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In 2024, Megalandlords Sold Big | New Haven Independent
Dec 23, 2024 · Jabez Choi file photo. Ocean tenants union members protesting at 1455 State in July. (Updated with sales data through 12/31) Two of the city’s largest landlords unloaded a …
Yale's New Drama, Theater Building OK'd | New Haven Independent
Dec 19, 2024 · 5 demolished buildings to be repurposed as brick mural, on ground floor of new Yale drama building at Crown & York. Yale won a key city approval for its plans to construct a …
In 2024, We Were In It Together | New Haven Independent
May 4, 2024 · In a restaurant, art about environmental catastrophe. A music show in a bike shop. A tap-dancing demonstration in a bakery. A full-fledged musical in a transformed gymnasium. …
Draughn Chosen To Run Housing Authority | New Haven …
Dec 23, 2024 · Contributed. Draughn: Leading city's next public housing chapter. New Haven’s housing authority is starting the new year with permanent new leadership built on continuity.
DeLauro Reelected Top Committee Dem | New Haven Independent
Dec 11, 2024 · Thomas Breen file photo. House Democrats have elected U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, allowing her to continue …
Union Steps Up Contract Food Fight | New Haven Independent
Dec 12, 2024 · Local 217 in the house: "You want order, we want to eat!" Amid contract negotiations, dozens of New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) cafeteria staffers called on the …
Rookie Reps Target Evictions | New Haven Independent
Dec 18, 2024 · Paul Bass Photo. Time for state to step in for tenants: State Reps.-Elect Laurie Sweet and Steve Winter at WNHH FM. Laurie Sweet is headed back to the state Capitol to …
Obituaries - New Haven Independent
Jan 16, 2025 · Reverend Mary E. (Mims) Smith, 88, was born on May 22, 1936, in Aiken, South Carolina, to the late Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Mims. A proud native of Aiken, she later …
Green Remakers Face Grave Question | New Haven Independent
Dec 23, 2024 · Laura Glesby Photo. What about Mary? The gravestone of 3-year-old Mary Hillhouse Oswald preserved in Center Church on the Green's crypt. When the city unveiled a …