8+ hour, 58+ min ago   (668+ words) Here we are three quarters of the way through our semiquincentennial year, and how many of us — unless you have visited the National Archives or are up on your paper chemistry — realize that the original signed parchment copy of the…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (668+ words) Looking ahead to the 2026-27 budget, Supt. Madeline Negrón has launched the district’s first online public input forum — and Bridgeport public school board members are seeking to build stronger ties with New Haven’s Board of Education to jointly push for improvements…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (776+ words) “There’s happiness on Hamilton Street” is how Lost in New Haven Founder Robert S. Greenberg described his reaction to winning support from the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) earlier this month to expand his nonprofit museum to an adjacent building…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (432+ words) The writers of this opinion piece are members of the Unhoused Activists Community Team (U-ACT), an organization of unhoused residents and housed allies fighting for the rights and dignity of unhoused people in New Haven. (Opinion) From across the New…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (549+ words) Two more fire engines and a new ladder truck will soon roll out to fire stations across the city. The upcoming delivery of those vehicles, planned for the summer, was celebrated during Tuesday’s latest monthly meeting of the Board of…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (692+ words) (Updated with interviews with Guaranda’s lawyer and brother.) A 33-year-old New Havener named Segundo Gamboy Guaranda died at the Whalley Avenue jail Thursday — marking the sixth death of an incarcerated person in state Department of Correction (DOC) custody since February....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1403+ words) Below is Allan Appel’s fourth entry in a yearlong series looking at the past 388 years of New Haven history, as America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Good morning, boys and girls. It’s 8:30 in the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (382+ words) The Trump administration sued the Elicker administration Monday over New Haven’s “sanctuary policies” — arguing that the city unduly interferes with federal immigration enforcement. The U.S. Department of Justice sent out an email press release Tuesday morning about that lawsuit....

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1433+ words) Dozens of chairs were piled high outside of the fenced-off former Sports Haven site Thursday — as crews cleared out the shuttered off-track-betting venue in advance of the building’s coming demolition. That proposed teardown is detailed in notices currently posted around…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1444+ words) East Haven’s mayor on Wednesday took a key step towards potentially embracing — or at least tolerating — the expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport, after winning a state commitment to send the town tens of millions of dollars. That deal was…...