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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...

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

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...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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-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....

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...

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,

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,...

Dozens of people lined up at City Hall on Tuesday for municipal identification cards, the first city-issued ID cards specifically designed to bring illegal immigrants out of the shadows and give them access to community services.

The ID cards will be issued in an attempt to curb local crime by making undocumented immigrants more likely to report crimes or cooperate with local authorities. They will also allow them the opportunity to establish bank accounts, access local libraries and enjoy other public services that officials hope will help them integrate into the community and avoid becoming the target of robberies and other crimes. The plan has received fierce opposition from groups such as Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, who fear that the program will increase immigrant populations in the town to levels that strain public services.

The Department of Homeland Security conducted an early morning raid of undocumented immigrants in New Haven on Wednesday, arresting dozens and prompting city officials to decry what they believe to be federal retaliation for city’s approval Monday of the first-in-the-nation municipal ID program. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made 29 arrests Wednesday, according to a spokeswoman for the agency, and city officials said they expect more arrests over the course of the next two weeks. The officials described it as the first-ever mass arrest of illegal immigrants in recent New Haven history, but the ICE spokeswoman says the arrests are...

(New Haven-AP) _ New Haven's aldermen are expected to approve city issued identification cards for illegal immigrants. The Board Of Aldermen is to vote today on the program that is being touted as the first of its kind program in the country. New Haven wants to create a municipal identification card. Supporters say the ID would help assimilate immigrants and provide benefits to other residents who may not have official IDs. The card would be recognized as official identification within city limits, allowing illegal immigrants to open bank accounts. The card also would provide all holders access to city services,...

After Action report: May 13, 2007. New Haven Connecticut. Today, May 13, 2007, members of THE GATHERING OF EAGLES met at the New Haven Green to counter a Mother's Day protest held by a local left-wing group protesting the war on terror and our president. We arrived at about 12 Noon and stayed until the so-called Peace Persons left their area. The GOE had about 8 persons who were notified on short notice to appear, while the left wing group has made it a habit to appear at this location for some time. Their attendance today was about 50 persons....

I just received a heads up that a left wing group will be holding an anti-war rally on the New Haven Green on May 13, Mother's Day. This is a short notice alert, those that can make it, let's EAGLE UP!

(New Haven-WTNH) _ New Haven police will be using their cars to promote the city's under-utilized gun tip hotline, but first they need some help from the public. Officers will be putting bumper stickers on every city police car. But they have to design the sticker first and that's where the public comes in. The police department is holding a contest for bumper sticker ideas. "We made up 3 or 4 logos and bumper stickers and we didn't like any of them," Officer Joe Avery said. "So let's leave it to the public. Let's let them come up with one."...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. --A man who traded images of child pornography and sexual abuse on the Internet was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison after pleading for mercy, saying his effeminate appearance would make him vulnerable to abuse behind bars....

Abortion 101 at Yale By Michelle Malkin   ·   January 25, 2007 06:25 AM Dawn Eden reports that Yale medical students are celebrating "Roe v. Wade week" by holding a seminar, open to non-medical students, on how to perform abortions. --- Yale 'Roe vs. Wade Week' teaches non-medical students how to make a baby go (Whiffen)poof Good morning! I'm exhausted after taking two trains and a cab back from New Haven, so I'll leave it to Stephen of  For God, for Country, and for Yale to offer details (and, I hope, photos) of my Theology on Tap talk. I can tell...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Crews set off a thunderous explosion Saturday to demolish Veterans Memorial Coliseum, a 35-year-old arena that held sporting events and concerts by Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. Crowds filled a nearby 10-level parking garage to watch the demolition, which makes way for a downtown redevelopment project. "I've seen many hockey games and concerts at the coliseum, and it's sad to see a landmark in New Haven leaving us," said Ed Seward, 50. Others have considered the building an eyesore. "The first time I came to New Haven, I thought it was so very ugly. I'm glad...

Mon 8 Jan 2007 Birthday-suit parties all the rage for Ivy League students CRAIG HOWIE STUDENTS at America's prestigious Ivy League universities are rebelling against their colleges' stuffy reputations, casting off society's norms along with their clothes to hold naked parties. The Pundits, a secretive society at Yale University, initiated the events - which profess to be non-sexual in nature - in the mid-1990s, open to a select few. The society claims that president George Bush's daughter, Barbara, attended a naked party during her second year, in 2002. The White House has always declined to comment. But the naked parties...

Pictures for the first New Haven, Connecticut Freeper meeting at Chowder Pot in Branford Great food, great conversation, great time (Didn't see anyone else posting yet - Race, please help me with name) I believe we had the following people - Mojo114 & husband, KosmicKitty & Mr Kitty, Race Bannon, Fierce Alligience & friend Kelly, Ct Little Tiger, CT_Libertarian, & PuppyPusher - please forgive me if I have left anyone out or not gotten names correct. Chowing down on some wonderful seafood From Left to Right - KosmicKitty, PuppyPusher, CT_Libertarian, CT Little Tiger, Race_Bannon, Firece_Alliegience Great time had by all!!...

"The fact that he's dead is unfortunate but looking back on his life it's a very pleasant thought."The father of late The Doors singer Jim Morrison has branded the death of his estranged son "unfortunate," despite the rocker often singing about his family's imagined demise. George Morrison, a retired Navy admiral, insists memories of his rocker son are "pleasant" - even though he once joked his parents were dead and used Oedipal rant "The End" to imagine killing his dad and sleeping with his mother. However, in a new memoir of the band, George remains positive about his child. Contributing...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- City officials are considering buying back guns and instituting a youth curfew to help curb a surge in youth violence. Details are still being hashed out, but the gun buyback plan would involve trading gift cards from local businesses for guns, no questions asked, the New Haven Register reported Sunday. A similar program was recently held in Boston, Mass. There, $200 gift cards from Target were traded for working firearms. Non-working guns were accepted but were not eligible for the gift cards. Boston officials said they netted about 1,000 guns. New Haven's Board of Alderman has...

Law enforcement officers in Connecticut and the U.S. Coast Guard are looking for two crew members who hopped off a Turkish ship in New Haven this morning. The Coast Guard got a report that the two were missing off a Turkish steel ship around 3 this morning. Coast Guard officials say they are investigating the possibility that the two are now illegal immigrants. The Coast Guard says if the two are caught they will be deported.

DENVER (CNS) -- A journey that began last year in Mexico and will end in Orlando, Fla., in August made Denver its latest stop May 5-7. A silver cross containing relics of six of the 25 Mexican martyrs canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000 has been traveling under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus. Each of the six -- Sts. Pedro de Jesus Maldonado, Luis Batis Sainz, Jose Maria Robles Hurtado, Mateo Correa Megallanes, Miguel del la Mora de la Mora and Rodrigo Aguilar Aleman -- was a priest and a member of the Knights of Columbus....

NEW HAVEN — Talk about a cultural divide. Five years ago, Afghan Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi appeared in a debate at Luce Hall at Yale University as the foreign spokesman for the extremist Taliban. Now, the 27-year-old is a special student at the university, living off campus in New Haven with a roommate and taking a full course load at the Ivy League institution. ... He was immortalized in Michael Moore’s documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" as the spokesman for the hated regime. But that was a lifetime ago, before his friend, Mike Hoover, a CBS producer, who has traveled in and out...

The Taliban’s former spokesman, Rahmatullah Hashemi, is now an undergraduate at Yale University, The New York Times reveals in a lengthy cover story by Chip Brown in its Sunday magazine this weekend. The cover line reads, “He was the Taliban’s spin doctor. So what’s he doing at Yale?" In fact, the story shows, Hashemi was at Yale once before—in 2001, appearing at a forum representing the Taliban, a few months before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A small clip of Hashemi appears in Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” film. “In some ways,” Hashemi, 27, says today, “I’m the luckiest person in the...

New Haven's lawyer says a fight with the adult club could be tough and expensive A "swingers" club opened in New Haven Township despite a new ordinance attempting to regulate adult-oriented entertainment in the rural township. The town board members and residents expressed disapproval and tried unsuccessfully to discuss the new club with one of its owners at the board's regular meeting Thursday night. Michael J. Bennin, who along with David Holman are listed as owners of the facility called Club WetSpot, refused to answer questions at the public meeting. He said his attorney, Jeff Scott Olson, was unavailable and...

New Haven - Residents of New Haven asked the town board what it will do to close a sex club there, and the board members said they were working to do so, but no action has been taken. The board had on its agenda a discussion with Michael Bennin of the Wetspot and his attorney, but neither the attorney nor Bennin showed up at the meeting Thursday night. The Wetspot opened in the fall and is described as a private club for those who enjoy the "swinging lifestyle" � the exchange of sexual partners. Not having representatives of the club...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The secretary to Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and her City Hall telephone should not have been used to receive calls for a gubernatorial campaign event earlier this week, the mayor's spokesman said Thursday. An invitation was recently sent for a campaign event at DeStefano's home following his inauguration for a sixth term on New Year's Day. The invitations were paid for by "DeStefano for Connecticut" but did not indicate whether the event was tied to the inaugural ceremony or a gubernatorial campaign effort. DeStefano is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. The invitations directed those who...

"I will pay to spend 7 nights in a hotel built on property seized from David H. Souter but only if 10 other people will too." — Travis J I Corcoran, liberty lover Deadline: 29th August 2005. 147 people have signed up (137 over target) More details On 23 June 2005, Supreme Court justices Stevens Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kennedy decided, in the "Kelo et al. v. City Of New London et al." that local governments may seize property from one property holder and transfer it to a private citizen or firm, if the new use would "promote economic...

(New Haven-AP, Mar. 14, 2005 7:36 AM) _ The Transportation Security Administration is trying to determine what was behind reports of three planes in trouble over Long Island Sound. The report of three planes in some distress yesterday evening has triggered an investigation by the TSA. The reports, all called in at nearly the same time, said the planes had electrical and engine trouble. The callers offered tail numbers but no further information. Then about 6:30 last night, the Coast Guard in New Haven received a call from a state agency inquiring about reports of a plane hijacked by terrorists....

Folks, I just did the math and I believe I made it! So, DO NOT SEND IN ANY MORE MONEY!

<p>I am being sued for something that happened at the December 2000 Freep of Joe Lieberman.</p> <p>JimRob has allowed me to hold an internet fundraiser to help defray the costs of my lawyers fees.</p> <p>I am broke and thousands of dollars in debt, and depending on how much I can collect here, I amnot sure if I can continue or work to sign a mutual release if offered.</p>

I've looked around for the story about the kid in New Haven,CT who had his friend shoot him so he could avoid the draft he was told is coming. Heard it on Paul Harvey and found News of the Weird references to it, but can't find the original story any where. I'd like to know more and who told him this BS. I know they don't learn much in school any more , but damn.

Last Sunday, I picked up a copy of Boston Magazine while sitting in the green room at the Fox News studios in Watertown, Mass. Leafing through the publication, I came across an article titled "Confessions of an Ivy League Callgirl," written by Jeannette Angell, a university lecturer with a master's degree from Yale. The fact that she was a Yalie caught my eye -- as a Harvard Law student, I've already adopted our communal animosities -- and so I read the piece.  Apparently, Angell began trading sex for cash after receiving her doctorate in social anthropology. But what was shocking...

(WTNH, May 18, 2004 12:12 PM) _ More than a dozen Connecticut high schools have spent much of their school year working to prevent things like violence and bullying in their schools. And today they gave us a progress report. Students from 21 different New Haven County schools spent the last year learning about diversity. Their goal is to bring what they learned back to their own schools to break down barriers and stereotypes. With pipe cleaners these high school students made symbols describing what they've learned in the past year about diversity. “I made a question mark, because we've...