The 74 · Milford, CT
As artificial intelligence changes how we learn and work, schools face growing pressure to prepare students for an uncertain future. Academic knowledge remains essential. But young people also need to develop the ability to think critically, build relationships and take initiative in shaping their lives. Developing these future-ready skills takes practice: opportunities to make decisions, work through challenges, and learn alongside others. Afterschool and summer programs should be central partners in providing those experiences and in shaping how communities prepare children for the future. These programs offer valuable additional time for enrichment and learning; by some estimates, kids spend about five hours a week, on average, in programs outside the classroom. Just as important is what they make possible during those extra hours. Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTA proposal to ban most Airbnb-style short-term rentals in New Haven is in limbo as the Board of Alders weighs several possible amendments changing the scope of the ordinance. A final vote on the proposed ordinance is currently scheduled for Monday night, although facing a rare magnitude of dissent, aldermanic leadership may decide to delay the matter. The proposed ordinance would prohibit landlords from operating “short-term rentals” — units leased for 30 or fewer days “for exclusive transient use” — outside of the housing unit in which they personally reside. In other words, a homeowner or long-term tenant would still be able to apply for a license to rent out rooms in their own apartment to temporary tenants, or list their home on sites like Vrbo or Airbnb while they are out of town. But owner-occupants of multi-family houses would not be able to legally operate a short-term rental in an apartment upstairs or downstairs from their home.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTI didn’t set out to write about New Haven. Recently, New Haven Is Not For Sale, a coalition of local organizations led by New Haven Rising, asked my project, Inside Airbnb, for its data on short-term rentals in the city, as hundreds of researchers, journalists and community groups do every year. The data showed years of growth with almost no regulation. Once I had read the proposed ordinance, we agreed it would help New Haven residents to hear what the numbers show and what the ordinance would do, from someone who has studied short-term rentals and how cities around the world regulate them. Since 2015 I have tracked listings and interviewed the policymakers who write the rules and the enforcement teams who make them work. New Haven’s alders will soon vote on OR-2026-0039. It would end short-term rentals of 30 days or less in homes that no one lives in, and keep home-sharing legal for residents who rent rooms in the homes they live in.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTNew Haven is near and dear to my heart. It will always be home. It’s where I was living when Covid-19 struck and where I did my graduate studies, eventually earning my MBA. I arrived in 2016, first renting in Prospect Hill with too many roommates, before moving to Dixwell and then off of State Street in East Rock. The first place was Pike-owned, so unsurprisingly I had to navigate housing court just to get my deposit returned. I realized then how crucial it is that renters have rights and the right to sublet, whether short-term or long-term, is one New Haven renters should have. Subletting is a primary method for renters to offset costs and that must be recognized. On Oct. 6, Alders Leland Moore, Frank Douglass, and Mandy Martinelli proposed a ban on short-term rentals in New Haven, as written this ban also limits renters. Let’s Look At The Data I understand the frustration driving this. The cost of living is simply out of control, with housing costs a chief driver.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CT(Opinion) They came to smash windows, brutalize members of groups they scapegoat for the nation’s woes, haul them away to cruel detention camps, set the stage for mass round-ups. That’s what mobs did in Germany in 1938 in the violent Kristallnacht window-smashing pogrom that set the stage for the Holocaust. We hold events every year so we won’t forget what happened and repeat the past. We held one such event last Sunday to mark the anniversary. Meanwhile, a new mob of masked lawless scapegoating xenophobes continued smashing windows in New Haven this week to remind us … that we need to be reminded. In hopes that we can prevent history from not just echoing but repeating itself.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTA Board of Alders committee unanimously backed a resolution Thursday night asking state lawmakers to let New Haven and other Connecticut cities and towns ban the sale of nips — the tiny liquor bottles that litter city streets, parks, and storm drains. The City Services and Environmental Policy (CSEP) Committee voted 6–0 to send the resolution to the full Board of Alders. If the board approves it, the request goes to the state legislature and the governor. “It’s a request for enabling legislation,” said Kathy Fay, who presented the resolution at City Hall with fellow environmental advocate Laura Cahn. “It’s not asking that the alders immediately move to banning in New Haven. It’s giving the alders that option, which they don’t have.” The resolution would not ban nips in New Haven. Under state law, cities and towns can’t prohibit nip sales on their own. The resolution asks the Connecticut General Assembly to pass a law giving each municipality the option.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTThe following letter was submitted to the Board of Education on Monday by Dani McTiernan Huge, a student representative on the city’s school board and a junior at Wilbur Cross High School. The letter addresses the district’s response to Hillhouse Assistant Principal Daniel Bonet’s alleged sexual assault of a student during school hours. Dear New Haven Public Schools Board of Education Members, It has been almost five months since Jane Doe, a student at Hillhouse High School, was reportedly sexually assaulted by Hillhouse Assistant Principal Daniel Bonet in his office during school hours. She was brave enough to report this to Hillhouse staff who are mandatory reporters. They then honored their obligation by reporting this up, where it reached Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF), the Hillhouse principal, and New Haven police. You would think that after this report, the Hillhouse assistant principal would not be allowed access to Hillhouse’s building or its students.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTRent rises are unprecedented. Regulating short-term rentals can help slow the climb and keep our neighbors in their homes. (Opinion) I grew up in a small town where community meant showing up on a neighbor’s porch with a warm meal when life got hard. When I moved to New Haven, a city of neighborhoods, I was relieved to find that exact same spirit in a bigger city. When I was in need, my neighbors dropped everything to make sure I was not alone. Having neighbors who were deeply rooted on our street is what truly made me feel at home — and protecting those rooted communities is why I serve as alder for Ward 8. This is my chosen home. Since the pandemic, there has been a fundamental switch in how we value our living spaces. Since 2020, rents in New Haven have risen 53 percent, from roughly $1,290 to nearly $2,000 a month, according to Zillow’s Observed Rent Index. We no longer just sleep in our homes; our work, our lives, and our entertainment happen inside them.
New Haven Independent · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTThe New Haven Police Department (NHPD) is transitioning to exclusively using pistols equipped with red-dot optics, under a general order approved by the Board of Police Commissioners at their monthly meeting on Tuesday. The new general order — which replaces the last firearms general order passed in 2016 — comes several months after the department purchased and began issuing new Glock 45 pistols to officers. Once the newly approved general order is signed by Police Chief David Zannelli, it will officially make the new firearm — equipped with a pistol-mounted optics — standard for all full-time personnel. “The policy is reflecting the new equipment and some small changes, but the substance of it is the same,” NHPD spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart wrote in an email, comparing the 2026 and 2016 policies. “It’s analogous to the department switching from Dodge Chargers to Durangos.
Amherst Bulletin · New Haven, CT
Nearby: New Haven, CTAMHERST/NORTHAMPTON — Dr. Katherine Atkinson has left the Amherst and Northampton family practice she ran for more than two decades, a year and a half after selling it to keep it out of bankruptcy. “I would never leave my patients on short notice if I had any option,” Atkinson said in a phone interview with the Gazette. “I didn’t have options, and I’m devastated. I miss my patients and my practice.” Atkinson announced her departure in an Oct. 15 Facebook post. She declined to say why she left, noting that paperwork she signed when she sold the business bars her from discussing it in detail. She said retirement was not the reason. “If I was retiring, I would have done it with plenty of notice and tried to make sure that patients had everything they needed to,” Atkinson said. Public business records list Dr. Piyush Gupta as owner of Atkinson Family Practice, as well as CEO of healthcare company Sevi Health based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Vermont Cynic · Branford, CT
Nearby: Branford, CTThe home race for the UVM sailing team came this past weekend at the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association 2026 Conference Championship Schell Trophy Regatta hosted at the Burlington Community Sailing Center on Lake Champlain. 18 schools competed in the regatta that featured the top collegiate sailors in New England. The Catamounts came in 15th, with Yale leading the pack followed by Brown and Boston University. On Saturday, the weather on Lake Champlain was sitting around 50 degrees and winds shifted from four knots northerlies all the way up to 15 knot gusts from the northeast. However, Sunday brought sunny skies and southwest winds around 10 knots giving sailors a great test of their skills in ideal conditions. The Catamounts A Division boat sailed by senior Cooper Smith and sophomore Mira Broussard had a race win, but were disqualified in race five due to an early start.
The Oxford Eagle · Oxford, CT
Nearby: Oxford, CTOKLAHOMA CITY — While the rest of the Southeastern Conference and college football will be playing on Saturday, No. 19 Ole Miss and Oklahoma will be waiting a day. A nationwide ground flight ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday that lasted over four hours upended travel plans for people across the country and the trickle down effect hit college football. Ole Miss was unable to make their regularly scheduled 90-minute flight from Tupelo to Oklahoma City and sat in Oxford for hours waiting for the ground stop to end. It did end a little after 7 p.m. CT but the Rebels remained in Oxford Friday night, causing the Southeastern Conference to make the decision to push Saturday’s game – scheduled for a 3:15 p.m. CT kickoff – to Sunday at Noon CT. This was a decision that was strongly objected to by Oklahoma and its athletic director, Roger Denny.