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The Barter Economy Chugs Along While Paying Jobs Remain Hard to Come Bynew
Welcome to the bartering economy, a system of no-money trading that experts say is booming in Connecticut and across the globe. It turns out to be one area that the Great Recession has actually helped.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
09-27-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: jobs
What Mowing Your Lawn Is Doing To The Planetnew
Americans reportedly dump more than 80 million pounds of pesticides and other chemicals onto their lawns and gardens every year. Aside from the potential risks for people and animals coming into direct contact with this toxic crap, pesticides get washed into streams and rivers, ending up as marine pollution.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
05-24-2011 |
Environment
Medical Marijuana Closer to Legalization in CTnew
Rhode Island and New Jersey aren’t often put in the beacons-of-light category, but Connecticut is right now looking to those two states to help illuminate the tricky pathway toward state-sanctioned growing and sale of medical marijuana.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
04-26-2011 |
Drugs
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
Why Do Catholic Priests Molest Kids?new
The question is as simple as it is hard to answer.
New Haven Advocate |
Kimberly B. George |
04-27-2010 |
Religion
Connecticut Could Kill the Death Penalty in 2011new
The swirling political tides in Connecticut could lead to the abolition of the death penalty in the state next year.
New Haven Advocate |
Daniel D’Ambrosio |
04-20-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Little Horrors: How Yale Made Friends With Tiny Flesh-Eatersnew
The dermestid beetle, sometimes called the carpet beetle or the leather-eating beetle, is dark brown and about the size of a pumpkin seed. It eats dead flesh and picks the bones clean. That’s why the Peabody keeps colonies of them.
New Haven Advocate |
Jenny Blair |
04-06-2010 |
Science
Tags: Osteology
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
Wrongful Conviction Isn’t Extraordinary in Connecticut. It’s Normalnew
How much do we really know about our prisons — about the history of incarceration and its role in a free society? When we talk about the criminal justice system, what kind of justice do we mean?
New Haven Advocate |
Caleb Smith |
03-23-2010 |
Crime & Justice
What Happens When the Person Who Gives Voice to Victims Becomes a Victim?new
As Connecticut's victim advocate, Michelle Cruz routinely handles cases involving threats of domestic violence. But the issue became intensely personal last September when she began getting vulgar, threatening, anonymous text messages on her cell phone.
New Haven Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
02-09-2010 |
Crime & Justice
New Mammograms Guidelines Have Women Confusednew
The new guidelines say women in their 40s shouldn’t be routinely screened for breast cancer — unless they have reason to believe they’re at higher risk. Why the change from 2002, when a federal task force called for these women to get routine mammograms every one to two years?
New Haven Advocate |
Jenny Blair |
01-12-2010 |
Science
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
In a New Britain Newspaper Saga, the Future of Small-Town Papersnew
If you can read this, you can probably recite what's plaguing the newspaper industry: plummeting ad revenue, online competition and some really dumb choices. But most stories focus on the major players, even though there are more than 1,000 daily and 8,000 weekly newspapers in America.
New Haven Advocate |
Craig Fehrman |
01-05-2010 |
Media
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
