1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (476+ words) Turn English Station blue. Or maybe even green. Those alternative visions emerged from a conversation with three New Haveners who since the turn of the century have advocated for cleaning up the decommissioned power plant and its surrounding 8. 6-acre island…...

3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (622+ words) A statewide hospitality workers union endorsed Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday in his bid for reelection " becoming just the latest labor group to pledge their support for the two-term incumbent's bid for another four years in office." The union, UNITE…...

22+ hour ago  (348+ words) New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) students have reported "confusion" about how to use artificial intelligence in a school setting " especially since the district provides individual educators with discretion regarding that cutting-edge tool's adoption. So reported Board of Education student representative…...

23+ hour, 53+ min ago  (401+ words) A Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) nursing student from Ecuador has returned home to Connecticut after spending more than a month in federal immigration detention, including, most recently, in southern Louisiana. The statewide immigrant-advocacy group CT Students for a Dream…...

20+ hour, 55+ min ago  (197+ words) The city's non-cop crisis response team and a city-owned hotel-turned-homeless shelter on Foxon Boulevard will both continue operations next year thanks to a newly announced combination of city and state funding. Mayor Justin Elicker provided those updates to the Independent…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (531+ words) The St. PJ's Jazz Collective presents Spring Jazz Concert The Episcopal Church of St. Paul & St. James New Haven May 11, 2026 "Amen!" shouted a member of the audience. Now, that's not an exclamation you often hear at a jazz show. This…...

23+ hour, 20+ min ago  (1306+ words) Democratic delegates of the Third Congressional District voted overwhelmingly on Monday to endorse 18-term incumbent U. S. Rep. Rosa De Lauro in her bid to serve another two years in Congress. Meanwhile, De Lauro's challenger, a democratic socialist and molecular biologist from…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1304+ words) Scott Lewis took the stand on Monday in a civil-rights trial focused on a wrongful conviction " not his own, but that of his alleged co-conspirator, Stefon Morant. Both were convicted of the same 1990 double homicide. Both spent two decades in…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (254+ words) Chapel Smoke Shop's signs remain " even though the storefront's interior has been stripped bare " a month after a law-enforcement raid turned up 36 pounds of illegal cannabis products at the Green-facing retailer. That smoke-shop-in-name-only is located at 908 Chapel St. , in one…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (430+ words) Civic Orchestra of New Haven presents "Glow & Grace'Battell Chapel New Haven May 9, 2026 If instruments serve as the voice for musicians, Matthew Russo's trombone sang like the superstar Beyonc" at Battell Chapel Saturday afternoon. Glow & Grace was the Civic Orchestra of…...