New Haven will protect immigrants, regardless of legal status, during a second Trump administration. More than two dozen city ...

From a “market place” to a burial ground to a venue for government and education and worship, the Green has seen many different uses over the years. So counsels Michael Morand, who was appointed by ...

State police issued misdemeanor summons to four people on Sunday, after a fleet of cars participating in a pro-Palestine car demonstration moved from Long Wharf Drive to I‑95. Those cars gathered at ...

High up the neck, by the body of the bass, there was nowhere left to go. The notes rose with the tension until they couldn’t go any higher, until a growling sax came to take it away. That’s how the ...

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A Democratic mayor swore in a Republican election official with calls for bispartisan cooperation as GOP members cheered them on. Yes, that really happened. Wednesday evening. In New Haven. When Mayor ...

Cellphone-restricting pouches are officially headed for all New Haven middle and high schools, now that alders have approved a nearly $371,000 contract with the tech-securing company Yondr. At a full ...

One man’s trash is another man’s tenant’s loose tires, copper pipes, and splintering wooden cart of debris and furniture. Local landlord W. Matthew Harp floated that idea at a series of back-to-back ...

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A Fair Haven foreclosure auction brought out no new bidders — leaving the property to fall into the hands of the federal government, and the current tenant bracing to find a new place to live. That ...

If there’s one instrument I associate with the blues, it’s the harmonica, and Nutmeg Slim let it wail at Black Eyed Sally’s. Before he took the stage this past Thursday night, the Black Eyed Sally’s ...

(Hartford) Connecticut’s towing industry better watch out. There’s a new sheriff in town — and he’s got his sights set on scrapping storage fees, eliminating “patrol towing,” requiring companies to ...