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Connecticut heat advisory 7\19 to 7\24

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on July 19, 2022 at 12:19

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Dear New Haven Residents, 
 

The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for our area, forecasting high temperatures and humidity for the next several days. As such, the City of New Haven has issued an extreme heat alert and activated our extreme heat protocols -- effective beginning today, Tuesday, July 19th 8 a.m. and continuing through Sunday, July 24th 8 p.m.  
 

Heatwaves can result in serious heat-related health issues and illnesses. This can happen quickly, especially among at-risk populations such as infants, young children, the elderly, people with underlying medical conditions, and pets too. Please check on your family, friends, and neighbors -- and call 9-1-1 for any heat-related emergency. 
 

To help residents stay safe and cool, below are some helpful tips, a list of Cooling Centers locations (city senior centers and libraries), and a list of city parks with splash pads. Residents are also encouraged to check news outlets and the City’s website (www.newhavenct.gov) for additional updates.  
 

Thanks everyone. Stay cool and be safe

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Ida B. Wells and Frederick Douglass at the Stetson Branch Library

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on May 19, 2022 at 23:30

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Ida B. Wells and Frederick Douglass at the Stetson Branch Library last Sunday… what a great event from our member organization The Greater New Haven African American Historical Society and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library!

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Ethnic Heritage Center

STETSON BRANCH

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Cultural Equity Plan

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on May 4, 2022 at 6:00
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Released in early 2022, the New Haven Cultural Equity Plan is a collection of ideas, stories, questions and practices that we can all use to manifest cultural equity in our lives and weave it into our systems. It is not a complete or finished document. It is the beginning of a conversation we must continue having with one another forever.

Arts & Culture

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NEW HAVEN NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVALS 2022

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on May 2, 2022 at 15:30

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Neighborhood Festival Committees, local arts and business partners, and Festival staff and volunteers host local talent for one-day festivals celebrating New Haven's historic and culturally rich neighborhoods. These festivals would not be possible without the incredible leadership of each neighborhood's committee chairs:

NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVALS 2022

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Construction News through Friday, May 6, 2022 & Navigating the Orange Street Intersection

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on May 2, 2022 at 0:30
Construction News Through Friday, May 6, 2022
OVERVIEW
No significant changes to the existing traffic patterns are expected over the next week.
Various single-lane closures will occur to accommodate construction of 101 College Street and Downtown Crossing Phase 3 and are listed in more detail below.
LANE CLOSURES
Through Friday, May 6, 2022 various lane closures may occur on the following roads to accommodate construction:
  • South Frontage Road (SFR): single-lane closures on SFR between College and Church Streets.
  • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Boulevard: single and double-lane closures between College and Church Streets.
  • State Street & Union Avenue at North Frontage Road: single-lane closures near the intersection of Water Street
  • Temple Street between George Street and MLK Boulevard.
WORK HOURS
Through Friday, May 6, 2022, Downtown Crossing-related work will occur during daytime work hours.
Daytime work hours are weekdays between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 
Road signage will alert drivers to lane closures in the construction area.
Please pay attention to road signage, slow down, and stay safe!
NAVIGATING THE ORANGE STREET INTERSECTION
On Monday. April 18, the Orange Street intersection opened to the public. The opening of the new intersection across the former highway corridor is significant and historic.
Most significantly, it marks a new truncation of the highway environment and reclamation of New Haven streets designed for use by pedestrians and bicyclists as well as slower-speed motor vehicle traffic.
It is vital that drivers obey the traffic rules of the intersection in order to keep ALL users safe.
Drivers:
  • OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT
  • STOP AT ALL RED LIGHTS
  • DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN LEFT as there are NO left-hand turns from any point in the intersection.
  • NEVER TURN RIGHT ON RED
  • DO NOT enter the middle of the intersection on yellow lights and risk blocking the intersection
New Haven Police Department continued traffic enforcement at the intersection last week ticketing numerous drivers for traffic control signal violations (running red lights). Enforcement will continue over the next week and drivers who commit infractions will be ticketed.
So please slow down, pay attention to your surroundings, and help keep pedestrians and bicyclists safe!
For important information on how to navigate the Orange Street intersection for bicyclists, pedestrians, and motor vehicle traffic,

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Elm City Freddy Fixer Clean up Day May 21,2022

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on April 27, 2022 at 14:12

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Come join us for some neighborhood beautification. Every year we collaborate with members of the community to clean up our neighborhood along the parade route.

There's nothing like coming together as a community to achieve a common goal.

#NeighborhoodBeautification #CommunityOutreach #ECFFPC #ElmCityFreddyFixerParade #CommunityCleanUp #ConnCAT

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MAYOR ELICKER TO JOIN SUNRISE CAFÉ AT ITS GRAND REOPENING SERVING FREE BREAKFASTS TO NEW HAVEN HOMELESS AND HUNGRY RESIDENTS

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on April 27, 2022 at 12:00

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MAYOR ELICKER TO JOIN SUNRISE CAFÉ AT ITS GRAND REOPENING SERVING FREE BREAKFASTS TO NEW HAVEN HOMELESS AND HUNGRY RESIDENTS

 

Free meals and support services offered Monday to Friday 7:30 am – 9:30 am

 

NEW HAVEN, CT – On Wednesday, April 27th at 8 am, Mayor Justin Elicker and City officials join Sunrise Café to celebrate its grand reopening and return to indoor seating at 57 Olive Street (corner of Olive and Chapel Streets), and will serve with Café staff and volunteers as they provide free breakfasts to New Haven homeless and hungry residents.

 SUNRISE CAFE a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that has been serving breakfast without charge since 2015 -- Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 9:30 pm -- providing an indoor dining experience of “white tablecloths, flowers and a rotating menu of fresh, warm, nutritious home-cooked food”. Sunrise Café “provides a safe space for New Haven’s food insecure and unhoused to rest, have conversations and prepare for the day’s challenges with a full stomach… and is also the entry point for housing, mental and physical health, and job placement services provided at the Cafe by partner organizations.”

 

DETAILS:

 

WHAT:  Mayor Elicker to attend and volunteer at Sunrise Café’s grand reopening and return to indoor seating of free breakfasts for New Haven’s homeless and hungry residents.

 

WHEN: Wednesday, April 27th at 8 AM

 

WHERE: St. Paul & St. James Church, 57 Olive Street, New Haven (Corner of Olive & Chapel)

 

WHO: Mayor Elicker and Sunrise Café staff, volunteers and guests

 

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New Stetson Branch Library and take in the breathtaking artwork of local artist Katro Storm, Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Heroes portrait collection

Posted by Bud Mench Media Group -BMMG on April 13, 2022 at 5:30

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Visit the second floor of the New Stetson Branch Library and take in the breathtaking artwork of local artist Katro Storm, Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Heroes portrait collection, “O, Write My Name”, and African Artwork donated by the Yale University ~ Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut. Our thanks to Gabe Da Silva and The Frame Shop & Da Silva Gallery.

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Collage featuring Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Heroes portraits, artist Katro Stom’s paintings hung on a green wall above the library’s teen fiction collection, a portrait of Trayvon Martin by artist Katro Strom hung outside the Teen Discovery Lounge of Stetson Library, and African artwork hung on the walls among Stetson Library’s African Diaspora Non-Fiction collection.]

New Haven Free Public Library

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