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SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Dwight residents prepare for recycling event

In preparation for a city-wide “Hometown Recycling Day,” Dwight residents voiced their concerns about, and dedication to, recycling in the city at the monthly Dwight […]

October 6, 2021

JOAQUIN FERNANDEZ-DUQUE
Fair Haven Community Health Center hosts celebration and public health forum encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations

On Saturday, the Fair Haven Community Health Center held a community celebration that included a live hand-percussion band, an educational bingo scavenger hunt, a public […]

October 4, 2021

LUKAS NEL
City partners with Connecticut Against Gun Violence, establishes new Office of Violence Prevention

The city of New Haven and Connecticut Against Gun Violence on Friday announced that they have joined forces to establish a new Office of Violence […]

October 4, 2021

City hall
YASH ROY
BOE discusses subject area guiding principles, $15 minimum wage for part-time staff

The New Haven Public Schools’ Board of Education met Monday night to unveil its “instructional frameworks,” a slate of guiding principles, for physical education, math […]

September 29, 2021

Exterior of City Hall
SOPHIE SONNENFELD
Despite fierce Republican resistance, legislators extend Lamont’s emergency powers to February

In consecutive Connecticut General Assembly special sessions Monday and Tuesday, Connecticut legislators granted Governor Ned Lamont an extension on his emergency public health and civil […]

September 28, 2021

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
SAI RAYALA
Yale and local Labor unions arrive at tentative contract agreement

After nearly 15 months of negotiations, Yale University and two local labor unions have reached a tentative agreement for a five-year labor contract.  University officials […]

September 28, 2021

Yale Respect New Haven rally
BRIAN ZHANG
Q House, a community center in Dixwell, readies for October reopen

Following a decade of public pressure to rebuild the Q House — a community center in the historically low-income Dixwell neighborhood — the Board of […]

September 28, 2021

Photo of the exterior of Q House
RAZEL SUANSING & MEGAN VAZ
Local motorcycle stunt event results in two arrests

East Coastin’ 2021, a major motorcycling event, came last Saturday to the streets of New Haven, despite calls from city officials to cancel the stunts. […]

September 28, 2021

Photo of the exterior of the NHPD.
DEREEN SHIRNEKHI
Vaccine mandates take effect for city employees, CT K-12 staff

Over 74 percent of New Haven city employees who reported vaccination status were fully vaccinated on Monday — the deadline for them to either present […]

September 27, 2021

Person prepares a vaccine.
KHUAN-YU HALL
Mayor Justin Elicker Speaks at Yale Democrats Forum

On Friday, Mayor Justin Elicker spoke at a meeting of the Yale College Democrats about his term as mayor, his successes, regrets and plans for […]

September 27, 2021

A close-up of New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker
CHRISTIAN ROBLES, JABEZ CHOI & PIA BALDWIN EDWARDS
NHPS, Connecticut set the groundwork for ethnic studies

In the midst of a nationwide debate regarding how teachers are permitted to teach about race in K-12 schools, Connecticut has become the first state […]

September 27, 2021