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  • WATCH: Connecticut City Employee Harasses Jewish Family Over Pro-Israel Yard Sign, Encourages Others To Join

    02/16/2024 9:46:45 AM PST · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | Feb 15, 2024 | By Kassy Dillon •
    New Haven mayor tells The Daily Wire his city is 'reviewing the matter' as Jewish residents say community is 'very shaken and felt targeted' Thabisa Rich outside a Jewish family’s home alongside a professional photo on her LinkedIn. (Source: Courtesy and LinkedIn) A New Haven, Connecticut city official with an anti-Semitic social media history chanted ethnic cleansing slogans with a megaphone outside a Jewish family’s home, and encouraged others to return with her, according to video obtained by The Daily Wire. Thabisa Rich, New Haven’s Community Outreach Coordinator for the Department Arts, Cultural and Tourism, set up outside the home...
  • Hillary Clinton visits Sally’s Apizza in New Haven

    10/23/2023 12:48:19 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 59 replies
    wfsb ^ | 10/23/2023 | Rob Polansky
    NEW HAVEN, CT (WFSB) - It’s no secret that New Haven features some of the most acclaimed pizza joints in the country. Former presidential hopeful and secretary of state Hillary Clinton made some time over the weekend for a stop at one of them. She posted to her Instagram that she was in town for a law school reunion and stopped at Sally’s Apizza.
  • New Haven, Yale officials, police decry flyers questioning students' safety

    08/22/2023 4:11:11 PM PDT · by matt04 · 15 replies
    Flyers distributed by the union that represents Yale police officers have caused a stir among city and Yale police officials, who say they contain "inaccurate and irresponsible information" and are "aimed at inciting fear and public safety concerns among new students." The flyers, which officials said were created and distributed by the Yale Police Benevolent Association, "were distributed during Yale University’s annual move-in day this past weekend and aimed to create fear and stoke public safety concerns among new students and their families," an advisory notice said. The officials, including Mayor Justin Elicker, city Police Chief Karl Jacobson, Yale Police...
  • Reported bed bugs at New Haven’s Union Station shuts down seating area

    04/25/2023 1:43:33 PM PDT · by matt04 · 18 replies
    New Haven’s Union Station has no seating for travelers due to reports of bed bugs. It was partially shut down on Monday, but was expected to reopen on Tuesday. The New Haven Parking Authority said it cleaned surfaces on Monday. “Overnight, licensed exterminator and cleaning vendors [were] on site to address the hard scape surfaces and reopen the area to the public in the morning,” the parking authority said. Travelers said they were surprised to find that the seating at Union Station blocked off when they arrived. “Never heard of bed bugs on tile and wood floors ever before,” said...
  • Former Connecticut state representative pleads guilty in theft of $1.2M in COVID-19 aid

    11/05/2022 12:20:33 PM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    News 12 Connecticut ^ | Nov 01, 2022
    A former Connecticut state representative pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with the theft of more than $1.2 million in federal coronavirus relief funds from the city of West Haven, using some of the money for gambling at a casino, according to prosecutors. Michael DiMassa, a West Haven Democrat, appeared in federal court in Hartford and pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud conspiracy. DiMassa's wife and his former business partner also pleaded guilty earlier this year, while a fourth person charged in the scheme awaits trial. At the time of the theft, DiMassa was both a state representative and...
  • Jill Biden gets harassed in New Haven Connecticut. *Video at link*

    07/23/2022 11:07:14 AM PDT · by know.your.why · 53 replies
    Looks like the First Lady's visit to an Ice Cream shop called Arethusa Farm Dairy in New Haven, CT today was not kept secret enough as plenty were there to yell at her. Where is Joe?
  • New Haven businesses brace for impact of Yale's quarantine protocol requiring avoiding businesses

    01/10/2022 8:13:39 PM PST · by matt04 · 21 replies
    ale University’s spring semester will be starting on Jan. 25, which is a week later than originally scheduled. And, in addition to being required to be fully vaccinated, boosted and tested upon arrival, undergraduate students are now being told they cannot frequent New Haven's businesses the way they have in the past. While it’s only a temporary measure, businesses are expecting to be impacted, especially those who rely on dine-in and bar business. In an email to undergraduate students last week, under Phase 2 of the Arrival Quarantine, Yale students were instructed to avoid local businesses, including retail, restaurants, and...
  • Sen. Richard Blumenthal Helps Conn. Communist Party Celebrate 102nd Anniversary of CPUSA

    12/13/2021 4:13:24 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 29 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 13 Dec, 2021 | Debra Heine
    Senator Richard Blumenthal(D-Conn.) said he was “excited and proud” to help the Connecticut Communist Party celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party USA over the weekend. On Saturday, the Connecticut People’s World Committee (CPWC) presented its annual “Amistad Awards” to State Sen. Julie Kushner, D-Danbury, Pastor Rodney Wade of Waterbury and SEIU activist Azucena Santiago at a union hall in New Haven. (Video of the event here). Blumenthal was the surprise guest to help celebrate the occasion, and share his appreciation of the awardees. “I am really excited and honored to be with you today and...
  • Thousands Of Motorcyclists To Descend On City In 'Illegal' Event

    09/22/2021 6:16:01 PM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 42 replies
    Patch ^ | 22 sept 2021 | Ellyn Santiago
    NEW HAVEN, CT — At last year's motorcycle event, around 10,000 people showed up in New Haven and police said that at best it was "disruptive" and at worst, was both dangerous and chaotic. Now, the city and police are bracing for thousands of bikers and aficionados to turn out this weekend on Forbes Avenue, despite the fact that the exhibition is illegal. But organizers from EastCoastin'say that it's happening anyway and that they will not cancel. "No matter what we say people are gonna come. It is what it is at this point," representatives of EastCoastin' said in a...
  • Trump 2020 Back the Blue Parade, North Haven, CT 10/25/2020 -Correct link

    10/27/2020 2:05:32 PM PDT · by KosmicKitty · 6 replies
    Youtube ^ | 10/27/2020 | Kosmic Kitty
    Back the Blue parade from North Haven, CT this past Sunday. 1000 trucks, over 500 other vehicles, 12 miles long
  • ‘Protester’ pummels senior citizen trying to protect Columbus statue before tables turn: ‘Now, you want the cops!?’

    06/25/2020 6:22:04 AM PDT · by kevcol · 51 replies
    BizPac Review ^ | June 25, 2020 | Samantha Chang
    A Latino “protester” broke a loudspeaker over the head of a senior citizen during a scuffle over the removal of a Christopher Columbus statue in Wooster Square Park in New Haven, Connecticut. Police intervened to deescalate the situation after “protesters” clashed with members of the Italian-American Heritage Foundation, who were protesting the removal of the statue. . . . Ironically, a police officer eventually intervened to protect the Latino assailant from the angry crowd after he assaulted the senior citizen. One man in the crowd yells at the attacker as he cowers behind the police officer: “Now you want the...
  • Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89

    10/14/2019 1:23:28 PM PDT · by Borges · 33 replies
    NYT ^ | 10/14/2019 | Dinitia Smith
    Harold Bloom, the prodigious literary critic who championed and defended the Western canon in an outpouring of influential books that appeared not only on college syllabuses but also — unusual for an academic — on best-seller lists, died on Monday at a hospital in New Haven. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his wife, Jeanne Bloom, who said he taught his last class at Yale University on Thursday.
  • New Haven man indicted for threatening to kill Trump

    05/12/2019 3:22:20 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 26 replies
    NH Register ^ | May 12, 2019 | Meghan Friedmann
    United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham indicted former New Haven resident Gary Joseph Gravelle, also known as Roland Prejean, for numerous malicious incidents of intimidation that mentioned use of explosives and bio-toxins, and for threatening to kill President Donald Trump, according to a release from the Department of Justice. According to the indictment, 51-year-old Gravelle has identified as a member of the white separate organization American Knights of Anarchy, or AKA. The indictment charges Gravelle with 16 counts, variously, of maliciously conveying false information about explosives, false information and hoax as well as threats to...
  • I Thought I Could Be A Christian And Constitutionalist At Yale Law School. I Was Wrong

    03/04/2019 7:56:24 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 39 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 03/04/2019 | By Aaron Haviland
    On a recent Sunday evening in New Haven, Connecticut, a visiting priest gave a homily about the importance of Christian love. The gospel reading was Luke 6:27: “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also…”In an age of political tribalism and social media, the priest reminded us that it is all too tempting to give in to the temptation of striking back at your enemies. But the duty...
  • Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships

    02/24/2019 6:55:02 PM PST · by McGruff · 117 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | February 24, 2019 | Pat Eaton-Robb
    NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andraya Yearwood hears the comments, usually from adults and usually not to her face. She shouldn’t be running, they say, not against girls. Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior at Cromwell High School, is one of two transgender high school sprinters in Connecticut, transitioning to female. She recently finished second in the 55-meter dash at the state open indoor track championships. The winner, Terry Miller of Bloomfield High, is also transgender...
  • YCC launches Plan B vending machine [Yale College Council]

    12/01/2018 9:19:39 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 18 replies
    Yale Daily News ^ | 1:36 am, Nov 29, 2018 | Alice Park
    Students seeking the “morning-after pill” will no longer need to travel further than Silliman College to purchase emergency contraception. A new 24/7 “wellness to-go” vending machine will soon sell emergency contraception, as well as other over-the-counter medications, condoms and lube. The machine will be installed in Silliman’s Good Life Center before winter break. “The point of this is to make Plan B more accessible and to make medications in general more accessible,” said Ileana Valdez ’21, a Yale College Council representative who spearheaded the installation effort. “Hopefully this will set a precedent for more machines to show up around campus...
  • Rep. Linda Sanchez's (D) husband indicted for corruption

    11/08/2018 8:19:41 PM PST · by 11th_VA · 19 replies
    CBS News ^ | Nov 8, 2018 | BY BO ERICKSON, PAULA REID AND CLARE HYMES / CBS NEWS
    The U.S. attorney in New Haven, Connecticut announced that a federal grand jury has returned two indictments charging five people with the theft of federal funds. One if the individuals charged is James Sullivan, who is married to California Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez. According to a government release, the U.S. attorney alleges that the defendants conspired to misuse an account that held funds provided by federal grants to the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Corporation (CMEEC), a public corporation that allows municipal electric utilities in Connecticut to provide electricity. Under the membership agreement, six municipalities provided that excess revenues, known as...
  • Kavanaugh questioned by police after 1985 fight in college bar: report

    10/01/2018 5:29:32 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 143 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/01/18 | MORGAN GSTALTER
    Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was reportedly questioned by police in 1985 after he was accused of throwing ice on someone during a college bar fight. The New York Times obtained a report from the New Haven Police Department on Monday dating back to when Kavanaugh was an undergraduate student at Yale University. Kavanaugh, then 21 years old, was questioned along with four other men after an early morning altercation at Demery’s bar in September 1985. Kavanaugh was not arrested but was accused of throwing ice on someone for “some unknown reason,” according to the report obtained by The Times....
  • Kavanaugh Was Questioned by Police After Bar Fight in 1985

    10/01/2018 5:16:31 PM PDT · by Meet the New Boss · 150 replies
    The New York Slimes ^ | 1 Oct 2018 | Emily Bazelon and Ben Protess
    As an undergraduate student at Yale, Brett M. Kavanaugh was involved in an altercation at a local bar during which he was accused of throwing ice on another patron, according to a police report. The incident, which occurred in September 1985 during Mr. Kavanaugh’s junior year, resulted in Mr. Kavanaugh and four other men being questioned by the New Haven Police Department. Mr. Kavanaugh was not arrested, but the police report stated that a 21-year-old man accused Mr. Kavanaugh of throwing ice on him “for some unknown reason.” *** He said that the altercation happened after a UB40 concert, when...
  • 12 of the Worst Places to Live in the U.S.

    08/20/2018 1:02:21 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 139 replies
    YouTube ^ | June 17, 2016 | Destination Tips
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