Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 9:27pm
An old factory at 1175 State St. has been cited for 18 severe health and safety standard violations, the New Haven Register reported this week. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Monday that the building developer, State Assets LLC, had failed to monitor the level of asbestos workers were exposed to, and did not...
If Monday’s sunshine and warm weather are any indicator, 360 State, the mixed-use development project in downtown New Haven, has a bright future. In a groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site Monday morning, an audience of over 150 listened to project developers and city officials talk about the implications of the 700,000-square-foot, 30-story complex for New...
Ward 23 Alderman Yusuf Shah said he plans to erect a granite memorial wall in remembrance of children and teenagers killed by gun violence in New Haven by July. Shah said he has not yet found funding or a location for the memorial, but he is looking for a site close to downtown. The wall will not be a “glorification” of street violence, Shah maintained, but will serve...
Adam Joseph, former spokesman for Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz ’83, will have a new home for the holidays — in an office at City Hall. Joseph is set to begin his tenure as Mayor John DeStefano’s legislative liaison today, where he will serve as the link between the Mayor’s Office and the Board of Aldermen. The appointment follows Paul Nunez’s...
If you build it, they will come — or at least, that is the justification behind Tweed New Haven Regional Airport’s current runway renovation project, slated for completion in one year. Yet while airport officials push for the funding necessary to develop the airport infrastructure, members of the Board of Aldermen maintain that the airport will never be financially...
Cooper’s Dress Shop and Cosi are closing their doors, and if sales trends in New Haven continue, they will not be alone. Large, Wall Street investment banks are being bailed out by the national government, but struggling small businesses in the Elm City cannot expect similar support from the local government. As a result — from the art shop on Chapel St. to the...
Associate Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs Michael Morand ’87 DIV ’93 will speak on town-gown affairs at the Greater New Haven NAACP’s monthly meeting Thursday night. Although the NAACP originally reported earlier this week that Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development Bruce Alexander ’65 will keynote a discussion at the...
Aldermen in the Youth Services Committee are looking to the virtual world to keep New Haven teenagers off the streets and in after school programs. The city has funded the creation of a youth-oriented Web site that will help local children and their parents search for sports teams, music groups and other kid-friendly after school activities, Youth Services Director Che...
At 4:30 p.m. at the Learning Academy on Dixwell Avenue, a line of 10 people waiting to vote stretched out the door. A young girl’s voice filled the air: “I want to vote.” The girl, 3-year-old Mya, was not able to cast a ballot. Those standing in queue echoed the word “historic” referring to the election. The polling place, the Learning Academy, located in...
Concerns about the economic tremors from Wall Street are stewing on 84 Broadway, the location of New Haven’s Community Soup Kitchen. Community Soup Kitchen and its subsidiaries, which serve breakfast and lunch five days a week to anyone in need, rely on donations from individuals and organizations. The Soup Kitchen recently received a $40,000 grant from the Kraft...
The only thing higher than residents’ tensions last night may have been their utility bills. United Illuminating Company is currently seeking approval from the Department of Public Utility Control to increase energy rates across the state. The move has angered residents, including many in New Haven, and drove 40 to host a “Fight the Hike” rally outside the UI...
After a mix-up in planning caused representatives of the Elm City Resident Card program to miss Wednesday’s Finance Committee in regards to their request that the committee approve the application for and acceptance of $150,000 in private funds to support the program, members delayed the vote. “If it was so urgent, somebody would have been here,” Ward 5 Alderman...
