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Urban Resources Initiative plants first of 1,000 new trees

Thanks to a $2.6 million grant, the URI will be planting 1,000 trees per year for the next five years, the first of which was planted Monday morning.

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TRISTAN HERNANDEZ & NATHANIEL ROSENBERG

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested at Union Station

Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say they issued nine misdemeanor summons for second-degree breach of peace during a sit-in at Union Station protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza and U.S. military aid for Israel. Attendees say 13 people were arrested.

CHRISTINA LEE & ARIELA LOPEZ

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested for sit-in at Union Station

Several protesters were arrested after blocking the escalators and stairwell in the station to pressure local and congressional representatives, including Rep. Rosa DeLauro, to support a ceasefire in Gaza.

School leaders tout math, reading improvements

Superintendent Madeline Negrón and district leadership presented mid-year updates to the Board of Alders on mathematics and literacy, citing promising growth. NHPS also plans to focus more on educator retention.

CHRISTINA LEE & ARIELA LOPEZ

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested for sit-in at Union Station

BEN RAAB & ETHAN WOLIN

Lamont honors Idaho band for cheering on Bulldogs

Blumenthal reminisces with Dems, interrupted by protests

ARIELA LOPEZ & YURII STASIUK

Longtime Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman ’64 LAW ’67 dies at 82

New Haveners weigh in on proposed budget

SOFIA GAVIRIA PARTOW

New Haven churches plan for busy Easter Season

Government officials celebrate opening of Peabody Museum

PROFILE: Michael Braham’s journey from prison to law school

Yale Community Kitchen faces funding shortage, concerns over long-term viability

EDUCATION AND YOUTH

School leaders tout math, reading improvements

Students criticize facility crisis in New Haven Public Schools

BROOKLYN BRAUNER

YaleBleeds supports New Haven Public Schools providing free period products to meet state law requirement

New Haven Public Schools using AI tool to develop five-year plan

COPS & COURTS

TRISTAN HERNANDEZ & NATHANIEL ROSENBERG

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested at Union Station

CHRISTINA LEE & ARIELA LOPEZ

Pro-Palestine protesters arrested for sit-in at Union Station

BUSINESS

Past and present of Mamoun’s Falafel in New Haven

ALYSSA JHINGREE

From digital dreams to streetwear reality: the resilient rise of Mindless Thoughts Clothing

Six front desk agents unionize at the Omni

NATASHA KHAZZAM

City’s fifth tenants union forms in response to burst pipe

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Education & Youth

Community leaders link police violence against Tyre Nichols and Randy Cox

Online storytelling platform Istoria aims to connect Yale and New Haven

OISS celebrates Lunar New Year with open mic event

New Haven creates new office to equitably address climate change

Union Yes: Local 33’s three-decade road to recognition

New Haveners mourn Tyre Nichols, challenge police violence

Progreso Latino Fund celebrates 20th anniversary with a $20,000 match campaign and nearly $100,000 in grants

City leaders hope to alleviate affordable housing crisis in 2023

New Haven Public Schools security guard charged after shooting at 14-year-old

Half of mayoral candidates publicly commit to city’s campaign finance grant program

City officials pitch controversial $1.3 million purchase of Monterey Club

Mayoral candidates trade barbs over Board of Education nomination at Aldermanic meeting

Possible mayoral candidate Liam Brennan’s progressive plan for New Haven

“Not like other libraries”: How a 197-year-old private library in New Haven survives

New Haven concludes first week of recreational cannabis sales

New Mediterranean fusion restaurant opens on Broadway

Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen receives $1.4 million in federal funding

City gives local arts organizations almost $200,000 in grants

More details emerge about Old Campus swatting incident

Shafiq Abussadar and Tom Goldenberg to challenge Elicker in Democratic Mayoral Primary