Aaron Bray
AARON BRAY
Around New Haven | Schools to save energy and costs

The New Haven Board of Aldermen is in the business of saving energy — and money. Six schools will be equipped with “refrigerator-sized” generators that […]

October 10, 2008

AARON BRAY
Aldermen approve ID funding

The Board of Aldermen’s Finance Committee on Tuesday unanimously voted to accept $150,000 in private grants to fund the second year of the Elm City […]

October 8, 2008

AARON BRAY & PATRICK LEE
Illegal immigrants can testify

Lawyers for 16 illegal immigrants arrested as part of last summer’s raids in Fair Haven hailed a court decision Monday that will allow the immigrants […]

October 7, 2008

AARON BRAY
City not immune to credit crisis

Even before the latest stock market tumble on Wall Street, and Congressional votes on “bailouts,” New Haven was feeling the effects of the credit crunch. […]

October 3, 2008

AARON BRAY
Deficit splits Dems, Rell

Connecticut’s legislature may not be in session, but that doesn’t stop the political bickering. As Democrats announced Wednesday afternoon at a press conference that they […]

September 25, 2008

AARON BRAY
On the Ground, City Hall | All in the family

Outside New Haven City Hall on Saturday morning, anti-illegal-immigrant speeches dueled with blaring Latino music for the attention of passersby. Inside, dozens of families, many […]

September 22, 2008

AARON BRAY & VICTOR ZAPANA
Dismissal likely in Watchdog-FOIC appeal

The Community Watchdog Project lost its Freedom of Information Commission appeal before it began. But that doesn’t mean the group’s done. The FOIC filed a […]

September 22, 2008

AARON BRAY & VICTOR ZAPANA
FOIC files motion to dismiss appeal from anti-illegal-immigrant group

The Freedom of Information Commission filed a motion for dismissal Friday against the Community Watchdog Project’s recent appeal challenging the Commission’s conclusion in July that […]

September 20, 2008

AARON BRAY
Around New Haven: City postpones sale of municipal bonds

The national financial crisis has begun to hit home. The city announced last week that in balancing last year’s budget, its relatively high credit rating […]

September 19, 2008

AARON BRAY
Budget forces city job cuts

Tuesday was not a day for looking back. Before a blue backdrop bearing the slogan “Improving New Haven. Again,” Mayor John DeStefano delivered a sobering […]

September 17, 2008

AARON BRAY
Mayor visits, stays mum on future

“Mayor DeStefano is serving his seventh term,” Benjamin Shaffer ’09 began, introducing the mayor to a freshman-heavy gathering of some three dozen Yale College Democrats. […]

September 16, 2008