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Esports is entering schools across the U.S., but students are doing more than playing games

Through keyboards clacking and wide eyes staring at computer monitors, the dedication to playing video games can be seen through every inch of The Stable, the University of New Haven’s esports suite. Players can be heard barking commands at their teammates as they become completely engaged in their screens. Faces are focusing on every single…

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Hamden haunted house brought ghouls and ghosts to life for Halloween

A Hamden resident had hundreds of trick-or-treaters come to his annual haunted house for screams and sweets on Halloween night.

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One dead in Hamden apartment fire

UPDATE: Smoke detectors in the building were set off and functional, according to Hamden Fire Marshal Brian Dolan. One resident died Thursday night after a fire broke out at a Hamden apartment complex on 95 Kaye Vue Drive, per Hamden Fire Chief Gary Merwede. First responders arrived at approximately 8:40 p.m., and some other residents…

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Hamden Restaurant Week is bringing customers back

Hamden Restaurant Week kicked off this week after a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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As Connecticut redistricts, Common Cause urges citizen involvement in the process

On Wednesday, nonprofit watchdog group Common Cause in Connecticut held a virtual media conference regarding the state’s redistricting effort and the effects it could have on voters. The state’s 2021 Reapportionment Committee failed to meet the Sept. 15 deadline to develop an updated map based on last year’s census. It was then replaced by a…

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Quinnipiac University Involvement Fair celebrates a maskless outdoors

The Involvement Fair marks the first major on-campus mask-less event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.