BUSINESS
Sweetgreen to open fifth Connecticut location at Shops at Yale

The popular salad bar chain will occupy the currently vacant corner storefront at 1 Broadway, and is slated to open in 2025.

Tweed-New Haven airport to launch new online tracking website

WebTrak, the new online platform, will provide real-time location and noise level information with the goal of addressing nearby residents’ concerns.

Witch Bitch Thrift hosts a night of drag at annual Monster Bash

Party attendees dressed in their Halloween attire competed in a costume contest while entertained by local drag artists.

2nd STREET comes to Yale

The Japan-based second-hand clothing chain opened its first store in Connecticut at the Shops at Yale this weekend — the fourth resale fashion shop added to the University Properties portfolio in the past three years.

Barracuda Bistro and Bar relocates to make way for new business

Amidst activists’ boycotts, the Barracuda Bistro and Bar will be relocating to Crown Street to make way for another Latin business: the Blue Tortuga.

10th New Haven Night Market returns to Chapel Street

Artists and visitors reflect on the festival as a hub of unity and potential for face-to-face connection during the market’s fall iteration.

Connecticut-based Edgewell Personal Care Company recognized for sustainability

U.S. Environmental Protection has recognized Edgewell, a multinational consumer products company headquartered in Connecticut, as an industry leader in freight and supply chain environmental performance.

ANALYSIS: English Station, an environmental nuisance to New Haven, may become even less accountable to federal oversight

If English Station’s parent company becomes privately held, the already poorly regulated center of pollution in Fair Haven will become an even greater unregulated risk to the community.

Omni workers settle four-year contract

After ten months of contract negotiations and a four-day strike two weeks ago, UNITE HERE Local 217 announced that they had settled a contract with the Omni New Haven Hotel.

Activists boycott the Graduate hotel, New Haven restaurants for alleged labor abuse

At a Saturday protest outside the Graduate New Haven hotel and Mexican restaurant Te Amo Tequila, Mecha de Yale and Unidad Latina en Acción organizers launched a boycott against six New Haven businesses for alleged labor exploitation.

City grants Tweed’s request for extension of temporary buildings

After over three hours of discussion, the New Haven City Planning Commission unanimously approved a three-year extension of Tweed New Haven Airport’s flood damage variance.