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Previewing the 2024 presidential election in Hamden 

On Tuesday, Americans nationwide will head to the polls to cast their ballots, choosing the next President of the United States.

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Stand-out Quinnipiac summer fellow August Della Donna brings a creative lens to the Hamden community

August Della Donna, a senior creative writing student in the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program for secondary education at Quinnipiac University, worked this summer as the Presidential Public Service Fellow for Hamden Youth Services Bureau to bring a creative lens to the town programs.

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Quinnipiac student arrested following bomb threat

A Quinnipiac University student was apprehended Wednesday following an anonymous bomb threat on the social media platform YikYak. 

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Hamden Plaza set to receive police substation

In the near future, shoppers at Hamden Plaza will find a new Hamden Police Department substation located alongside DSW, Party City and Panera Bread.

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First Black chief named to lead Hamden Police

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.

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Hamden acting chief of police announces retirement, mayor appoints chief from outside department

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…

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How Hamden is redefining the role of police in schools

Amid distrust in the police at both a local and national level, leaders from the Hamden government, police department and Board of Education spent months drafting an updated memorandum of understanding for school resource officers in Hamden’s public schools. SROs are police officers that are stationed in schools in case there is a potential threat.…