NEW HAVEN COUNTY NEWS
Feb. 7: A home forever
Hannah Gray, an African-American laundress and seamstress, in 1861 bequeathed her home on Dixwell Avenue in New Haven to two close friends for the remainder of their lives. She stipulated that it be used in perpetuity as a home for indigent "colored females." Low-income elderly live in the 20-bed Hannah Gray Home today.
Body found under 'suspicious circumstances' in...
MIDDLETOWN - A body was found on Prospect Street Monday afternoon, police said.
Hamden High senior dies after hiking accident at...
HAMDEN - An 18-year-old who loved the outdoors died Sunday night from serious injuries received after falling 200 feet off Sleeping Giant Mountain.
Yalies stole from Occupy New Haven, Occupiers say
A number of Yale students disrupted the Occupy New Haven campground Saturday night, stealing signs and creating a "night of terror," according to several Occupiers. Martina Crouch '14, who has been affiliated with Occupy New Haven since it started last October, said she heard about the event from another Occupier and a Yale graduate.Meanwhile, early Sunday morning, a photograph appeared on Yale College Republicans Chairman Michael Knowles' '12 Facebook wall showing his suitemate in Davenport...
East Haven's Albis to lead panel studying storm...
HARTFORD - State Rep. James Albis, D-East Haven, will chair a new bipartisan task force to study and make legislative recommendations on storm impacts on homeowners and businesses on Connecticut's shoreline, House Speaker Christopher G. Donovan, D-Meriden, announced Monday.
City Hall releases its performance evals
Mayor John DeStefano Jr. just relased his annual evaluations of seven highly-ranking city officials for 2011, describing the strengths and weaknesses he saw in each of his employees. These seven officials submitted evaluations of the employees working under them, as well. In one evaluation, released to the New Haven Independent on Friday, DeStefano told social services czar Chisara Asomugha that her performance over the passed year had been "mixed.""I think areas in which you feel comfortable...
Officer rescues motorist from burning car in...
CHESHIRE - A Cheshire police officer pulled the sleeping driver out of a burning car on Chantill Circle at 2:37 a.m. today.
Driver loses control, crashes into utility pole in...
WALLINGFORD - A female operator driving on East Center Street, headed toward Florence Avenue, lost control of her vehicle and struck a utility pole about 1 a.m. today, according to police. The crash took down the pole.
Through the Lens: 2.6.12
Photographer Harry Simperingham checks out the lux et veritas found in New Haven's churches.
Research team, including 2 Quinnipiac professors,...
HAMDEN - An international team of researchers that includes two Quinnipiac University professors has received a financial boost to build an information database about mummies around the U.S.
M. BASKETBALL | Elis take down defending Ivy...
The Bulldogs can now count Princeton among their Ivy League victims after defeating the Tigers 58-54 at John J. Lee Amphitheater. With the triumph, Yale moved to 14-5 overall, 5-1 Ivy League. In a game the Bulldogs led for all but 4:40, the conclusion was far from assured. When the Tigers (11-10, 2-3 Ivy) pulled to 53-51 with 1:08 remaining, the Elis showed great resolve to see out the victory that they deserved. Yale took control of the game with an 11-0 run over seven minutes in the middle...
Judge sets $1 million bail for Cheshire man...
MERIDEN - A  judge has set $1 million bail for a Cheshire man accused of kidnapping two women at knifepoint and sexually assaulting one of them.
Man wearing housing authority hats in both Ansonia...
Jimmy Miller began his day working as interim executive director of the Ansonia Housing Authority and finished late in the evening at his other job as deputy director of the New Haven Housing Authority.

Police respond to disturbance at West Haven at Democratic Town Committee
WEST HAVEN - City police were called to a disturbance at the site of the Democratic Town Committee's caucus tonight.
A LIFE REMEMBERED: West Haven woman always enjoyed...
WEST HAVEN - Helen Cipriano and her family endured some hardships in earlier years.
West Haven man becomes New Haven's 33rd homicide,...
NEW HAVEN - A West Haven man was shot dead early Friday and, in a separate shooting, a man who nearly died in 2008 in a triple shooting that claimed two friends was critically wounded in a shooting in the Hill.
Murder on Houston Street marks 33rd homicide of...
The Elm City saw its 33rd homicide Friday morning.New Haven Police Department officers responded to a report of a shooting at 50 Houston Street around 12:50 a.m. There they found 27-year-old Joseph Zargo of West Haven with a gunshot wound to the chest. Zargo was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead shortly afterwards, NHPD spokesman David Hartman said.Zargo was not the only shooting victim that evening. Hamden resident Christopher Duncan, 26, was shot around Wilson and Rosette streets...
Faulty cable causes about one-third of West Haven...
WEST HAVEN - About one-third of the city was without power Wednesday morning, when the lights went out across a wide area of West Haven at about 10:30 a.m.
2 suspects in West Haven robbery arrested
NEW HAVEN - Two suspects in a West Haven deli robbery that took place last month were arrested in New Haven Tuesday night, according to police.
A LIFE REMEMBERED: West Haven woman was always up...
This column is being rerun due to several errors.WEST HAVEN - Lillian Alberino was most definitely the take-charge type.
A LIFE REMEMBERED Energetic West Haven lady had a...
WEST HAVEN - Josephine "Jo-Ann" Formicella definitely knew her way around her children."When I was little, my mother would feed me from a ceramic dish that had a duck on it with its mouth open," said her oldest child, Edward Formicella Jr., of West Haven. "She would feed the duck a mouthful and then me. The duck's portion went right back into the dish. This was her way of making sure I would keep eating. When I got a little older, I found out the truth."
Police chase from New Haven ends in West Haven...
WEST HAVEN - A police chase that began in New Haven ended when a vehicle crashed into a fence over the West Haven line on the Boston Post Road, police said.
A LIFE REMEMBERED: West Haven mother had the...
WEST HAVEN - When Mary Valente set her mind to do something, nothing could stop her.
Toddler dies after pit bull attack in West Haven...
WEST HAVEN - A 20-month-old girl was pronounced dead at Yale-New Haven Hospital Friday night after being attacked by pit bulls in an apartment, police said.
West Haven council chairman Edward O'Brien drops...
WEST HAVEN - Several incumbents defeated in Tuesday's Democratic primary will have a second chance in the Nov. 8 general election, but City Council Chairman Edward O'Brien will not be among them.
Man suffers non-life threatening injuries in West...
WEST HAVEN - A man suffered non-life threatening injuries after being shot, police said Friday.
3 seek special probation in death of teen at...
MADISON - Just more than a year since a West Haven teen died after a night of drinking at a local residence, three of the people charged in connection with his death applied for a lenient form of probation Thursday in Superior Court in New Haven.
Dr. Henry Lee revealed as 'angel donor' to...
WEST HAVEN, Conn. - When Dr. Henry Lee joined the University of New Haven in 1975, its forensics program consisted of a filing cabinet containing one dusty polygraph machine, random fingerprinting supplies and a plaster mold kit for footprints that couldn't be used because there was no budget to replace it.
West Haven man had volunteerism in his blood
Donald Beckwith, 89WEST HAVEN - To lifelong resident Donald Beckwith, service came before self.
SOUNDOFF: What do you do for fun?
We go dancing at the German club in West Haven. Tex, West Haven Watch a lot of TV and do a lot of cooking. Bob, Hamden I go scrapping - legally. Lou, West Haven I go to the tavern and chit-chat with my friends. Rita, West Haven I read a lot. Tom, East Haven Having fun in the sun. Stan, Derby When I make my chocolate chip cookies. Ben, Fairfield I use my metal detector down at the beach. Art, West Haven I go to the beach in the summer and plays, theaters, movie, reading - just being with my...
A LIFE REMEMBERED: West Haven woman made everyone...
WEST HAVEN - Alana Naclerio greatly enjoyed the Christmas holiday, even when things didn't always go right.
West Haven woman has 30-year habit: picking up...
Anybody who's up early enough in the morning (6 a.m.) and is near a certain stretch of West Haven's shoreline will see Laura Sherif: walking rapidly, stooping and occasionally exclaiming as she fills her bags with litter.
West Haven educator was kind, compassionate
WPeter Florio, 70EST HAVEN - Lifelong resident and veteran educator Peter Florio was a practical man.
West Haven woman had a zest for life?
WEST HAVEN - Adrienne Hopkins, who was deeply interested in her family's history, had always wanted to go to the Statue of Liberty and check up on her ancestors.
Connecticut bond commission funding vote slated...
HARTFORD - When it meets Friday, the state Bond Commission will vote on projects that would support affordable housing and higher education in New Haven, public safety equipment in West Haven and transportation improvements in Hamden and Westbrook.
SOUNDOFF: What's your favorite beach?
There are a lot of nice beaches in West Haven, but my all-time favorite is Silver Sands in Milford.
Man wins nearly $1 million for botched eye surgery...
NEW HAVEN  - A 60-year-old Army veteran won a $925,000 settlement with the Department of Veterans Affairs after he was blinded in one eye during a routine outpatient cataract operation, his attorney said Monday.
West Haven woman accused of spitting on doctor,...
MILFORD - Two people were arrested Thursday in connection with separate incidents where a man was subdued by an electronic control device, while a woman allegedly spit on a doctor and assaulted a nurse, police said.

  West Haven man accused of hitting acquaintance on...
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