COMMUNITY LIFE
SYLVAN LEBRUN
Boys & Girls Club partners with Workforce Alliance to employ workers displaced by pandemic

On Friday afternoon, about a dozen people gathered at the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven to celebrate the Club’s ongoing partnership with Workforce […]

April 18, 2021

SYLVAN LEBRUN & ZAPORAH PRICE
‘He was our artist’: Winfred Rembert, acclaimed artist and New Haven resident, dies at 75

Winfred Rembert, a nationally known Black artist, died two weeks ago in his New Haven home at the age of 75. The long-time Elm City […]

April 14, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
‘A beautiful day in Ward 1’: Nation’s first FEMA mobile vaccination unit comes to the Elm City

This Thursday and Friday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s first mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit is visiting the Elm City. The unit will vaccinate over 800 […]

April 9, 2021

SYLVAN LEBRUN
Clinics, nonprofits step up to meet needs of expectant mothers during pandemic

The series of challenges expectant mothers face during the pandemic — health concerns, social isolation and increased financial strain — are unprecedented. To confront these […]

April 9, 2021

SYLVAN LEBRUN
Homelessness service providers push state senate for increased funding

Last Friday, the Connecticut State Appropriations Committee held a public hearing for S.B. 340 — a bill legislators hope will adjust funding for homelessness service […]

April 1, 2021

Margaret Middleton, Columbus House CEO, testifying at the public hearing for S.B. 340. Screenshot from CT-N coverage.
NATALIE KAINZ
Yale Community Health Care Van vaccinates underserved populations, religious communities

As students and New Haven residents scramble to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments, one 40-foot-long van and a team of health care workers are driving vaccine […]

April 1, 2021

A medical worker fills up a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine.
ÁNGELA PÉREZ & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Student vaccinations in New Haven off to a tumultuous start

Yale students became eligible for vaccinations in the state of Connecticut on Thursday, but many students are struggling to make appointments. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont […]

April 1, 2021

A YNHH sign directs viewers to a vaccination site.
ÁNGELA PÉREZ
How to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Connecticut

Connecticut residents between the ages of 16 and 45 are eligible to sign up for vaccines beginning Thursday, which means that most Yale students in […]

March 31, 2021

JORDAN FITZGERALD & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
Mourning Our Losses honors over 2,800 lives lost behind bars during the pandemic

On Saturday afternoon, Mourning Our Losses, a national organization dedicated to honoring individuals who have died in prisons, held their second virtual vigil of the […]

March 28, 2021

ROSE HOROWITCH & ALVARO PERPULY
Lamont makes vaccine appointments available next week, Yale encourages students to pursue appointments elsewhere

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has fast-tracked the state’s vaccine rollout, making Connecticut residents over 16 eligible for the vaccine by April 1. But the University […]

March 26, 2021

A medical worker fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine dose.
ISAAC YU & RAZEL SUANSING
ULA, Black and Brown United in Action hold rally, candlelight vigil on pandemic loss, hardship

Members of Unidad Latina en Acción gathered on Monday for a vigil, lighting 186 candles: one for each New Haven resident who has died of […]

March 26, 2021