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Young, professional, married couple looking for a house or apartment rental in Fair Haven starting in October or November. Ideally, we're looking for a 2 or 3 bedroom. We have a friendly, trained, dog name Quentin. If you have a house, apartment or a lead on one please contact Tom at (203)-444-6380. 

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Send them to these locations during the summer (IMPORTANT NOTE- Follow locator link for dates and times):

As a boy, Thomas Burwell always looked forward to the July 4 block party on his street in Fair Haven. More than two decades after the last such party was held, Burwell decided to convert nostalgia into action.

Burwell, now the Ward 14 Democratic committee co-chair and and a former candidate for Alder, reconvened the annual Exchange Street block party, on a historic residential block behind the Fair Haven School.

The second year of the revived block party kicked off Saturday,…

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Webster’s New…

Superb restoration of historic river-view home. Bright & gracious layout, great workmanship & design throughout. Cook's kitch w/granite, prof. stove, HW flrs, sunny yard & deck w/views. Newly painted exterior, newer roof, Yale HB. A delightful house! …

NEW HAVEN >> Wojtek Wacowski has been homeless since a fire claimed everything he owned two weeks ago.Though his artwork, clothing and cat were lost in the flames, Wacowski said the last two weeks have revealed the humanity in his neighborhood and reinforced his faith in Fair Haven. Since the…

Message from Clymenza:

I want to thank everyone in the community who have expressed support and giving in kindness for me and Voytec in our crises. We are blessed to be alive, though we mourn for his cat. We love being residents of Fair Haven, we appreciate the beauty it carries with the river. I am proud to live here and plan to continue to be a resident among caring people of our…

2014 Events and Activities

*check events on our calendar for changes\updates*

Note: Contacts listed below are community leaders. If you would like to support an activity as a volunteer or donor, please contact one of the leaders associated with the event. All residents, local business owners, and workers wishing to volunteer…

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On Grand Avenue in Fair Haven, an unoccupied school building is undergoing a transformation into a new home for New Haven’s local arts scene...

http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/09/10/local-school-to-become-community-arts-center/

If this project interest you please come to the next CSNA meeting Wed. 6pm at The Mary Wade Home. or write to Lee at…

A young professional couple is looking for an two or three bedroom apartment in our neighborhood with a fenced in yard, dog friendly and with off-street parking for one car. If you own an apartment that meets this criteria or know of one that is for rent please respond in the comments section of this post.

This couple is in a month-to-month rental situation and therefore could move in on short notice. Thanks.

Watch neighborkids lead an exploration of the Sarasota (FL) Central-Cocoanut neighborhood on this year’s Jane’s Walk, a walking tour conducted around the world the first weekend in May to honor community-building visionary Jane Jacobs by getting people out exploring their neighborhoods and meeting their neighbors.…

The Chatham Square area of New Haven reminds me of the first neighborhood that I grew up in (minus the hills we had in Asheville):  wood-frame, working-class houses, with some duplexes, on tree-lined streets.  Modest, yet architecturally sturdy and proud.  My old neighborhood has seen its ups and downs since back in the day, and so has Chatham Square...

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This debate is Tuesday, the day before our monthly neighborhood meeting. The focus is on neighborhoods.

Safe Streets Safe Neighborhoods Mayoral Debate 6pm 7/16 Metro Business Academy#nhv street safety, neighborhood economic development and resident quality of life. Come learn the position and ideas of the…

The Historic District Commission needs a commissioner from the Quinnipiac River Historic District (see attached map). The local historic district is shaded black; this is the area where the commissioner should reside. The larger green area is the National Register District.

The Commission meets monthly on the 2nd …

The English St. Garden is being restored. This is the New Haven Land Trust Garden located between English St. and Peck St. just off of Ferry St. If you would like to help in the restoration or garden there permanently contact …

What good are GED classes if you can’t afford the glasses you need to study? How would it feel to search for work for a year and lose the job when your car breaks down during the first week? Cities and states across America have some form of job training and housing assistance programs, but they lack the infrastructure to address quickly, without onerous bureaucratic requirements, more immediate needs like work clothes, equipment, or even pots and pans...…