COMMUNITY LIFE
LILY BELLE POLING
Scholarship fund brings student from Ukraine to University of New Haven

In December 2022, the University of New Haven established the Ukrainian Student Support Fund to provide scholarships for Ukrainian students whose studies were disrupted by the Russian invasion.

February 28, 2024

YURII STASIUK & ROMA MYKHAILEVYCH
New Haven Symphony Orchestra raises money for medical supplies for Ukraine

NHSO performed a candlelight concert on the two-year anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine to raise money for Doctors United for Ukraine.

February 27, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
PROFILE: Rick Fontana to the rescue

New Haven’s emergency operations director of 16 years stepped down in January to take on the part-time position in his hometown of West Haven. While Fontana is looking to scale back, he’s not scaling down.

February 23, 2024

DYLAN GUNN
What is the Town Green District’s ambassador program?

These uniformed ambassadors clean, maintain and patrol the district around the New Haven Green.

February 23, 2024

ETHAN WOLIN
PROFILE: Ellen Cupo’s fight for New Haveners, from Yale to City Hall

Ellen Cupo serves on the Board of Alders, works at Yale, organizes for her union and is raising two young children. It all amounts to a campaign for the future of her hometown.

February 21, 2024

PETER WILLIAMS
Local boxing gym trains two 2024 Golden Glove winners

Two boxers from local Elephant in the Room Boxing Club recently brought home hardware for their victories in the Western New England Golden Gloves Championship in Springfield, MA.

February 16, 2024

ZACHARY SURI
CT Voices for Children report calls for permanent state child tax credit 

The advocacy group published a report last month recommending the Connecticut legislature enact a permanent statewide child tax credit in 2024.

February 16, 2024

HELEN HUYNH
Kwadwo Adae captures community through murals in library talk

Adae, a New Haven artist who has commissioned several murals for the city, presented his work at Mitchell Library on Monday night.

February 14, 2024

EMILY KHYM
Over 3,000 race in IRIS ‘Run for Refugees and All Immigrants’

Before this year’s Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services 5K race on Sunday morning, organizers had to take down flyers with anti-immigrant hate speech that had been put around the course. At the start of the run, pro-Palestine protesters cut off Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s opening speech.

February 13, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Eight to ten inches of snow to hit New Haven 

After a week of mild, sunny weather, New Haven is set to receive eight to ten inches of snow on Tuesday.

February 13, 2024

MAGGIE GRETHER & LAURA OSPINA
Court blocks eviction of migrant workers by boss-landlord

Edgar Becerra, a migrant worker from Guatemala, will remain at 200 Peck St. as he awaits his pending workers’ compensation complaint against his employer MDF Painting & Power Washing.

February 8, 2024