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Crossing Mill River (District) By Foot
The four-block stretch of Grand Avenue between Olive Street and Wallace Street is scattered with empty lots, storefront churches, social service nonprofits, and Italian eateries, all overshadowed by a...
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Zero-Waste Pavement Plant On Tap
A local road construction company plans to build a recycling facility near the Mill River to convert torn-up and discarded pavement into roadway patching material — while creating no new waste in the...
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City Seeks Foreclosure On Ex-Factory
Peter Chapman received a one-year extension to begin work converting a long-vacant former factory building into 25 apartments, several weeks after the city launched three new lawsuits against him...
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A Tale Of Two Rent Hikes
Lourdes Ortiz argued that $875 is too much to pay in monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in a rodent-infested, trash-strewn building.Stephen Slade argued that $3,240 is too much to pay in monthly...
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How Scofflaw Kept Scofflaw-Towing Deal
With state law enforcement on their case, the proprietors of “Crown Auto Center” were at risk of losing a lucrative monopoly they’ve held for a decade: a “booting” and towing contract from city...
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Secret “Factory” Life Exposed, Preserved
Clocks. The Sex Ball. A punk club, then an R&B club. An indoor skate park. The state’s largest LGBTQ club.All of these are part of the past of the old New Haven Clock Company building on Hamilton...
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Ferraro’s Switches To Delivery, Curbside For 5 Days
One of the main east side outposts for groceries amid the Covid-19 pandemic will close its doors to in-store shopping until Saturday white it undergoes a deep clean.
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Mask Cleaning Operation Gets Underway
Twenty workers at a Wooster Square factory have started cleaning N95 masks so that three dozen hospitals, and counting, from throughout the region can reuse the critical protective equipment as they...
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Masks Don’t Faze Shoppers
“What’s the big deal about wearing a mask?” Tonya Harris reflected while waiting outside of Ferraro’s Market on Grand Avenue with a face covering she had made.She and others interviewed at local stores...
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H.B. Ives Lot Changes Hands, Eyed For Jobs
A North Haven-based real estate firm has purchased a vacant, industrial 4.4-acre site near the Mill River in a transaction heralded by the city as paving the way for new development and jobs to come.
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Affordable Mill River Townhomes Planned
Twelve new homes may sprout near the Mill River where an empty brick garage now stands.Developer Eric O’Brien of Urbane NewHaven presented his plan for 156-158 Humphrey St. to the Downtown-Wooster...
View ArticleHolberton Has New Boss
District, the bustling James Street tech and innovation center, has a new executive director, whose responsibilities include overseeing the Holberton digital-job-training school.
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Two Trainers Strengthen Community Bonds
Adrion Russell, founder of Action Fitness, and Carla O’Brien, co-owner of District Athletic Club (DAC) on James Street, have a weighty message to share with their community: “Fitness is for...
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After Spill, Concerns Turn To Infrastructure
The water at Lighthouse Point is safe to swim in again, and the acute crisis of Monday’s two million-gallon sewage spill appears to be mostly over — even if dead fish can still be found floating along...
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After Spill, Concerns Turn To Infrastructure
The water at Lighthouse Point is safe to swim in again, and the acute crisis of Monday’s two million-gallon sewage spill appears to be mostly over — even if dead fish can still be found floating along...
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Church “Likely” Source Of Covid Cases
A New Haven church has temporarily closed its doors and transitioned back to virtual services after at least 10 congregants tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, amid a feared citywide uptick.The...
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Mill River Plan’s Affordability Fleshed Out
Why can’t all six of planned new Humphrey Street townhomes be affordable?Mill River neighbor Joan Cavanagh asked this question on Friday evening of the developer hoping to build 12 apartments housed...
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Affordable Mill River Townhomes Deal Advances
City plans to sell a vacant Jocelyn Square lot to a developer interested in building six new two-family houses advanced—even as city staff cautioned that the proposed development will likely require...
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Stack Sessions Serve Up Live Music And BBQ
Friday was a night of firsts for the New Haven music scene. It was the live debut of Stefanie Clark Harris and the Feverfew, the EP release party for the band’s first record “Black Diamond’, and it all...
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