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Hamden crime report: Week of Jan. 31

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…

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Hamden trampoline park fined $500 for violating COVID-19 capacity restrictions

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…

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COVID-19 won’t stop the Super Bowl, but it will alter the celebrations at QU and local restaurants

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,…

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Plow. Drive. Repeat: The snowstorm that kept me up all night

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,…

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HQNN is an entirely student-run online publication that lets Quinnipiac senior journalism students experience real newsroom culture while also providing information that is useful to the community.

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In the age of COVID, students make their own experience

What happens when work at home and study at home meet

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COVID-19’s impact on Connecticut’s special education services

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.

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‘I just want to eat’ Hamden looks to solve rise in homelessness

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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New Haven Jazz: its history and future

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…

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Quinnipiac University students give feedback on school’s COVID-19 protocols

Quinnipiac students share their thoughts on a university cut short by a quarantine.