The apple festival attracts residents and congregation members to celebrate the beginning of fall and enjoy tasty apple treats
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The Hamden Police Department is seeking officers, but over the past few years, it has had trouble closing the gap — and it is not the only department facing that predicament. Currently, the department, which is budgeted to hold a staff of 103 sworn officers, is reporting a deficit of seven officers, according to Timothy…
A recent increase of Quinnipiac University students parking in the Sleeping Giant State Park parking lot on Mount Carmel Avenue comes amid a lack of spots at the university. Park-goers and hikers are upset because they are not able to park in the lot since it is full of students,officials who work at Sleeping Giant…
“I know what it feels like to only have $20 until payday to feed your kids,” Hamden Republican mayoral candidate Crystal Dailey said. Dailey, 47, grew up in Yonkers, New York, around 15 miles outside of New York City, in project housing. She has worked all her life, from 14 to today. She had two…
After months of meetings, the Hamden Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 10 approved a special permit to allow the town’s first cannabis store to open on Whitney Avenue.
Hamden officials declared Mishkan Israel safe after the local synagogue received a bomb threat Thursday.
The plan is for Hamden residents to start moving into the town’s new housing project by 2025.
Hamden Police Department will welcome its first Black chief later this month after Mayor Lauren Garrett has announced native Edward Page Reynolds will take over for Tim Wydra.
Timothy Wydra, acting chief of police in the Hamden Police Department, is stepping down after serving more than a year in the acting chief role. Wydra, who joined the force in 1993, announced he would be leaving the department in a press release Monday. In his 17 months as acting chief, Mayor Lauren Garrett never…
Blood drives, weddings and regional festivals are all routine events at Hamden’s Whitneyville Cultural Commons. But on Sept. 26 and Sept. 28, dozens of local parents gathered around plastic folding tables in the Commons’ musty church basement for another reason: college financial planning. The attendees, most of whom are parents to high school juniors or…