In towns all across America, community centers and shelters look to provide food and care resources to their residents in need. In the town of Hamden, one of the most prominent is the Keefe Community Center, located on Pine Street. According to the Hamden website, the center’s mission is to “enhance the quality of life…
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Legislation has passed, but without local communities’ taking on the issue, there can’t be much done.
Quinnipiac’s Rabbi Reena Judd and Rev. Jordan Lenaghan hosted an event for students to discuss relevant issues through the lens of faith.
On September 14, Ibiza Tapas Wine Bar hosted Pets and Politics, the second of three “meet & greets” for the 2021 Hamden Mayoral candidates. Republican mayoral candidate Ronald “Ron” Gambardella took the stage in discussing plans for the first-ever animal shelter in Hamden. The proposed animal shelter has been up for debate in the mayor’s…
Members of the Quinnipiac University community came together on April 7 for the school’s second community healing session. The session was hosted by Don Sawyer, Quinnipiac’s vice president for equity and inclusion, and led by Enroue Baba Onigbonna’ Halfkenny — an activist, priest and clinical social worker from New Haven. “We wanted to have these…
Former chief of New Haven police Tony Reyes shares his ideas on the future of Quinnipiac’s public safety department.
Youth and community members worked together over the weekend to clean Edgewood Park in New Haven.