http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newhaven/ en-us Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:38:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068471/posts NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player— too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more. When Jericho took the mound anyway last week, the opposing team forfeited the game, packed its gear and left, his coach said. Officials for the three-year-old league, which has eight teams and about 100 players, said they will disband Jericho’s team, redistributing its players among other squads, and offered... Yahoo Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068471/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:38:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067994/posts NEW HAVEN, Conn. —Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player— too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more. When Jericho took the mound anyway last week, the opposing team forfeited the game, packed its gear and left, his coach said. Officials for the three-year-old league, which has eight teams and about 100 players, said they will disband Jericho’s team, redistributing its players among other squads, and offered... Yahoo Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067994/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:44:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051733/posts (Updated) Mayor John DeStefano, offering new details about a dirt bike-van collision that led to a crowd beating a driver and a 15 year-old boy losing his life, renewed a call to tackle the challenge of “disconnected” teens. DeStefano made the remarks at an unrelated City Hall press event in the wake of a Wednesday afternoon incident that has shocked the city. The incident occurred between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Wednesday. A 15 year-old boy racing a stolen Honda dirt bike up and down Shepard Street ran into the back of a van. A crowd of his friends subsequently beat... New Haven Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051733/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:49:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992415/posts This press release contains information on two events of the same day. The Gathering of Eagles event has a time change from the original schedule released: it is now from 12 Noon to 2 PM. The Gathering of Eagles and Eagles UP will be sponsoring the first event and attending the second event. The GATHERING OF EAGLES, a patriotic organization whose goal is to publicly support our men and women in uniform, whether active duty or veteran, announces our whole hearted participation with the New Haven GUARDIAN ANGELS and EAGLES UP in an upcoming rally at the Vietnam and Korean... The Gathering of Eagles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992415/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:19:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987795/posts From WTNH, Channel 8 New Haven: Thief damages New Haven fountain Posted Mar. 18, 2008 6:02 AM New Haven (WTNH) _ A thief targeted the fountain on the New Haven Green and caused thousands of dollars in damage. Someone stole 32 bronze nozzles and eight bronze light fixtures from the fountain that sits across from city hall. Police think it has to do with the record-high value of scrap metal, the New Haven Register reported. The city thinks it will cost about $20,000 to repair the fountain, which is also a war memorial. http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8031761 Various News Sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987795/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:35:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978457/posts The recent criticism of hate speech on campus is entirely appropriate. But we ought to make one exception to this rule: the “religious right,” a retrograde coterie of unattractive common folk who seek to impose their irrational beliefs on the rest of us. These fundamentalists lie awake at night, plotting the imposition of the truths they have received by revelation from God. God has decreed the necessity of prohibiting abortion and gay marriage, lest the land be scourged by His wrath, so the unquestioning hordes of Jesus-freaks flood the polls on election day. The few who are at Yale (here... Yale Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978457/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:19:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977067/posts New Haven (WTNH) _ Three shootings in one night has the mayor of New Haven calling on the state for help. Mayor John DeStefano says the state needs to do more to fight major crime in Connecticut's big cities. Mayor DeStefano says the three shootings on Monday are part of a culture of lawlessness and youth violence caused by the state not doing enough to help young people stay out of trouble and not doing enough to help prison inmates stay out of trouble once they're released back on the streets. One incident Monday night involved a 17-year-old with four... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977067/posts#comment Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:13:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966725/posts DANBURY -- Some were young people, who feared their parents could be deported. Others were parents, concerned about the safety of their children. Still others who attended Wednesday night's mass rally at City Hall had no personal stake in a proposed partnership between Danbury police and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. But they came to voice their opposition to the plan and their support for those who could be affected by it. "This is what being an American is all about, fighting for your rights," said Fernanda Franco, of Bethel, a legal Brazilian immigrant whose rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner"... The News-Times (Danbury, CT) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966725/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:32:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961159/posts NEW HAVEN — Members of a watchdog group who claim undocumented workers are taking jobs away from black people did the church circuit Sunday down Dixwell Avenue. But the group of eight weren’t there to praise God or even spread Christian values. Instead, the members of Community Watchdog Project fanned into church parking lots to leave literature promoting a message of disdain for people in this country illegally. New Haven Alderman Yusuf Shah, D-23, who believes the watchdog group’s mission is divisive, racist and misguided, said that leaving negative literature for people to find after church is “highly disrespectful.” “To... The New Haven Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961159/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:15:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960137/posts NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An e-mail sent by local immigration officials to their agency head the day after the city adopted an ID program for illegal immigrants suggests that the timing of a raid soon thereafter was not coincidental, the city's mayor said. Regional Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers told agency Director Julie Myers in a June 5 e-mail that New Haven's Board of Aldermen had voted 25-1 the previous night to make the city the nation's first to offer illegal immigrants ID cards. City officials said the cards would help immigrants better integrate into mainstream culture by allowing them... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960137/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:57:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952519/posts MERIDEN (CT) — A New Haven man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for the vehicular manslaughter of West Haven minister Alan B. Broome in a wrong-way drunken driving crash on Interstate 91 last year, according Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the victim’s widow. Israel Quintero, 30, of 981 Ella T. Grasso Blvd., was sentenced in Superior Court in Meriden. Effie Cotto, a victim advocate with MADD, and Broome’s widow, Renee Broome, said Quintero must serve eight years and would then be subject to deportation, because he is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Cotto and Broome attended the... The New Have Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952519/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:39:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945933/posts New Haven (WTNH) _ Veterans are outraged that a war memorial in New Haven has been vandalized. The Vietnam War Memorial at Long Wharf was spray painted with the threatening words "Kill whites MS 13." Seeing this just crushed the veterans we spoke to. The names on that wall that are covered in paint, are the names of those who fought and died for this country in the Vietnam War. Tonight, police are investigating whether this is the work of a violent street gang, but the veterans we spoke to, say whoever they are, aren't as tough as they might... WTNH.com New Haven http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945933/posts#comment Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902864/posts Ten Hispanic immigrants filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Connecticut city, its mayor and police chief, and federal agents who led a crackdown on illegal immigration last year. The suit filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut, claims the arrests violated the civil rights of nine workers and a 10th man who was stopped at a traffic light, including their right to due legal process, free speech and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, according to court documents. Yahoo News - Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902864/posts#comment Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:20:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896577/posts WOODBRIDGE, Va. — As her husband steps out the back door of their suburban rental home and into the early light each morning, Veronica makes the sign of the cross. Keep my husband safe, she prays to the Virgin Mary, and away from the police. Jorge goes to find work as a construction laborer, and Veronica mostly stays inside, tending to the children. Since early summer, she's been afraid to take her three boys to the park, afraid to visit the Latino market up the road. The couple, who didn't want their surnames used because they're in the country illegally,... McClatchy Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896577/posts#comment Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:28:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893705/posts New Haven Issues 3,200 City ID Cards To Immigrants Cards Designed To Help Illegal Immigrants Gain Access To Community Services (AP) NEW HAVEN, Conn. The city's new identification card program, which has drawn criticism because it is open to illegal immigrants, has been much more of a success than officials expected. New Haven began issuing the ID cards to city residents on July 24, and city leaders estimated that 5,000 of them would be handed out in the first year. But officials say they have already distributed 3,226 cards. The city also has plans to sign up more people by... WCBSTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1893705/posts#comment Sun, 9 Sep 2007 23:49:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885346/posts NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- While many kids and their parents get some back-to-school shopping done, one Connecticut high school student is headed to federal court. Avery Doninger said that her rights were trampled when she was denied a spot in the race for class secretary. She claims that she was punished for a remark she made about Lewis Mills High School administrators on her Internet blog. Doninger said that the posting led administrators to ban her from running for re-election as senior class secretary. She filed a lawsuit, stating that her right to free speech was violated. "The fact that... WFSB.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885346/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:54:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882829/posts All around the country, certain cities are refusing to inform federal authorities about the activities of illegal aliens, even foreign nationals who commit crimes in their jurisdictions. This week the police department in New Haven, Connecticut issued a memo ordering officers not to cooperate with Homeland Security on enforce warrants for illegal immigrants. This follows New Haven's distribution of ID cards to illegals so they can access city services. This, of course, is outrageous, and verges on anarchy. New Haven officials have violated Federal Statute 1373(a), and if Attorney General Gonzalez still has an office, he should prosecute them. But... Bill O'Reilly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1882829/posts#comment Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880182/posts New Haven (AP) _ Two immigrant advocacy groups are suing the federal government over the recent New Haven raids, in which more than 30 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested. Junta for Progressive Action and Unidad Latina en Accion filed suit Friday in U.S. District Court against the Department of Homeland Security. They want that agency to release records on how its Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents coordinated the raids which happened back in June. City leaders and the immigrant-rights groups have questioned whether it was retaliation for New Haven's new ID card program. Federal officials have said the sweeps were... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880182/posts#comment Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:22:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877641/posts New Haven (WTNH) _ The two men accused in the murders of a Cheshire mother and her two daughters will be back in court September 18 for a probable cause hearing. Under heavy guard Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes were whisked into a New Haven Superior Court Tuesday morning to be arraigned on capital murder charges in the deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters Hayley,17, and Michaela,11. They did not enter pleas and spoke only to yes or no questions. Komisarjevsky and Hayes, both convicted burglars with long criminal histories, were out on parole at the time of... WTNH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1877641/posts#comment Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:23:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875950/posts In what has been called "A Tale of Two Cities," Hazleton, Pa., and New Haven have been taking sharply contrasting courses on illegal immigration. But they came to a crossroads of sorts in a Pennsylvania courtroom last week. Hazleton, once a bustling coal town that fell on hard times after the mines played out, enacted a law penalizing landlords and employers who associated with illegal aliens. In a lawsuit bankrolled by the American Civil Liberties Union, illegals and their advocates contended Hazleton was interfering with the federal government's constitutional authority over immigration. U.S. District Court Judge James Munley agreed, but... Waterbury Republican-American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875950/posts#comment Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:41:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873469/posts Immigrants, Supporters Pour In For ID by Melissa Bailey July 24, 2007 3:44 PM When City Hall opened its doors for the first members of the public to sign up for the city’s controversial new ID card, so many people showed up that the line — including many undocumented immigrants— still snaked down the hallway at closing time. By day’s end, officials reported that 250 people signed up for their Elm City Residency Card. The office stayed open an hour later to accommodate some of the extra crowd; others were told to return on Wednesday. Visitors signing up for the... New Haven Independent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873469/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:30:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872628/posts (New Haven-WTNH) _ This is day four of availability for New Haven's city identification cards. People lined up before dawn to apply, and today another bank announced it will recognize the ID cards. Hundreds of people lined the sidewalk as early at four a.m. They came with their coffee in hand and children in tow. "Many of these people depend on getting a really good identification to get supplies for their families, so we're not invisible," Alberto Camarillo of New Haven said. Camarillo joined more than four hundred people applying for an ID on the third day of their issue.... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1872628/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:17:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870658/posts Attempts by cities or other governments to sidestep federal policy and make their own provisions for illegal aliens won't get any attention from the White House, spokesman Tony Snow says. He said such efforts are not under the president's "purview." Snow was responding today to a question from Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House. He asked about the president's reaction to local governments making their own decisions regarding immigration policy. "Reuters reports that New Haven, Conn., will begin issuing to illegal aliens city ID cards to allow them access to city programs and to open bank accounts. My... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870658/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:28:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870747/posts A former Navy sailor charged with supporting terrorism by disclosing secret information about the location of Navy ships and the best ways to attack them also discussed attacking military personnel and recruiting stations, By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870747/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870815/posts NEW HAVEN, Conn. (July 27) - This city is becoming the first in the nation to offer identification cards to illegal immigrants, trying to bring them out of the shadows even as many municipalities crack down on them. Beginning Tuesday, New Haven will offer the ID cards to all of its 125,000 residents, including some 10,000 to 12,000 illegal immigrants. The cards will allow immigrants to open bank accounts and use other services that may be unavailable without driver's licenses or state-issued IDs. If they can open bank accounts, immigrants will be less likely to carry large amounts of cash,... AP via AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1870815/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:20:16 GMT