by Mona Mahadevan
Mayor Elicker accepts a manufacturing pathways quarter zip from Jones.
On Thursday, Hillhouse senior Arrianna Jones stepped into one of the classrooms where she has spent four years learning how to weld, 3D print, and design machine parts. She left with a $23-per-hour job offer to help build the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarines.
Jones was one of 50 seniors...
by Thomas Breen
Joshua Smith talks through how to repair a scanning electron microscope.
That’s a very very closeup look at a wasp’s wing. Cool!
A full house at 490 Fitch.
In a below-ground laboratory off of Fitch Street, Maggie Blanchard is working with fellow Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) students to study...
by Lisa Reisman
Lady StoutFlint Street TheaterNew HavenMarch 20, 2026
She strutted into the theater, clad from head to toe in bejeweled red. She spun. She twirled. Then came her breathtaking range, from whisper-soft to soulful to operatic seemingly in a single phrase.
“I am unapologetic in my power,” Lady Stout, the...
By Brian Lockhart, Staff Writer
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim celebrates his reelection victory with supporters at Gather restaurant in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
BRIDGEPORT — Mayor Joe Ganim is seeking a fourth consecutive term and, should he win, will become the city’s longest-serving chief executive, beating out record-holder Jasper McLevy’s...
by Karla Ciaglo
HARTFORD, CT — Less than a year after Connecticut committed $300 million to overhaul its child care system, thousands of families remained on a waitlist for subsidies, exposing a gap between the state’s long-term investment and immediate need, advocates said.
Lawmakers and advocates on Wednesday called for passage...
by Thomas Breen and Dereen Shirnekhi
Pauline Jackson Mchayle received a call Sunday afternoon about her son Craig Whyte, a 45-year-old New Havener who was incarcerated at Osborn Correctional Institution.
“They said he had a medical emergency,” she recalled, and that he had been taken from prison to the hospital.
State police...
By Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta Daily World stands as the first Black daily publication in America. Started in 1927 by Morehouse College graduate W.A. Scott. Currently owned by Real Times Media, ADW is one of the most influential Black newspapers in the nation.
Following the January 31 matchup between Morehouse College...
by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.com
Anita Lewis and Gwendolyn Ebron, two dedicated Black women educators, are making Black history of their own after completing an astounding 33-hour teaching marathon...
TRI-STATE DEFENDER — With 50+ paintings, sculptures and assemblages, the exhibit features artists like Varnette Honeywood from Los Angeles, whose pieces appeared in Bill...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Frederick Douglass understood something fundamental: identity is not granted by paperwork. It is asserted through presence, voice and participation. He claimed...
Atlanta Daily World stands as the first Black daily publication in America. Started in 1927 by Morehouse College graduate W.A. Scott. Currently owned by...
by Mona Mahadevan
Mayor Elicker accepts a manufacturing pathways quarter zip from Jones.
On Thursday, Hillhouse senior Arrianna Jones stepped into one of the classrooms where she has spent four years...
by Thomas Breen
Joshua Smith talks through how to repair a scanning electron microscope.
That’s a very very closeup look at a wasp’s wing. Cool!
A full house at 490 Fitch.
In a...
By Brian Lockhart, Staff Writer
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim celebrates his reelection victory with supporters at Gather restaurant in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
BRIDGEPORT — Mayor Joe Ganim is...
by Karla Ciaglo
HARTFORD, CT — Less than a year after Connecticut committed $300 million to overhaul its child care system, thousands of families remained on a waitlist for subsidies,...
by Thomas Breen and Dereen Shirnekhi
Pauline Jackson Mchayle received a call Sunday afternoon about her son Craig Whyte, a 45-year-old New Havener who was incarcerated at Osborn Correctional Institution.
“They...
by Lisa Reisman
Members of Women Healing Hearts Group at Yale School of Medicine’s SEICHE Center, with Saunders (center, seated) in brown turtleneck.
Over her 18 years of marriage, Monya Saunders...
by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent
State Judge Alayna Stone, who currently presides over New Haven’s housing court, is one step closer to taking on another title — that...
by Janday Wilson The New Haven independent
Jesse Hameen II beating the drums. A rare time he’s not “cheesing”. Credit: Janday Wilson Photo
85 Years of Rhythm: Celebrating Jesse Hameen IINeighborhood...
by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent
Mayor Justin Elicker plans to nominate Acting Police Chief David Zannelli to serve as the city’s next permanent chief, more than two-and-a-half months...
BRIDGEPORT — A vacant Bridgeport school will soon be turned into 70 affordable apartments.
The former Waltersville School at 167 Steuben St. was built around 1900 and was in use for...
BRIDGEPORT — “They don’t make things like this anymore,” Margaret Judge said as she looked up at the high ceilings in the auditorium at the old Bassick High School.
The...
by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent
Roughly five years after moving their family’s grocery store to North Haven, the owners of Ferraro’s Market have sold the supermarket building at...
by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.com
Anita Lewis and Gwendolyn Ebron, two dedicated Black women educators, are making Black history of their own after completing an astounding 33-hour teaching marathon focused entirely on Black history.
The...
TRI-STATE DEFENDER — With 50+ paintings, sculptures and assemblages, the exhibit features artists like Varnette Honeywood from Los Angeles, whose pieces appeared in Bill...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Frederick Douglass understood something fundamental: identity is not granted by paperwork. It is asserted through presence, voice and participation. He claimed...
Atlanta Daily World stands as the first Black daily publication in America. Started in 1927 by Morehouse College graduate W.A. Scott. Currently owned by...
By Atlanta Daily World
March 21, 2026
Atlanta Daily World stands as the first Black daily publication in America. Started in 1927 by Morehouse College graduate...