worth of damage to the New Haven Green. Still, debates are reverberating again through city government about how to prevent such destructive activities from occurring on the Green again.

Women’s conference preps local students

This weekend, more than 60 aspiring female leaders will learn the ins-and-outs of networking and campaigning in the School of Management’s Evans Hall.

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Nemerson talks local govt. careers

Matthew Nemerson SOM ’81, New Haven economic development administrator, urged the Yale Democrats to pursue a career in local government at a small talk Monday in the Branford College common room.