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City Food Policy Director Fired, Admin Suspended Over Credit-Card ‘Misuse’
The New Haven Police Department has been “notified about this misuse of funds and a police investigation is ongoing,” an official wrote.

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The New Haven Police Department has been “notified about this misuse of funds and a police investigation is ongoing,” an official wrote.

A state Democratic Party panel is weighing a possible redo of U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s reelection endorsement.
A man who spent 21 years in jail for a 1990 double murder that he has long claimed he did not commit was awarded $38 million by a jury.
The multinational beauty-food-healthcare-products giant Unilever plans to invest $270 million in opening a new R&D center downtown.
The 47-year-old man had been stopped by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer while taking his daughter to school.
The shuttered club has agreed to return its liquor permit to the state, and to not apply for a new one for at least three years.
A jury has awarded a 29-year-old man $522,000 after finding that two city police officers negligently inflicted “emotional distress” on him.
The club plans to close — four days before a state hearing about whether or not it should lose its liquor license.
A federal judge has issued a gag order to Mayor Justin Elicker and his administration regarding an ongoing wrongful-conviction trial.
A decade-long overhaul of hundreds of units of west-side public housing recently took another step forward.
A former federal prosecutor and a former Yale Law School dean have agreed to represent the city pro bono in defending against a lawsuit.
The teacher was set to return to the classroom this week — until families and students spoke out, and the district reversed its decision.
Crossing guards were stationed at each of the three intersections, helping pedestrians cross safely and figure out the new traffic pattern.
A Queens-based developer paid a combined $2.7 million to purchase the properties.
The driver of a U-Haul van fell asleep behind the wheel before crashing into a utility pole & plunging part of a neighborhood into darkness.
Because the building is listed on the New Haven Historic Resources Inventory, city law requires a 90-day delay of demolition.
The ex-firefighter accuses the city of racial discrimination in how it handled his arrest for sexual assault, & eventual acquittal by a jury
The business was ordered closed after authorities conducted a raid on Tuesday morning.
More than 100 students, teachers, and immigrant rights advocates gathered in support of an SCSU student who has been detained by ICE.
A 22-year-old Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier who was born in New Haven died this weekend during combat in southern Lebanon.