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Tracey Leads Flock To The Mountaintop
The prospect of an almost vertical climb up East Rock didn't faze New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Iline Tracey.

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The prospect of an almost vertical climb up East Rock didn't faze New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Iline Tracey.

Something is rotten — or at least cracking — outside the house of Canal Dock.
That query hung over Wednesday morning’s 20-minute virtual court hearing in the case Friends of Kensington Playground v. City of New Haven.
The sale price is for the 26.25-acre Raynham Estate fronting at 709 Townsend Ave.
Activists from throughout the state gathered in Dixwell Wednesday evening for a rally calling for an end to gun violence.
A pandemic-era folk hero who dares to challenge the “illegal and irresponsible” actions of an insurance giant?
New Haven knows how to get violence back under control — even as it rises as well in other cities.
It was the first jury proceedings to be held in-person there since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A 28-year-old man admitted to cops that he shot a 34-year-old West Haven man to death Wednesday night
Alders overwhelmingly adopted a $606.3 million operating budget for the new fiscal year that keeps taxes flat and the libraries open.
They smuggled stolen water bottles. They constantly showed up late. They lied on timesheets.
Mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton wants to create a birth-to-5 “New Haven Pre-Promise” as well.
Donna Monticone, will spend four weekends in prison for swapping patients’ fentanyl vials with saline for six months.
Eugene Dawson took a break from building one of New Haven’s new apartment complexes.
The Board of Education approved the hiring of two top educators — after debates on the right time to hire administrators.
Parking is so scarce in parts of the Hill that neighbors put trash bins out on the street to try to preserve coveted parking spots.
Two mayoral candidates won “leaning” voters one at a time through retail politics — making sales pitches with different leadership visions.
A California-based affordable housing developer has purchased a Fair Haven senior apartment complex for $11.1 million.
Seeking to convince holdouts to get vaccinated for Covid-19, New Haven is turning to cash — and fried tortillas.