Street Robbery/Feb. 14 Hamden Police responded to a street robbery on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. A 70-year-old Hamden resident said she was walking southbound on Mix Ave. when two men got out of a brown Jeep Cherokee and shoved her to the ground. They stole her handbag, which held her money, cell phone and keys. …
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At Quinnipiac University, Student Programming Board is organizing alternative events.
Local residents give mixed reviews about Quinnipiac students returning for the spring semester.
Quinnipiac’s class of 2021 will walk across the stage during commencement. Class of 2020 graduates will be able to re-visit campus the following weekend.
Attempted Theft/Feb. 5: Police arrested Eric Manley, 53, on Feb. 5, for reportedly stealing Amazon packages off the doorsteps at Lakewood Apartments at 1199 Whitney Ave, Capt. Ronald Smith said. The charges included third-degree burglary, possession of burglar tools, sixth-degree larceny and third-degree criminal trespass, according to the Patch. Police first reported to a call…
Hamden Police fined Funz Trampoline Park on Dixwell Avenue on Jan. 25 for violating COVID-19 rules after a brawl between two teenage girls caught on camera showed a large crowd surrounding them without social distancing. Funz exceeded the state required limits on gathering size on Jan. 23, according to Quinnipiack Valley Health District Director Karen…
The day that sports fans usually spend crowded around TVs and shared bowls of popcorn is going to look a lot different this year due to COVID-19, but Quinnipiac University students and the Hamden community are finding ways to adapt. “I think it’s going to be weird to not have a big Super Bowl party,…
As 16 inches of snow dumped on Hamden on Monday and into Tuesday, one local college student didn’t get the day off. Matthew Bruin, a senior Quinnipiac University student and HQNN staffer, spends snow days working for his family’s snow plow company in Mendham, New Jersey. Here is his account of his last two days,…
Many special-needs students were forced into a world of remote learning due to COVID-19, and as a result new challenges, with some positives, were introduced to the new virtual world.
Anna Yusza felt the deepening toll of COVID-19 during the spring, months before she enrolled at Quinnipiac University where strict social distancing guidelines and mask-wearing made college a less than normal experience for most students. Yet Yusza, 18, a first-year accounting major at the Hamden, Connecticut, school, knew what to expect based on her high…