2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (674+ words) They were poets and lawyers and screenwriters and essayists. They just didn't know it. That goes to the mission of the Yale Prison Education Initiative at Dwight Hall, according to deputy director Vanessa Estim: for those who are incarcerated "to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1814+ words) Lisa Velasquez-Torres listens every day as her brother Luis Velasquez describes mice, mold, unclean water, and electric blackouts during his calls from Osborn Correctional Institution, where he's serving a five-year sentence. Velasquez-Torres " a longtime Hill resident and recently elected Ward…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (510+ words) Nearly a year after Miguel Rivera was found dead in a New Haven stream, police announced they have arrested two suspects and charged them both with murder. Mayor Justin Elicker and Police Chief Karl Jacobson confirmed the arrests of a…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (737+ words) A state Superior Court judge has upheld a suite of anti-blight fines assessed by the Livable City Initiative (LCI) against one of New Haven's largest landlords of low-income housing. According to the Elicker administration, those fines now add up to nearly…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (858+ words) The Elicker administration won eight key votes of support for an infill-development project that will see a total of 19 new affordable housing units " spread across a mix of duplexes, two-family homes, and single-family homes " constructed atop vacant lots in Newhallville....

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1819+ words) The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) pumped the brakes on an Elicker administration plan to build 15 owner-occupied homes and four rentals in Newhallville " after residents testified that the vacant lots slated for construction have, under neighbors" care, become vital community…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1123+ words) She's just handed over her pistol, a choice that sets in motion the many tragic events of the evening. But for now, Marianna Gailus, the production's titular Hedda Gabler, seems manic. She roams. .. She's just handed over her pistol, a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1015+ words) Ocean Management now faces $13, 000 in fines for neglecting the long-abandoned, fire-damaged house at 1303 Chapel St. " a penalty that the company intends to contest in court as it seeks a permit to rehabilitate the building. Julie Bernblum, a volunteer hearing officer…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (895+ words) Kristi Rhyan's third grade classroom discovered a "Jar of Friendship" Thursday morning, when students collectively decided on that title for a book that they're going to publish this spring. Rhyan's class of 18 King/Robinson students have been writing short stories…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (810+ words) Top cops asked city alders to support a $4 million increase in the department's budget, saying rising recruitment numbers call for more money to support an expanded training system and 10 new officer positions. The request came during Tuesday's Board of Alders…...