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New Haven group using $158K to help students apply for FAFSA
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — New Haven leaders met Friday to try and push out the word for students to apply for federal student aid. “As we know, there have been some challenges working through FAFSA, but it is so important to ensuring that our young people have access to college,” Mayor Justin Elicker said. […]
Yale carbon capture center takes next steps in leadership, research
The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), created in 2021 to study the fundamental applied science of natural carbon capture, is taking the next step in its evolution with a new managing director and promising research in key areas. Toby Bryce, formerly an independent advisor on policy, market development,...
Land Bank Launched; Presser Crashed
A former city housing official will spearhead new efforts to convert blighted properties into affordable housing through a quasi-public land bank. Serena Neal-Sanjurjo, the former director of the city’s anti-blight Livable City Initiative (LCI), announced that role as the executive director of the newly-formed New Haven Land Bank at a press conference at City Hall on Friday afternoon.
SCSU Athletics & Recreation To Host Inaugural “Meet The Owls” Event On Monday, Aug. 26
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Southern Connecticut State University Athletics & Recreation will host the inaugural "Meet The Owls" event on Monday, Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. at Jess Dow Field. The event will celebrate the start of the 2024-25 academic year, highlighting the Fall 2024 teams as they open...
Pantochino Teen Theatre Presents ROALD DAHL'S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Pantochino Teen Theatre will present the Broadway musical, “Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” at Arts Hall at the Educational Center for the Arts, on 55 Audubon Street in New Haven. Co-producers Bert Bernardi and Jimmy Johansmeyer have announced three performances, August 9 and 10. Based on...
20-Year-Old Gang Member Gets 14 Years
The latest Exit 8 member sentenced after a federal gang sweep received a 14-year prison sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven street gang and several gang-related shootings. Devin Suggs, 20, received that sentence Thursday from U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden,...
3 Judges Sold For $1.55M
Ishan Dave moved from India to the United States in pursuit of his version of the “American dream”: to buy and run hotels he could be proud of. He’s now the co-owner of two motels in a crime-hotspot stretch of the New Haven-Woodbridge border — where he’s working to fix the properties up into safer, cleaner places to stay where, yes, all of the rooms are finally open.
At the Movies: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The film “Logan” was Hugh Jackman’s farewell to a Marvel comic book character he brought to glorious life after 17 years: Wolverine. That mutant was dead. Until Ryan Reynolds decided he wasn’t. “Deadpool & Wolverine” picks up six years after...
Bayberrys Grow, Alongside Mill River Trail
Dig. Plant. Donut — but not the kind you eat, the kind that helps the bayberry shrub retain moisture as it acclimates to its new home on the Mill River Trail. The Mill River Trail gained two new bayberry shrubs Wednesday behind 451 Grand Ave., thanks to volunteer efforts to revitalize the community corridor.
SCSU Drives Change in Manufacturing with New Initiatives for Women
Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), under the leadership of Dr. Colleen Bielitz, vice president of strategic initiatives and outreach, has launched two transformative initiatives aimed at empowering women in the manufacturing industry. This effort, in collaboration with the Connecticut Office of Manufacturing (OOM) and the Million Women Mentors Connecticut Chapter, underscores SCSU’s role as a thought leader and change agent for underrepresented groups in STEM fields.
Press|Cuozzo brokers $1.12 million Orange St. historic office building sale
New Haven, CT According to Stephen Press, SIOR, and co-principal of Press|Cuozzo Commercial Services, the firm has competed the sale of 400 Orange St., a 4,775 s/f three-story historic office building, set on .29 acres that features 15 car off-street parking. Constructed in 1857, the building has architectural elements representative...
Puerto Ricans United honors veterans at gala
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Puerto Ricans United honored both its past and the future during its annual awards gala Thursday night in New Haven. “Tonight is just a celebration of culture, of community,” Joe Rodriguez, the president of the organization’s board of directors, said. “We are acknowledging the pioneers before us, as well as […]
How New Haven's Fair Rent Commission is helping other communities
For more than 50 years, New Haven’s Fair Rent Commission has intervened on behalf of city tenants. The city’s Fair Rent Commission helped Kat Calhoun of New Haven, after she reported several code violations and a proposed 20% rent increase. “We had a lot of, you might say,...
Winfield Seeks Out Next Gen Senators
When Gary Winfield asked a room full of sixth graders who’s interested in being a state senator one day, Jakhai Penn immediately shook his head no. “Who’s going to do it, then, if not you?” Winfield asked. “You can probably do a heck of a lot more than you think you can do.”
Yale New Haven Hospital facing fine after being accused of not properly handling nuclear materials
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Yale New Haven Hospital could face a $9,000 fine after it was accused of not properly handling and transferring nuclear materials used for cancer treatment. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed the fine after radiation alarms went off in December at a lead-disposal facility, according to the NRC. An unused vial […]
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