Tomas Garcia
Tomas Garcia
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CT Transit to cut back routes
Most Yale students do not think of a daily commute as anything more than a trek up Science Hill. And while those students may have to endure wind chills and sore calves, others who reach their campus destinations via CT Transit have bigger worries.
Tweed pulling hard to land Delta service
Airport officials hope to begin Cincinnati flights
An added flight from New Haven to Cincinnati might be enough to bolster the foundering Tweed-New Haven Airport. The Tweed-New Haven Airport Authority recently announced it is negotiating with Delta Airlines for possible regional jet service to...
Planned events lure city shoppers
Local businesses organize activities to draw holiday shoppers downtown
Storefront windows lining downtown New Haven's retail district are a reminder that shopping period is here once again -- not for classes, but for holiday gifts. Organized efforts by local business owners to propel sales during the holiday season...
Downtown Gateway campus plans approved
Downtown New Haven may soon host another post-secondary educational institution. Plans for a downtown campus for Gateway Community College were approved Monday by the state board of trustees for community-technical colleges. But the board's action is...
A Haven for architects
The world's most notable architects are found in Paris, Tokyo, New York and -- perhaps most overlooked -- right here in New Haven. New Haven hosts an architectural community that is larger, more vibrant, and more widely recognized than those in other...
Pfizer may partner with Yale
Drug company to announce plans with Yale, New Haven for new clinical trial center
Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, is close to announcing plans for construction of a new inpatient clinical trial center in conjunction with Yale University and the city of New Haven, a company spokesman said. The proposed center would be used...
Construction of East Rock playground completed
Playground part of community effort to draw crowds back to New Haven park
The newest attraction at East Rock Park includes newly-finished wood planking, vivid colors and a life-sized spider web -- and it is attracting 5-year-old local adventurers. Community members gathered Saturday to finish construction of a new playground...
Gateway wins $1 million for job training
Residents in six New Haven neighborhoods will soon have greater access to post-secondary education and job training. Thanks to a $1 million award from Empower New Haven, Gateway Community College plans to initiate a program to benefit residents of the...
Science Park gets $30 million, Yale's name
Lyme Properties, a Cambridge, Mass.-based development firm, is venturing outside its hometown for its latest high-tech facilities project. Lyme, the team responsible for developing a high-tech center at Kendall Square, home of the Massachusetts...
Church funds planning expert
Many people think of the Catholic Church as a body that dispenses strictly spiritual advice. The Archdiocese of Hartford, however, recently funded a regional planning expert to help quell Connecticut's economic development strife. Myron Orfield, a...