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Framed for Murder?new
Recanted testimony bolsters another New Haven, Conn. man’s fight for freedom.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Will a Change in Law Put Connecticut’s Daily Newspapers Out of Business?new
The state’s newspapers has been causing a ruckus since Gov. Jodi Rell introduced a bill last month that would let towns post legal notices on their Web sites instead of having to pay newspapers, as they do now, to publish them.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-23-2010 |
Media
Milford, Conn. is Spending Big Bucks For the Chance to Regulate Smutnew
The stripper, in a skirt so short it only covers half her butt cheeks, turns her back to a group of marginally interested men. She drops to all fours, jiggles her butt in their faces and spanks herself. To date, Milford has spent $258,730.45 in legal fees to prevent scenes like this one
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
01-12-2010 |
Sex
A Driving Force Behind Safer Streets Asks Connecticut for Red-light Camerasnew
Shortly after a hearing about the use of red-light cameras in New Haven, I was nearly hit by a black Mercedes SUV speeding through a red light. Unfortunately, I'm not alone: Too many people in New Haven are endangered by red-light runners.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-29-2009 |
Transportation
New Haven Non-Profit Leaders Saw Big Raises Just Before the Market Crashed in 2008new
Sciulli was the bottom rung on the Advocate's last biennial salary survey, published in 2007. Now, the Solar Youth founder and director has moved up a notch. Nationally and statewide, experts predict there won't be as much good news to report on in fiscal year 2009.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
12-21-2009 |
Business & Labor
Two Men Convicted of Murder in Connecticut Fight for a New Trialnew
There was no murder weapon found and no physical evidence to link Ron Taylor and George Gould to the murder. There was only circumstantial evidence and witness testimony. The two witnesses who put them away recanted their stories last week.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
08-18-2009 |
Crime & Justice
It Ain't Easy Going Green: The Headaches & Hardships of Eco-Friendly Buildingnew
While in many ways Connecticut has been very progressive, the current hodgepodge of local rules and laws are frustrating to people who are committed to building and living sustainably.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
07-14-2009 |
Culture
A Good Story and a Little Tenacity Is Enough to Get You Out of Parking Ticketsnew
In New Haven's Hall of Records, go upstairs if you want to pay full-price for your parking tickets. Go downstairs if you want deep discounts — with practically no questions asked.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-10-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: New Haven, parking tickets
New Haven Housing Authority Slapped with Class-Action Suit Demaning Help for Disablednew
The lawsuit was filed by a woman with spina bifida, a birth defect affecting the spine, who is losing her apartment because her landlord is facing foreclosure. The disabled woman, Rebecca Taylor, hoped the Housing Authority would help her find a new handicap-accessible apartment, but she had to resort to a federal lawsuit to get that help.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
06-10-2008 |
Housing & Development
New Haven's City Budget Relies on an Unreliable Source of Incomenew
By statute, Connecticut is supposed to fund PILOT -- which compensates cities for tax-exempt property like hospitals, universities and schools -- at 77 percent of the real estate's full value. In New Haven, that adds up to big bucks. But PILOT's only been fully funded twice in the last decade.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
05-20-2008 |
Policy Issues
Discrimination Suits Accuse Southern Connecticut State University of Institutional Discriminationnew
Five SCSU business professors, past and present, are suing the university for discrimination and harassment, and all say the university president is aware of and maybe even condones the problems. If the claims are true, the lawsuits paint a bleak picture of academic life at the state school.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
04-29-2008 |
Education
Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes While Washington Stalls on Immigration Reformnew
A million people, most believed to be undocumented immigrants, will file income tax returns with the IRS this year using Individual Tax Identification Numbers, in the hopes of establishing a work history to show the government they are worthy of citizenship.
New Haven Advocate |
Nick Keppler and Betsy Yagla |
04-15-2008 |
Immigration
Grassroots Lawn Carenew
How to get healthy, picnic-ready lawns without all the chemicals.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
04-01-2008 |
Gardening
Tags: gardening
Connecticut May Ban Idling Vehiclesnew
The legislature wants to snuff out endless idling with a bill that would make it an infraction to idle longer than three minutes, and would transfer enforcement powers from state environmental officers to local police. But the bill exempts some of the worst polluters of all: big diesel trucks.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
04-01-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Caught Up in a Mortgage Servicing Swindlenew
How two sisters fell victim to a national mortgage scam, and how it could happen again.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-25-2008 |
Economy
