New Haven Register back issues from March 2007:
NHSO has a present for you tonight
Mar 01, 2007; ... This is your lucky day. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra isslashing ticket prices for tonight's Triple Play concert to $10 foradults and $5 for students, to entice music lovers to experienceguest artists, Trio Johannes from Milan, Italy. The discountedtickets must be purchased at the ...
A LIFE remembered: Secretary taught educator lessons in humility
Mar 01, 2007; ... Anna D'Alessio was the queen of the D'Alessio compound. With onedaughter living upstairs, a second next door, a third down thestreet and a fourth across town, D'Alessio was never more than astone's throw from her children and seven grandchildren. Still, just for walking through her ...
Cuba after Castro will be examined
Mar 01, 2007 ... A forum on "The Future of Cuba in the Post-Fidel Castro Era" willbe held at 12:15 p.m. March 13 in the Grand Ballroom of the MichaelJ. Adanti Student Center of Southern Connecticut State University.Keynote speaker will be Brian Latell, a Latin America and Caribbeanspecialist for more ...
AREA PEOPLE OF NOTE
Mar 01, 2007 ... Heather Munro, a junior at Connecticut College, has been selectedHousefellow of Connecticut College's Knowlton House dormitory forthe 2007-2008 academic year. Munro, a 2003 graduate of Wilbur CrossHigh School, is the daughter of Lynda B. and G. Bruce Munro ofBethany. - Kewpie dolls owned ...
Area news briefs
Mar 01, 2007 ... Music School receives grant to aid inner city NEW HAVEN -- Neighborhood Music School has received a $60,000grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to supportInstrumental Impact, an initiative that brings private instrumentalinstruction to underserved students ages ...
FORUM: U.S. should reconsider its policy on Pakistan, an unreliable ally
Mar 01, 2007; ... JOHN Negroponte, now the deputy secretary of state, informed theSenate Select Committee on Intelligence on Jan. 11, when he wasnational intelligence director, that Pakistan was "a major source ofIslamic extremism" and was a haven for terrorists. Afghanistan'sPresident Hamid Karzai has ...
State files papers to keep discharge out of Sound
Mar 01, 2007 ... The process has begun to designate the final Connecticut portionof Long Island Sound from the eastern border of Branford to thewestern border of Greenwich as a federal no-discharge area. TheDepartment of Environmental Protection request for federalEnvironmental Protection Agency approval ...
Put a 'Fork' in it; Folkie Tom Brosseau sings about the past with 'Grand' results
Mar 01, 2007; ... It had been about a decade since Tom Brosseau strummed his guitarin his native North Dakota. But that changed when he performed at anold theater that artisans are trying to save in his home city ofGrand Forks in late January. He hadn't been home in so long, yetyou'd never know it from ...
Selectmen want to amend bid process
Mar 01, 2007; ... Selectmen, after a dispute over bidding procedures last fall, areconsidering changing the obscure regulation that, with the towncharter, governs the process. Unlike its neighboring communities, Killingworth does not have anordinance that establishes what level of spending requires ...
Letter to the Editor: Intimidation, not just noise, forced family to leave home
Mar 01, 2007 ... As leaders of a volunteer group with Habitat for Humanity ofGreater New Haven, we are saddened by the tragic fact that thefamily who lived at 529 Winchester Ave. was so fearful for theirsafety that they moved out after just eight months. It was not justthe loud music, noise and drug ...
Letter to the Editor: 'Obsession with fear' will influence children
Mar 01, 2007 ... I was dismayed to read about the Branford parents who were notsatisfied with the school system's response to their complaintsabout a teacher, even though the teacher was placed on leave for twomonths and the state Department of Children and Familiesinvestigated and dismissed the case. As ...
300 dictionaries delivered to schools
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Rotary Club delivered about 300 dictionaries to third-graders, teachers and administrators at the St. Mary, Wightwood,Mary Tisko, Mary Murphy, and John Sliney schools. The schools are participating in the club's Dictionary Project,which has provided about 3 million children ...
Local 1198 pitches in for needy
Mar 01, 2007 ... On behalf of West Haven Professional Firefighters Local 1198,firefighters present Rose Majestic of WHEAT with $5, 000 collectedduring their annual holiday food drive. From left, are FirefighterWilliam Heffernan, Majestic, Firefighter Jonathan Drost, FirefighterMatthew Forsyth, and Lt ....
Gay, lesbian community will present Dorothy Awards
Mar 01, 2007 ... The New Haven Gay & Lesbian Community Center will recognize theaccomplishments of people dedicated to supporting and advocating forgays in Connecticut at the fourth annual Dorothy Awards gala. Thehonorees are Linda Estabrook, executive director of the Hartford Gay& Lesbian Health ...
Letter to the Editor: Tax break for veterans should be equal for all
Mar 01, 2007 ... The state veterans assessment exemption program basically takes$3,000 off the assessed value of your taxable property as long asyou are a veteran as described in the statute. Based on the town taxrate, you get more or less of a benefit. This is not right. Theamount of this benefit should ...
Bromeliads take center stage
Mar 01, 2007 ... An artist's reception will be held 3-5 p.m. Sunday as LaurieFlaherty presents "Bromeliads." The show runs through March 28 atWilloughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Islands Road, inthe Stony Creek section. The series of paintings are drawn from bromeliads, which ...
Letter to the Editor: School space shortage not about Derby politics
Mar 01, 2007 ... There are a number of uninformed Derby residents who will tellyou there is no shortage of school space. However, Superintendent ofSchools Janet Robinson can tell you that there is a real shortage inDerby. The shortage is real, not political. Some classes are soovercrowded that Robinson ...
Cop's grievance denied over discipline hearing
Mar 01, 2007; ... The state Board of Mediation and Arbitration has denied a policeofficer's grievance that claims the town police board should nothave held a disciplinary hearing while the officer's criminal casewas pending. The Board of Police Commissioners voted in June to suspendOfficer Jack ...
Athletes Of The Week
Mar 01, 2007 ... EMILY SAVOCA Hand-Madison gymnastics Savoca led the Tigers to the Class M state title with an all-around score of 33.750 at Law. Hand was seeded third in the team standings but Savoca's fourth-place finish in the all-around standings powered the gritty andundermanned ...
Cooper lifts Wilbur Cross to SCC championship game
Mar 01, 2007; ... Markus Wright has literally carried the Wilbur Cross boys'basketball team since the calendar year began. The junior forward finally had a subpar game in the SouthernConnecticut Conference tournament semifinals Wednesday. But histeammates, especially senior guard Dominique Cooper, ...
Behind Torres, Prep nears third straight SCC title
Mar 01, 2007; ... Oswaldo Torres didn't want to just win the Southern ConnecticutConference boys' swimming championship, he also wanted leave behinda legacy in the process. The Fairfield Prep senior was a major contributor for theJesuits, who are on the verge of their third straight SCC ...
Walking the line; Only Gagne honored at UConn senior night
Mar 01, 2007; ... By this point in his college career, Jim Calhoun said senior walk-on Marty Gagne could have been a decent Division III basketballplayer, but instead the Vernon native chose to remain at theUniversity of Connecticut and spend four years watching from thebench and being an anonymous ...
Hamden may get own medical transport
Mar 01, 2007; ... Fire Chief David Berardesca is taking preliminary action thatcould lead to an ambulance transport service. On Tuesday, the town opened bids for two emergency medical units,ambulance-like vehicles that could take patients to the hospital.Now, private companies such as American ...
Calhoun irked after Huskies throw game away
Mar 01, 2007; ... Yes, they play hard. Yes, they're extremely young. But their warts, so familiar after 29 games, are excruciating. Irritating. (Jim Calhoun's word, not mine). Calhoun's Connecticut Huskies, throw about offensiveopportunities like they're radioactive, and on a ...
Wetlands officials take first look at plaza plan
Mar 01, 2007; ... City wetlands officials got their first in-depth look Wednesdayat a proposal to bring a Lowe's Home Improvement store, fast-foodrestaurant and a retail store to the near-vacant Orange-DerbyShopping Center. And if the applicant receives all the necessary approvals, Valleyresidents ...
Hearing set for Guilford budget
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Board of Finance will hold a public hearing on the proposed$71.9 million budget for fiscal 2007-08 at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in theNathanael B. Greene Community Center, 32 Church St. The Board of Selectmen's recommended town and Board of Educationbudgets call for an increase of more ...
Some find bottle-deposit plan hard to swallow
Mar 01, 2007; ... Connecticut's annual battle over expanding its bottle deposit lawto plastic water containers, and raising all deposits from 5 centsto 10 cents, was bubbling over again Wednesday. A legislative hearing on the issue brought out droves ofenvironmentalists arguing for the expansion, ...
Council hears plan for expansion of Shore Line East
Mar 01, 2007; ... There's growing support in the state legislature to expand theShore Line East rail service ultimately as far as New London. The state Department of Transportation has recommended a three-phase expansion that would augment existing weekday and weekendservice along the New Haven-Old ...
Men bring their message to city
Mar 01, 2007 ... ABOVE: The Rev. Donald Morris makes a point as he speaks toseventh-and eighth-grade boys at Wexler-Grant School Wednesday inNew Haven. Morris and about 30 black men from the ChristianCommunity Commission Inc. Brotherhood Leadership Summit visited theschool as part of a program to show ...
LOOKING BACK: Today in History March 1
Mar 01, 2007 ... 1967 The Chapel Square Mall will be opening this week but how manystores will be ready in time is uncertain. Several hundred peopleare working around the clock in an attempt to assure the success ofthe opening. Heated vans carrying 2,000 plants for the mall'sconcourse are due to ...
Mayor says DOT dumping on city; Waste stockpile plan leaves him seeing red
Mar 01, 2007; ... Mayor John DeStefano Jr. feels the city is being dumped on by thestate Department of Transportation, and he let the state know itWednesday. During a presentation about area highway contracts by ChristopherJ. Gallucci, a DOT supervising engineer for New Haven, DeStefanoasked why ...
Inspired Anderson keeps on playing; Quinnipiac star excels while grieving over loss
Mar 01, 2007; ... DeMario Anderson never doubted he made the right choice totransfer to Quinnipiac. Not when the men's basketball team started the season 2-10. Notwhen coach Joe DeSantis decided to bring him off the bench as thesixth man for the Bobcats, who host Fairleigh Dickinson in aNortheast ...
Reynolds Wrap; Villanova guard scores 40 points, KOs UConn
Mar 01, 2007; ... He was relegated to the bench, unable to finish what he startedafter fouling out, but over two hours Scottie Reynolds did more forVillanova and its postseason aspirations than the University ofConnecticut did combined to salvage its perplexing winter. Reynolds had never turned in a ...
Kennedy Jr. calls for diplomacy
Mar 01, 2007; ... The scion of one of the best known political families in Americatold his Shoreline neighbors Wednesday "enough is enough," in Iraqand de-escalation is the only policy that makes sense. Ted Kennedy Jr., who is not known for participating in politicalevents, delivered the keynote ...
Ansonia pair won't appeal ban on hens
Mar 01, 2007; ... More than four years of squawking over a Day Street family'sright to keep chickens as pets has finally quieted down. Brian and Karen Climis will not appeal a Superior Court judge'sruling upholding a city order that they find a new home for theirpet chickens. "It's a shame, ...
Trouble brews when crooks steal kegs for the steel; Police in Orange, Manchester say thieves cash in at scrap yards
Mar 01, 2007; ... Police said the thieves had no interest in beer, but definitelyliked heavy metal. That's why, police said, the alleged crooks broke into a storagearea at the rear of the On the Border restaurant early Wednesday andbegan tossing empty kegs into their car. Police said Gerald ...
2 Bennigan's off the menu in Milford, Hamden
Mar 01, 2007; ... Two Bennigan's franchises in Milford and Hamden closed this week,resulting in about 80 employees losing their jobs, the owner of thebusiness confirmed Wednesday. Lee Provencher, who owns the Bennigan's on Old Gate Lane inMilford and the one on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, said from ...
Woman claims innocence in robbery; 'Getaway mom' was 'only giving someone a ride'
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Seymour mother who allegedly agreed to act as the getawaydriver in a foiled robbery allegedly planned by her son and anotherteen said she "was just trying to give someone a ride." But police said Phyllis Skiba, 51, of 26 Argonne Terrace, knewexactly what she was doing when she ...
GETTING TO KNOW ...
Mar 01, 2007; ... CHRISTINA GUERLAND YALE Guerland is the senior captain for the Yale women's softball anda native of Auburn, Calif. The second baseman has started in all 144games since her arrival at Yale and has a career batting average of.262, including a .293 average with 17 RBIs in 50 ...
City piles up $4.6 million deficit; Police, firefighting overtime and transfer station costs spike
Mar 01, 2007; ... The city is running a $4.6 million deficit in its general fundand Board of Education portions of the budget, with the biggestshortfalls in Police and Fire Department overtime and increasedtransfer station tonnage processing costs. Workers' compensation cases also are exceeding ...
Q House archive gets its day in court
Mar 01, 2007; ... It wasn't your typical day in bankruptcy court. The goods in question didn't have a monetary value, but as anhistorical asset they were "invaluable," and the bankruptcy trusteewanted to make sure they were protected. "Often, we fight about dollars and cents. This isn't dollars ...
City police seek ideas for 'gun hot line' bumper sticker
Mar 01, 2007; ... In an effort to publicize its "gun hot line," the PoliceDepartment is conducting a open contest to design a bumper stickerthat will adorn the rear of city police cars. "We want to raise the awareness of the tip line," said OfficerJoe Avery, of the department's neighborhood services ...
Madison selectmen hear 4 Academy School options
Mar 01, 2007; ... Options for Academy Elementary School's future range from a $6.9million "fast track" renovation plan to construction of a newbuilding that would cost almost $23 million. Four proposals for the vacant School Street facility werepresented at this week's Board of Selectmen meeting by ...
Alderman resurrects fiscal lobbying issue
Mar 01, 2007; ... One month after the Board of Aldermen rejected a move to join afiscal responsibility lobbying group by a narrow margin, an aldermanis taking another shot at the plan. Supporters and detractors of the resolution concerning whether tosupport the Connecticut Consortium for Fiscal ...
Police blotter
Mar 01, 2007 ... Bootleg movies, CDs seized in West Haven WEST HAVEN -- Police Wednesday seized an estimated 1,400 bootlegmovies and compact discs from a Route 1 business. At 12:30 p.m., thedepartment's Investigative Services Division led by Detective Sgt.Paul Raucci executed a search and seizure ...
Good, bad in Milford grand list
Mar 01, 2007; ... The city's first property revaluation in six years is complete,the grand list has been compiled, and the news is not good. Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr. said homeowners could be looking ata significant tax increase, predicting a nearly 3-mill boost. A mill is equal to $1 per ...
Shelton condo/retail mix planned
Mar 01, 2007; ... A Shelton developer has proposed building a mix of condominiumsand retail/commercial space at Bridgeport and Long Hill avenues. Engineer Alan Shepard, representing Broadbridge Hill LLC,presented plans this week during a public hearing before thePlanning and Zoning ...
Hamden man finds himself in 'black hole'
Mar 01, 2007; ... Fedor Ilusha Urrutia Zuniga is a man of many titles. The 32-year-old Hamden resident is a construction worker, a rockmusician, a husband and father. The permanent resident of Chilean descent is now seeking oneother designation: citizen. But sixteen months since he ...
Ansonia checking student residency
Mar 01, 2007; ... The Board of Education has drafted a new student residencyquestionnaire that officials hope will deter parents from enrollingout-of-town students in local public schools. The new policy will be in place at the district's SchoolReadiness Family Fair March 17 at Prendergast School, ...
IN OTHER BUSINESS
Mar 01, 2007 ... Business Day 2007 slated for Wednesday HARTFORD -- Connecticut Business Day 2007 will take place from 8a.m. to noon Wednesday at the legislative office building at thestate Capitol. Hundreds of Connecticut business owners andexecutives will discuss the most important issues facing ...
MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY
Mar 01, 2007; ... NEC TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS: NO. 6 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON AT NO. 3 QUINNIPIAC When: Today, 7 p.m. Where: TD Banknorth Sports Center, Hamden Records: Fairleigh Dickinson 14-15 (9-9 NEC); Quinnipiac 13-14 (11-7). Radio: WQUN-1220 AM Keep an ...
Cards' McCoughtry could make history
Mar 01, 2007; ... It all used to be so easy, the best player from the Big East'sbest team would make the short walk to pick up the conference's topindividual honor, make a quick acceptance speech and all would beright in the world of Big East women's basketball. In the first 24years of Big East women's ...
Branford RTM hears judge's proposal on Tabor lawsuits
Mar 01, 2007; ... A judge's proposal to settle lawsuits filed against the townafter the 2003 eminent domain acquisition of 77 acres on Tabor Drivewould involve paying Branford back all it has spent, cleaning upenvironmental problems, creating a 10-acre buffer zone and buildingballfields, in addition to a ...
E. Haven pupils get taste of fitness focus
Mar 01, 2007; ... Forget the competitive sports for now -- at least in high schoolgym class. The future of physical education at East Haven HighSchool may well involve yoga sun salutations, step aerobics, grouppower movement and pilates, all with a Justin Timberlake soundtrack. If that sounds a lot ...
Police warn ATV drivers: stay off private areas, public roads
Mar 01, 2007; ... Police Wednesday issued a warning to drivers of all-terrainvehicles: stay off public and private property or you'll bearrested. Three ATV drivers were arrested last weekend and police have seenan increase of ATV drivers lately, Capt. Mark Genovese said. Police Chief James X ....
Road trip part 2: Quebec's Eastern Townships
Mar 01, 2007; ... Sometimes, you hit it right. It was a beautiful sunny day in the Eastern Townships of Quebec,just north of the Vermont border. The temperature was warmer than ithad been for two or three weeks, almost nudging the freezing mark.The wind, which had been screaming for days had ...
NEC MEN'S BASKETBALL AWARD WINNERS
Mar 01, 2007 ... NEC Men's Basketball Award Winners NEC MEN'S BASKETBALL AWARD WINNERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Javier Mojica, CCSU, G, 6-3, 180, Sr. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jhamar Youngblood, Monmouth, G, 6-1, 190, Fr. CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR Tristan Blackwood, CCSU, ...
Hamden Hall needs $3M for athletic center
Mar 01, 2007; ... For anyone with an extra $1.5 million, Hamden Hall Country DaySchool could use it to finish its $11 million athletic center onSkiff Street. Head of School Robert Izzo said the school has kicked off acapital campaign to raise $3 million that will allow the school tooperate the ...
UConn-Louisville game changed
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Big East Conference announced Wednesday that the Universityof Connecticut's football game against Louisville will be moved toFriday, Oct. 19 to accommodate a national telecast on ESPN. The gamewill be at 8 p.m. at Rentschler Field and be part of homecomingweekend. Additional ...
W. Haven grand list inches up
Mar 01, 2007; ... The city's 2006 grand list of taxable property rose by less than1 percent when compared to the adjusted 2005 tally, according tofigures released Wednesday by the assessor's office. Meanwhile, the city non-management union has filed a prohibitivepractice complaint against the city ...
160 laud those who serve black community
Mar 01, 2007; ... Black Heritage Committee member Carroll Jenkins looked proudly atChairwoman Ernestine Jackson Wednesday as the group honored one ofits own for exemplary community service during its 12th annualcelebration. "There is so much I can say about Ernestine," said Jenkins, asthe two ...
Housing permits stabilize
Mar 01, 2007; ... Connecticut started the year in January with about the samenumber of housing permits issued the same month a year ago, theDepartment of Economic and Community Development said Wednesday. Among the 128 cities and towns the agency tracks, 466 permits fornew homes were issued in ...
Blumenthal files against East Rock house sale
Mar 01, 2007; ... Amid mounting concerns about the sale of a house in the city'swealthy East Rock neighborhood, state Attorney General RichardBlumenthal Wednesday filed a formal objection to what he said mightbe "self-dealing" and seemingly inadequate returns to a charitychosen by the ...
Cheshire upsets No. 3 seed NFA
Mar 01, 2007 ... Nora Bahgat had 23 points and 14 rebounds to lead 19th-seededCheshire to a 54-46 upset victory over No. 3 Norwich Free Academy ina CIAC Class LL second round game Wednesday night at Norwich. Taryn Belowsky added nine points for Cheshire (14-10), whichtrailed by two points after ...
Host America loses 2 from board
Mar 01, 2007; ... Two members of the board of directors of Host America Corp.resigned last week, the company revealed in a securities filing lateTuesday. Peter Sarmanian and C. Michael Horton are named as defendants ina series of lawsuits filed against the company in 2005, but companyofficials ...