A 19-year-old New Havener has been arrested for the Fair Haven shooting death of 29-year-old city resident Shaquille Chazz Pearson.

The Board of Education approved a $150,000 increase for one of its legal services contractors, bringing the total allocation to $400,000 for a firm ...

Four dozen people filled City Hall on Thursday night to protest a city policy of issuing 72-hour eviction notices upon ...

Mayoral candidates can now raise less money from individual contributors, and put a lot less of their own money into ...

Teen domestic violence, more mental health days, and the school-to-prison pipeline are just some of topics on the minds of ...

State police issued misdemeanor summons to four people on Sunday, after a fleet of cars participating in a pro-Palestine car demonstration moved from Long Wharf Drive to I‑95. Those cars gathered at ...

High up the neck, by the body of the bass, there was nowhere left to go. The notes rose with the tension until they couldn’t go any higher, until a growling sax came to take it away. That’s how the ...

Cellphone-restricting pouches are officially headed for all New Haven middle and high schools, now that alders have approved a nearly $371,000 contract with the tech-securing company Yondr. At a full ...

A Democratic mayor swore in a Republican election official with calls for bispartisan cooperation as GOP members cheered them on. Yes, that really happened. Wednesday evening. In New Haven. When Mayor ...

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From a “market place” to a burial ground to a venue for government and education and worship, the Green has seen many different uses over the years. So counsels Michael Morand, who was appointed by ...

One man’s trash is another man’s tenant’s loose tires, copper pipes, and splintering wooden cart of debris and furniture. Local landlord W. Matthew Harp floated that idea at a series of back-to-back ...