COMMUNITY LIFE
CELIA HERNANDEZ
New Haven rolls out new rental bikes

The New Haven Parking Authority recently introduced 100 e-bikes at 30 stations across New Haven. As of Sept. 9, the bikes have carried 500 riders.

September 13, 2024

ELSPETH YEH
The Giggling Pig art school celebrates opening with ribbon cutting

Community members, Yale representatives and city officials gathered at the Connecticut franchise’s newest location to welcome the Giggling Pig to New Haven.

September 13, 2024

KALINA BROOKFIELD
CT Folk Festival highlights intersection between music and environmental justice

The Connecticut Folk Fest and Green Expo powered through rainstorms to connect local talent and activism.

September 9, 2024

SABRINA THALER
New Haven Pride Center hosts 28th annual Pride block party

100 local organizations showcased art, offered health resources and promoted advocacy opportunities at the annual New Haven Pride block party on Orange Street.

September 9, 2024

CHRISTINA LEE
Tiny home residents persevere through city-issued power outages

Though the city cut off power to the Rosette Street tiny homes in mid-July, residents continue to fight for their community.

September 5, 2024

REETI MALHOTRA
Common Ground Mobile Market alleviates food insecurity in New Haven

The market, running across 11 locations from July to November, offers affordable, Connecticut-grown produce to New Haven locals.

September 4, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
A thousand protesters march through downtown New Haven for a “free Palestine”

On Sunday at noon, about a thousand people rallied in downtown New Haven for the “March for a Free Palestine,” which was organized by the Connecticut Palestine Solidarity Coalition.

April 29, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Michael Morand, longtime New Haven community ‘connector,’ to serve as City Historian

Currently the Beinecke Library’s Director of Community Engagement, Michael Morand ’87 DIV ’93 has “made it his business” to know New Haven’s history.

April 25, 2024

NATHANIEL ROSENBERG, CHLOE EDWARDS & GIRI VISWANATHAN
Smaller divestment protests continue on Cross Campus, in Sterling Memorial Library as organizers undergo leadership transition

Following the arrest of 48 pro-Palestine protesters on Monday morning, smaller demonstrations calling for Yale to divest from military weapons manufacturers continued on Tuesday. Lead organizers of “Occupy Beinecke” — the group that set up the three-night encampment on Beinecke Plaza — announced on social media that they had handed off leadership to a broader cohort of activists, renaming the coalition as “Occupy Yale.”

April 24, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Meet Laura Cahn, concerned mother turned champion of environmental issues

Laura Cahn is the chairwoman of New Haven’s Environmental Advisory Council. She began her environmental work because she wanted to set an example for her daughter.

April 24, 2024

CHRISTINA LEE
New Haven Building Newsprint hosts launch party

Professor Elihu Rubin and Zach Felder celebrated the launch of a new publication that focuses on architecture in the Elm City.

April 23, 2024