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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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CXO apartment vandalized, community reacts as investigation is ongoing

Quinnipiac Public Safety and the Hamden Police Department are currently investigating three suspended students who vandalized Chief Experience Officer, Tom Ellett’s on-campus home.

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Hamden Receives $94,573 Insurance Distribution

Hamden received a $94,573 equity distribution from its insurance provider, the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA), Mayor Curt Balzano Leng announced in a press release on Monday.

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Hamden Board of Education reflects on academic summer programs

The Hamden Board of Education met for a public session to discuss Hamden Public Schools summer programming.

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It’s time to ‘Electrify Your Drive’

For four consecutive years, the Hamden National Drive Electric Week event was celebrated on Saturday at the Hamden Public Library.

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Brooksvale Park Holds 21st Annual Fall Festival

Here’s all that went down at Brooksvale Park’s 2021 fall festival.

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Federal unemployment programs expire, so community volunteers pick up where they left off

When federal aid runs out, but the need stays the same, who takes care of Hamden residents that are struggling? Community volunteers.

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Gambardella and Garrett outline plans to solve Hamden’s financial crisis ahead of mayoral election in November

With taxes increasing over the past five years, Hamden mayoral candidates pledged to tackle the town’s problems. While Democrat Lauren Garrett and Republican Ron Gambardella agree that something needs to change, their thoughts on the solution are different. As HQNN reported, Hamden’s property tax and mill rate has gone up by 13.7% since 2016. The…

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Hamden Independent mayoral candidate Albert Lotto has dropped out of the race

Independent mayoral candidate Albert Lotto announced in a letter to Town Clerk Vera Morrison that he decided to withdraw because he was receiving “venomous” messages about his family.  Morrison said she received the letter on Sept. 23 right before 10 a.m.  “When I chose to trudge forward, I began receiving many calls and texts from…

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Hamden Board of Education Special Finance Committee meet to finalize budgets

The Hamden Board of Education Special Finance Committee held its first in person meeting in over a year to report on upcoming budgets and projects.