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4‑Year Terms Back Up For Debate
Four-year terms for local elected officials are back on the table for debate in a once-in-a-decade charter revision process.

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Four-year terms for local elected officials are back on the table for debate in a once-in-a-decade charter revision process.

One person was killed in an early morning fire over the weekend in New Haven, according to fire officials.
A local investor-landlord has moved to evict everyone who lives in a three-family house — including a 76-year-old Air Force veteran.
City officials are considering trying again to invest federal pandemic relief dollars toward stable long-term shelter for the unhoused.
State officials expressed “grave concerns” for the school district after looking at its attendance data, according to officials.
A groundbreaking marked the beginning of construction of a bustling mini-city on the burial grounds of the old New Haven Coliseum.
Broken ankles. Used syringes. Mud-induced match cancellations. Low morale. Those are some of the obstacles students spoke out against.
A downtown taco shop has reemerged from its temporary fire-induced closure with new life and an altar remembering lost loved ones.
Teachers, parents, and others at the daycare center rallied outside the school building in protest of the firing of one of their colleagues.
Plans to make the state-owned roadway, where another pedestrian was killed on Saturday, safer have been pushed back yet again.
A new carnival-themed restaurant officially celebrated its opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week.
Redevelopment on the former Coliseum site can finally start now that the city has officially conveyed it to a developer, officials announced
The 1.15-acre shuttered pharmacy site was recently sold for $2.5 million.
An initial email sent to parents said students under the influence of marijuana at school would be sent by ambulance to the hospital.
Mayor Lauren Garrett recently appointed a new Public Works Director in Hamden.
An attorney took aim at the so-called “jailhouse informant industrial complex” as he sought to overturn a murder conviction.
A developer plans on knocking down a handful of industrial and residential buildings to build a new 194-unit mostly luxury apartment complex
Veteran educators speak out about regarding the disrespect they feel six weeks into a school year increasingly defined by a teacher shortage
Metal detectors were originally introduced at Hamden High School last December in response to an increase in school fights and threats.
The principal was appointed to the position over the summer.