John Kennedy spends much of his day next to a concrete divider in the Walmart parking lot on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden. He’s not there by choice, although passers-by may think that’s the case. That, however, may change with a partnership that evolved among the Hamden Police Department, the Hamden Community Development Department and the…
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Think New Orleans, New York, Chicago, and even Washington, D.C, and jazz comes to mind. New Haven? Not so much. Yet the Connecticut city known more for Yale and pizza has a deep jazz culture that is tragically silent as of late, and COVID-19 is making matters worse. The History “I know several people that…
Local schools are responding to rising COVID-19 cases in Connecticut.
After months of uncertainty, something just became very certain. There will be MAAC basketball this season. The MAAC conference, home of Quinnipiac University men’s and women’s basketball, announced a revised schedule for the 20-2021 season. The season tips off Nov. 25, with the men’s team playing Fairleigh Dickinson and the women’s team playing Central Connecticut…
As the 2020 election comes to a close, Hamden Democrats celebrate local victories.
Quinnipiac students are facing a university-wide quarantine after a massive surge in positive cases.
The university will be holding remote classes for the remainder of the week
Voters stormed the polls at a record rate in Hamden and Connecticut Tuesday for the 2020 election. Connecticut saw a record-turnout at the polls yesterday. According to Secretary of the State Denise Merrill’s office, the state had about 2.3 million registered voters this year, a few hundred thousand more than the 2016 election. As of…
Hamden residents are putting in the effort to go out and vote today. Currently the state house and senate are controlled by Democrats, but Republicans are hoping to tip the balance through both general and local elections. John A. Carlson, the Republican town committee chairman for New Haven, stated that our concerns should reside within…
Quinnipiac University students are set to vote in the 2020 presidential election, and the university offered free shuttle rides to local polling locations for students living on-campus. Vincent Contrucci, director of the Office of Community Service, emailed students about the opportunity and was in North Lot checking people in prior to the shuttles’ arrival. Shuttles…