...much else anywhere local, the closest italian ice is in Middletown or New Haven,” Fremut said. “We want to enjoy the community that I grew up in and see the kids enjoy it.” The italian ice is coming from Micalizzi’s in Bridgeport, where McDonald grew up and became friends with...
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...17, 2021, the Connecticut state legislature passed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana, sending the proposal to the desk of Gov. Ned Lamont, who has said he will sign it. During debate on the House floor Thursday morning, State Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, highlighted the date’s historical significance, and said...
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...Martin Looney, D-New Haven, having served as a State Senator since being elected in 1992, is a prime example of lifetime politicians. Sweetheart deals for the politically connected show a complete disregard for the business of running the state in an efficient manner, and utter disrespect for the beleaguered tax...
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...erratically. “I’ve lived racial profiling,” said State Rep. Juan Candelaria, D-New Haven, testifying against the amendment and arguing that the bill does not prevent officers from stopping anyone driving erratically. Issues of racial equity were raised repeatedly by legislators testifying in favor of the bill. “I rise in support of...
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Karen DuBois-Walton is challenging incumbent New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker in the Democratic primary. She has focused much of her campaign on addressing a significant rise in incidents of homicide and assault with a deadly weapon after a decade of steadily declining crime in New Haven. DuBois-Walton is executive director...
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OLD LYME — A new retail food shop slated for the little yellow house at 96 Halls Road received approval from the Zoning Commission on Monday night for a special exception change of use from retail to food service. Long River Local will feature coffee, prepared foods, sandwiches, baked goods...
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...tanning on a yacht with her new man. One outlet wrote that she “had been visibly reborn,” her divorce wiping the slate, setting her up for a new life, complete with a new body on display in a bikini. In one of the many, many articles and personal essays and...
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...new design eliminates that encroachment, but still builds within the “critical terrestrial habitat” 750 feet around a vernal pool. The proposed solar project in North Stonington is “heading in the right direction,” according to Hodge, but the changes haven’t gone far enough to protect wetlands on the site, she said....
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...Fonfara said. “Our policies are a knee on the neck of the Black community and other underserved communities of our state. We can do better, and we must do better.” Fonfara said that by financing new spending with federal aid rather than taxes, new spending could disappear once federal aid...
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...to Know Act. However, funding for Department of Energy and Environmental Protection staffing remains low while demands, like preparing for the ‘silver tsunami,’ increase. Sadly, the appropriations bill appears to have left out the West River in New Haven, a partnership of Save the Sound, Solar Youth, Gather New Haven,...
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...last few years, many people in New Haven became sick because someone laced the marijuana with fentanyl. It’s important for us to be able to actually take control of the product that is out there, and it’s not just fentanyl, there’s always going to be another drug that people use...
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...Connecticut Examiner spoke with several legislators to get insight into how they ended up deciding to cast their votes. State Sen. Dennis Bradley, D-Bridgeport, who has made news recently after being charged with five counts of wire fraud related to state campaign funding, voted against the legislation. This interview has...
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...can’t make the 5:25 p.m. Shore Line East, there won’t be another commuter train leaving New Haven until 9:25 p.m. Haynes can still hop a 7:37 p.m. Amtrak on route from New Haven to New London — but for an additional $20 ticket each ride. So with Yale now calling...
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...includes building a new elementary school and closing down Jeffrey and Ryerson Elementary Schools, would address the current lack of air conditioning. The project would also expand the air conditioning in Polson Middle School. Guilford Public Schools also decided to close, according to the school website, after having “HVAC failures...
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...Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven told reporters on Friday that the Transportation and Climate Initiative pushed by Gov. Ned Lamont and his administration would not come up for a vote this year, according to the Associated Press. The announcement followed weeks of Republicans rallying opposition to initiative, and debates...
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...Yale-New Haven Hospital. When the pandemic hit, the hospital sent her to work with COVID patients, and throwing herself into the business became a way to avoid worrying about whether she or her husband, a corrections officer, were going to die from COVID. Forbes-Shaw said she didn’t see her parents...
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...projects is absolutely critical to our transition to renewable energy from fossil fuels.” The bill also requires the contractors to “take all necessary actions” to establish a workforce development program to train new workers for higher-paid roles, and to ensure contractors participate in apprenticeship programs. State Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New...
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...to getting to work with a great group of officers,” said Gries, who said he has wanted to be a police officer for a long time. He previously worked in loss prevention for the Stop and Shop supermarkets in the New Haven area. “You have a unique opportunity to see...
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...for Sustainable Cheshire raised money to give out home composting kits to residents, community groups and community gardens, in an effort to keep waste local. Peels & Wheels Composting in New Haven collects food scraps directly from homes, schools and businesses and takes them to local farms and gardens to...
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...INVESTIGATION STALLED: Almost a year and a half ago, on January 15, 2020, Mubarak Soulemane, a mentally ill New Haven resident, was shot to death by a state trooper in West Haven after threatening people in Norwalk with a knife, hijacking a car, and leading police on a chase along...
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On Thursday night, the State Senate approved changes Connecticut’s housing and zoning laws after a lengthy debate, for and against the legislation. Below are a series of voices capturing the spirit of that debate. State Sen. Martin Looney, D-New Haven, argued Connecticut is held back in many ways because of...
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...noted, “It’s conceivable that more than 70% of New Haven’s land is economically unproductive parking and vacant land.” Our cities have plenty of room to grow and attract good jobs and the middle class. That should be our focus, not directing scarce resources to suburban development. Tim Vilinskis is a...
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...state and Respler. Nothing’s been applied for [with the town]. We haven’t even started and I think those individuals who have concerns believe the project is much further along than it really is,” said Bronk. Community opposition The idea of constructing 931 new apartments in the neighborhood, with or two...
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...locations in New Haven and Florida before settling on the location next to The Saybrook, an assisted-living development in Haddam. “I’m building this for my family,” Hartmann said. “I’m a long-term holder of this. I’m not someone from a New York hedge fund who is investing. It’s my company, it’s...
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...and real feeling that public input was being potentially lost in this process” — State Rep. Joe Zullo, R-East Haven A prior bill would have allowed multifamily housing within a certain distance of transit stations and main streets as of right, but that provision was stripped from this bill. State...
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...to the New Haven line. In addition to the state-of-the-art air filtration and purification system that we are piloting inside our rail cars, as noted by Mr. Cameron, our railcars already have a complete air exchange rate of every 5 minutes, 12 times each hour. I hope that Mr. Cameron...
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...the Old Saybrook train station at 1:37 and 5:37 p.m. The departure times for the four morning buses would each be pushed back 22 minutes from their current schedule, an attempt to better align the buses with Shore Line East trains to New Haven and New London. The proposed schedule...
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...from a parent facing a bullying issue in the schools, and a homeowner on Hartford Ave in Old Lyme who can’t get in and out of her driveway after the installation of new curbing and sidewalks. A few weeks ago, at the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s annual awards,...
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...been declining for a decade — maybe that’s why they call it higher education. But police work in Connecticut can be pretty lucrative too, especially in New Haven. While New Haven is always pleading poverty as it wallows in incompetence, the New Haven Register reports that three city police officers...
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...million in assistance to hotels and campgrounds, and adds an additional $40 million for a marketing campaign directed at attracting visitors from Canada, Maine, Vermont, New York and Pennsylvania. State Rep. Patricia Dillon, D-New Haven, said that this funding would help the economic recovery of the whole state. “A dollar...
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