Elm Street was alive with the sounds of laughter, the strains of a guitar and the shouts of people calling, “Fight the fight — end homelessness!”

If Attorney General Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 has his way, patient injuries resulting from medical mistakes will be harder for Connecticut hospitals to keep under wraps.

More than $1.5 million of federal stimulus funding is going toward fighting domestic violence in Connecticut — but probably not in New Haven.

<b>Tis’ the season, city and Yale officials say</b>
New Haven will become “a winter wonderland for the holidays,” City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga announced Thursday. Next Monday, Market New Haven Inc., a marketing organization that aims to improve the city’s image, will start its “2009 Holiday Campaign” with a launch event at the Shubert Theater. The event is expected to draw attendees such as Mayor John DeStefano Jr., as well as Market New Haven chair and University Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development Bruce Alexander ’65.
<i>—Esther Zuckerman</i>

New Haven is on track to have one of the lowest murder rates in the last 20 years, but not all city residents are convinced the police are using the right tactics.

About two months after a protest by high school students on the New Haven Green, high school students and city and school officials are ready to start a discussion over students hanging out downtown.

The eight search warrant affidavits used to search the body, house and possessions of Raymond Clark III, the Yale animal lab technician charged with the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, will remained sealed for two more weeks, a judge ordered Tuesday.

El Poblano restaurant on Forbes Avenue in the East Shore neighborhood was robbed Monday night, and one of its employees was struck with a metal pipe during the incident.

A report issued by the U.S. Conference of Mayors lists a New Haven school food initiative as a program that helps President Barack Obama in his effort to end childhood hunger across the nation.

The New Haven police started surveillance in September, following tips from local residents: over a dozen drug dealers had set up shop in plain sight. The police were gathering evidence for a sting. They called it “Operation Green Sweep.”

Facing charges of driving under the influence — and increasing media attention — Ward 15 Alderman Joseph Rodriguez, 22, is using his Nov. 8 arrest as an opportunity to educate community members about the dangers of drunk driving, Rodriguez said Monday.

New Haven Police Officer Rich Burgos anticipated trouble as he patrolled Wooster Square last Tuesday night. He knew Wednesday, Veterans Day, was a day off at New Haven Public Schools, and he was afraid teen night at the nearby R Bar on East Street might grow out of control.

The Board of Aldermen approved the reconstruction of the William T. Rowe Public Housing project on Howard Avenue and the creation of a new Department of Public Safety Communications Monday evening.

Several bloody articles of clothing and DNA matches provided the evidence needed to charge Raymond Clark III with the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, according to a court document released Friday.

The arrest warrant for Raymond Clark III, released Friday morning, makes public for the first time the details of how authorities came to suspect Clark in the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, and reconstructs Clark’s activities the day Le disappeared and the days after.

The 20 New Haven firefighters who sued the city for discrimination in 2004 asked the city to promote 15 of them in a federal court filing Friday.

The 20 New Haven firefighters who sued the city for discrimination in 2004 filed a draft order in federal court Friday asking for most of them to be promoted.

Court documents in the case of Raymond Clark III, the Yale lab technician charged with the murder of Annie Le GRD ’13, are expected to be unsealed this morning.

Mayor John DeStefano Jr. may have violated campaign finance rules by donating leftover funds from his 2007 campaign, a government board said.

In Connecticut, highways are an endangered species.
At least one highway is, anyway: the Merritt Parkway, a 38-mile-long stretch of winding roads and scenic views from Greenwich to Stratford.