If all goes according to plan, Mi’Ah Harvin, 13, will be a pediatric nurse. Marious Cromwell, who just graduated from Riverside, will have his own clothing line. And Brelyn Wooten-Harvin, 13, will wield a scalpel as a surgeon. But first, there is work to do, and that’s where the RE-CEE Youth Program comes in. The post “I Shall Be The Best Version Of Myself” appeared first on New Haven Independent.

A month after the Board of Alders created a pathway for city department heads to request permission to live outside of New Haven, the city's police chief, controller, assessor, youth and recreation director, and building official have all applied for residency-requirement waivers. The post 5 Department Heads Seek Residency-Requirement Waivers appeared first on New Haven Independent.

Sept. 1 deadline looms for filing for Church Street South Settlement Trust. The post Today’s Legal Notice appeared first on New Haven Independent.

New Haven native Raiquan Clark often thinks about the needs of the city that raised him -- even as he plays professional basketball overseas in places like Germany, Finland, and Spain. That hometown pride was the inspiration for the Raiquan Clark Basketball Camp (RCBC) -- which just wrapped up its third year. The post Basketball Pro’s Summer Camp Teaches City Youth More Than Hoops appeared first on New Haven Independent.

Jisu Sheen tracks how elementary schoolers navigate the challenge in New Haven & in Gwangju. The post How to Become a Grape appeared first on New Haven Independent.

To verify addresses, identify new residents, update records, and improve voter outreach, in the wake of recently discovered voter-district errors. The post Heimer: It’s Time To Conduct A “Comprehensive Canvass” appeared first on New Haven Independent.

To help boost voter engagement. The post Mauro Appointed Senior Advisor For CT Dems appeared first on New Haven Independent.

Dr. Ann E. Garrett Robinson -- who was both a maker of history and a steward of history, as a path-breaking psychologist and a chronicler of New Haven’s past -- died on Saturday, June 27, surrounded by her family. She had just celebrated her 92nd birthday earlier in June. The post Dixwell Trailblazer, Public Historian Dies At 92 appeared first on New Haven Independent.

Board of Alders Majority Leader Richard Furlow has proposed a 12-month moratorium on data center development in New Haven -- to give the city time to come up with zoning regulations regarding if and where such resource-intensive uses should be allowed. The post 12-Month Pause Pitched For Data Center Dev appeared first on New Haven Independent.

As 300 turn out to the Pardee-Morris House -- 247 years to the day after the invading British burned it to the ground. The post “A Day In The Revolution” — On The East Shore appeared first on New Haven Independent.