Mayor and candidate trade barbs
Scathing words between Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and Jeffrey Kerekes made Wednesday the most heated day of the campaign so far.
New curriculum to buoy Promise
The city’s effort to build a “college-going culture” will now start as early as pre-kindergarten.
State utilities provider questioned over Irene
Utility executives got an earful from Connecticut residents and local officials in Hartford on Monday afternoon at the second of two hearings evaluating response efforts to Tropical Storm Irene.
Elm City gets one-time revenue boost
In a rare piece of good news for New Haven’s fiscal situation, the arrival of a check from Hartford wiped away last year’s budget deficit.
Ward 1 candidates differ little in ideology
While candidates Vinay Nayak ’14 and Sarah Eidelson ’12 are running against each other for the Ward 1 alderman seat, the race has revealed that the two often agree.
Hartford revisits Irene response
Special hearing to assess storm. Three weeks after Tropical Storm Irene caused the worst power outages in state history, Connecticut lawmakers convened a special hearing Monday to assess how the state handled the storm.
Music Initiative to continue
Administrators at both the School of Music and city schools say they are committed to continuing John Miller's MUS ’07 efforts.
Primary losers plot comebacks
As some defeated candidates have made clear, this year’s political drama has only just begun.
Yale police investigate “apparent suicide”
Yale police are investigating a death that occurred on campus Thursday, which the University has termed an “apparent suicide.”
DeStefano wins primary
Despite only managing to get 43.2 percent of the vote Tuesday, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. fended off three opponents in the most serious primary challenge he has faced in a decade.
Union victories dominate primaries
An effort by Yale and city unions to increase the power of labor on the Board of Aldermen claimed a resounding victory in Tuesday night’s Democratic primary.
From the polls: Results come in
Incumbents lose in wards. Results are coming in for ward races and it is not looking good for incumbents. Jeanette Morrison ousted incumbent Greg Morehead in Ward 22, and Jessica Holmes did the same to Matt Smith ’98 in Ward 9.
From the polls: Yalies join Dwight voters in Ward 2
Crowds of supporters gathered of supporters gathered for Ward 2's aldermanic candidates at the polls in Dwight.
From the polls: High turnout at Ward 22
The polls were busy this afternoon at the Wexler-Grant School, where Yale students joined other Ward 22 voters to cast their ballots in two primaries.
From the polls: Ward 1 turnout very low so far
Only 21 voters in Ward 1 have cast their ballots in today's mayoral primary since polls opened at 6 a.m.
Primaries may shake up city politics
Polls are open this morning in what appears likely to be a dramatic Democratic primary. All eyes are on the mayoral primary, in which 18-year incumbent John DeStefano Jr. is confronting three spirited challengers as he runs for a record tenth term.
New Orleans-style brass booms on Broadway
Yalies and New Haven locals alike were first befuddled and then enthralled by the blasting horns of a brass band's impromptu concert on Broadway Monday night.
Labor fuels heat in Ward 9 race
As the aldermanic candidates in Ward 9, a mecca of Yale graduate students and faculty, head into Tuesday’s primary, the words between them have grown increasingly charged.
Bethea takes Ward 2 by storm, rhythmically
Like many local elections this year, the race for Ward 2 alderman has become increasingly intense heading into Tuesday's primary. But Saturday afternoon, it was also loud.
Malloy names Eli to top education post
HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel Malloy’s choice to fill the state’s top education post, Stefan Pryor ’93 LAW ’98, has deep roots in both Yale and New Haven.
McMahon to run for Senate again
Back in the race. Linda McMahon, who ran an expensive but unsuccessful Senate campaign against Richard Blumenthal LAW '73 in 2010, will try her luck a second time in 2012.
City to hire 22 more cops
More cops head to Have. Thanks to federal dollars, New Haven will soon have 22 more police officers on the beat.
Effort to lower voting age hits snag
Tuesday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting was a defeat for The New 18, a group of New Haven high school students aiming to lower the state’s voting age to 16.
Malloy nominates Eli to top education post
Yalie to top state education post. Gov. Dannel Malloy will name Stefan Pryor '93 LAW '98 to Connecticut's top education post Wednesday afternoon.
Ward primaries near
Students in Wards 2 and 22 will cast ballots in two heated primaries in just one week.
Yale Dems host DeStefano
A familiar face returned to the Yale College Democrats’ annual kickoff event Monday night: Mayor John DeStefano Jr., who is heading into the last week of the most intense campaign for his seat since 2001.
Power finally returns to Lynwood
At about 3:30 a.m. this morning, street lamps on Lynwood Place flickered on for the first time in over a week.
In Irene's wake, Elm City left powerless
A week after Tropical Storm Irene robbed more than 17,000 New Haven homes of their power, many Yale students’ homes were among the last still in the dark Sunday evening.
DeStefano ad sparks claims of corruption
A television ad featuring city employees recently released by Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s reelection campaign triggered allegations of corruption from his opponents Thursday.
New Haven teens lobby for voting power
At a public hearing of the Board of Aldermen’s Youth Services Committee, several New Haven high school students testified in favor of a resolution that would put the question of lowering the state’s voting age on the city ballot as a nonbinding referendum in the Nov. 8 election. By a vote of four to one, the committee voted Wednesday to discharge the matter to the full Board of Aldermen, which must approve the referendum with at least 20 votes for it to appear on the ballot in November.
Irene knocks out power
The apartments and houses of many off-campus Yale students are among the approximately 6,700 residences that remain without power as the city and the University work to undo the damage wrought by Hurricane Irene.
Contested mayoral race begins
With the Democratic primary now less than two weeks away, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and his four challengers are gearing up for the home stretch in the most heated mayoral contest the city has seen since 2001.
New Haven struggles to dig out of Irene's aftermath
While sunny skies and balmy weather made Hurricane Irene feel like a distant memory on Monday, the city was still struggling to clear fallen trees from dozens of streets and restore power to thousands of residents who have been in the dark since the storm hit early Sunday.
New Haven spared worst of Irene's wrath
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With Mayor John DeStefano Jr.'s lifting this afternoon of the mandatory evacuation order he issued Saturday for the Morris Cove neighborhood, the final chapter of the Irene story began: a massive cleanup effort that is likely to stretch late into the week.
Officials brief residents on Irene preparations
Just as Hurricane Irene began to make itself known to New Haven through increasingly heavy rains, city officials briefed reporters and residents about the city's progress in preparing for the storm and evacuating residents.
DeStefano orders mandatory evacuation of Morris Cove
Residents of Morris Cove, the coastal neighborhood in the southeast corner of New Haven, now have just a few short hours before they are in violation of Mayor John DeStefano Jr.'s mandatory evacuation order in anticipation of Hurricane Irene's landfall.
Eidelson ’12 enters race
Sarah Eidelson ’12 announced on Aug. 14 that she will run for Ward 1 alderman, challenging previously uncontested Vinay Nayak ’14.
State labor deal ratified in victory for Malloy
Nearly two months after state employee unions dealt Gov. Dannel Malloy a blow by rejecting a $1.6 billion concession agreement, the deal was decisively ratified in a re-vote concluded Wednesday night.
Eidelson's entrance shakes up Ward 1 race
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Sarah Eidelson '12 transformed a hitherto uncontested race by announcing Sunday that she will run for the Ward 1 aldermanic seat. The Bala Cynwyd, Penn. native and rising Jonathan Edwards senior said she has committed to staying in New Haven after graduation whether or not her campaign is successful.
Custodians reject compromise with city
A compromise to end the labor dispute that has left the city's public school custodians without a contract for over two years was rejected Friday.
DeStefano wins Democratic Town Committee endorsement
With seven weeks to go before the crucial Sept. 13 Democratic primary, Mayor John DeStefano Jr.'s campaign for a record tenth term in office got a symbolic boost Tuesday. DeStefano won the endorsement of the Democratic Town Committee at its biannual convention with the votes of 37 of its 60 members. While the endorsement gave his bid a lift amid a crowded field of mayoral candidates, Tuesday marked the first time since 2001 that DeStefano lost committee votes to an opponent.
New Haven Promise doles out 110 college scholarships
One hundred and ten recent graduates of New Haven high schools got a congratulatory video message from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Thursday.
City debuts Friday Flicks
Yalies in New Haven looking to fill their summer weekend schedule just got another option: free movies on the Green.
New Haven spared at expense of state workers
It was a race to the finish in Hartford today, and New Haven beat state employees to the line.
Fourth of July fireworks to continue atop East Rock
Despite New Haven's fiscal woes, fireworks for America's 235th birthday will launch from the summit of East Rock next Monday.
Malloy calls for layoffs, state aid reductions
To plug a gaping hole in the state budget created by the collapse of a $1.6 billion labor agreement, Gov. Dannel Malloy recommended Wednesday nearly 5,500 layoffs of state workers and $54 million in reductions to state aid to cities and towns.
Collapse of state labor pact threatens city
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What appeared to be a major victory for Gov. Malloy vanished Friday as state employees rejected a widely hailed deal on labor concessions and left the state with a sudden $1.6 billion budget gap.
State labor pact on thin ice
UPDATED 7:58 a.m. Suspense is building in Hartford, where lawmakers are waiting to see if they will have to scramble to fill a $1.6 billion hole in the state budget.
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