COMMUNITY LIFE
ARIELA LOPEZ & LILY BELLE POLING
Environmental policy hearing urges new city priorities: pesticides, artificial turf, electrification

EAC Chair Laura Cahn urged the city to strengthen its policy regarding pesticides and artificial turf at the Board of Alders’ Community Services and Environmental Policy Committee meeting on Thursday. A representative from the New Haven Climate Movement and Steve Winter, director of the Office of Climate and Sustainability, also discussed the city’s progress towards electrification.

March 8, 2024

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO, NATASHA KHAZZAM & YURII STASIUK
Proposed budget rethinks city housing programs

If approved, the new proposed budget will restructure the Livable City Initiative, creating an Office of Housing and Community Development and expanding staff for both programs.

March 8, 2024

MAIA NEHME & ZACHARY SURI
State Housing Committee advances just cause eviction legislation

The legislation, backed by tenant advocates, is part of a multiyear battle to improve renter protections.

March 7, 2024

YURII STASIUK & ROMA MYKHAILEVYCH
Ukrainian church community in New Haven aids Ukraine

St. Michel’s Ukrainian Catholic Church became a hub for Ukrainian Americans and others to support the country during the war.

March 4, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
New Haven to create new trail connecting Farmington Canal Line and East Coast Greenway

On Thursday, Feb. 29, city officials presented their plans for the New Haven Shoreline Greenway Trail, which will connect the Farmington Canal Line to the East Coast Shoreline Greenway.

March 4, 2024

VICTORIA SIEBOR
Laurel Vlock, pioneering New Haven journalist, honored at New Haven Museum

As part of its programming for Women’s History Month, the museum held an event on Sunday to honor Vlock, who co-founded Yale’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies.

March 4, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Work Live Ride bill aims to increase housing near transit, reduce sprawl

The legislation failed at the state legislature in 2023. Now, housing coalition Desegregate Connecticut is trying again with an updated bill.

March 4, 2024

LIZZIE CONKLIN
The East Rock Record: All the news that’s fit to print in elementary school

New Haven students published their annual paper for the tenth year in a row, featuring reporting, opinions and an ongoing video project.

March 4, 2024

LAURA OSPINA
Landlord-boss attempts second eviction of migrant workers, contests work compensation as activists mount pressure

MDF Painting & Power Washing sent Edgar Becerra and Josue Mauricio Arana their second eviction notices on Feb. 11. Unidad Latina en Acción has denounced the company for exploitation in weekly protests.

March 1, 2024

CHRISTINA LEE
Possible Futures features Black women authors to honor Black Children’s Book Week

Local bookstore hosts a panel showcasing Black women writers in collaboration with the New Haven Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.

March 1, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Scholarship fund brings student from Ukraine to University of New Haven

In December 2022, the University of New Haven established the Ukrainian Student Support Fund to provide scholarships for Ukrainian students whose studies were disrupted by the Russian invasion.

February 28, 2024