Ethan Rodriguez-Torrent
Ethan Rodriguez-Torrent
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RODRIGUEZ-TORRENT: Occupy forced out, but for what?
What grave wrong was Occupy perpetrating upon the citizens of New Haven? The answer: taking up a small portion (less than 10 percent) of the Green, and suffocating its grass with their improvised flooring.
RODRIGUEZ-TORRENT: A smoker's confession
Smokers should have a right to take a risk.
Scaz probes humanity, robots
Bright yellow, with a cartoonish nose and pair of eyes and standing about 4 inches tall above its base, Keepon looks like a cross between a marshmallow Peep and a snowman. And Keepon has become a YouTube sensation — because this robot can dance.
Brzezinski talks human survival
Though the recent “war on terror” may have seemed like a pivotal ideological struggle, political scientist and statesman Zbigniew Brzezinski argued Thursday that the world will face far more complex challenges to human survival in the future.
Gunshot sensors to arrive in Elm City
In 2003, a sniper who struck repeatedly along a Columbus, Ohio, highway was apprehended with the help of gunshot-detection technology. Now, the same company that provided the technology to Columbus has been commissioned by the New Haven Police Department to install gunshot detectors in the Elm City.
On the ground: Elderly concerned about budget cuts
Even before Mayor John DeStefano Jr. finished explaining the New Haven budget to his audience at a town hall meeting Wednesday night, 85-year-old Harry Conroy stood up in anger to take his turn.
Residents mixed on Winchester projects’ impact
Some residents of the Newhallville neighborhood of New Haven say they have learned an age-old lesson: You can’t always get what you want.
New job and literacy center a joint endeavor
A new public-private collaboration in Science Park may help ease the blow of the city’s expected layoffs.
Around New Haven
Around New Haven
Briefly: Buyers to give Winchester factory a face-lift
Winstanley Enterprises LLC, a Massachusetts real estate company that owns several major properties in New Haven, last month announced its purchase of 370 Winchester Ave. The property, a few blocks northwest of the Sterling Chemistry Lab, the factory was abandoned following its closing in March 2006. Company owner Carter Winstanley outlined his plans to renovate the building prior to a lease agreement. He said he discussed the building’s prospects with Yale before beginning his renovations. A “new façade, site improvements, landscaping and internal improvements” will turn the dilapidated factory — which manufactured the storied Winchester repeating rifle — into a modern, “mixed-use” building equipped with “office space and other related” facilities, he said.